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'''Walker Evans''' (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. | '''Walker Evans''' (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. | ||
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+ | ==Publications== | ||
+ | * ''American Photographs'', 1938; 2nd ed., 1962; 50th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 1988; 75th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 2012. [https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/publication_pdf/3158/Walker%20Evans%20PREVIEW2.pdf Excerpt]. | ||
+ | * with James Agee, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B254E353FF3148FBAADE326A1F569A47 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men]'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; Mariner Books, 2001. | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
− | * Caroline Blinder (ed.), ''Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'', 2010 | + | * Virginia-Lee Webb, ''[http://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/perfect_documents_walker_evans_and_african_art_1935 Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 1935]'', New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000, 112 pp. Catalogue. |
− | + | * Caroline Blinder (ed.), ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=AE2E03BE31BB89AC4A51776192A2FD02 New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men]'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. | |
==Links== | ==Links== |
Revision as of 23:22, 4 August 2016
Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40. | |
Born |
November 3, 1903 St. Louis, Missouri, US |
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Died |
April 10, 1975 New Haven, Connecticut, US | (aged 71)
Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
Publications
- American Photographs, 1938; 2nd ed., 1962; 50th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 1988; 75th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 2012. Excerpt.
- with James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; Mariner Books, 2001.
Literature
- Virginia-Lee Webb, Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 1935, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000, 112 pp. Catalogue.
- Caroline Blinder (ed.), New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.