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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. | ||
| − | ==Publications== | + | ==Publications, Catalogues== |
| − | * ''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]. | + | * ''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]. [http://moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2968?locale=en] [http://moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1360?locale=en] |
* with James Agee, ''Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; Mariner Books, 2001, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B254E353FF3148FBAADE326A1F569A47 PDF], [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/52fd4e6b307888564b000035 ARG/Epub]. | * with James Agee, ''Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; Mariner Books, 2001, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B254E353FF3148FBAADE326A1F569A47 PDF], [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/52fd4e6b307888564b000035 ARG/Epub]. | ||
* ''Florida'', Los Angeles: Getty, 2000, 80 pp. With text by Robert Plunket, [http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/0892365668.html PDF], [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/3c6c2a8d1507db1c6333351e4276280b ARG]. | * ''Florida'', Los Angeles: Getty, 2000, 80 pp. With text by Robert Plunket, [http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/0892365668.html PDF], [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/3c6c2a8d1507db1c6333351e4276280b ARG]. | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 18 September 2016
 Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40. | |
| Born |
November 3, 1903 St. Louis, Missouri, US |
|---|---|
| Died |
April 10, 1975 (aged 71) New Haven, Connecticut, US |
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, Catalogues
- American Photographs, 1938; 2nd ed., 1962; 50th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 1988; 75th anniv.ed., New York: MoMA, 2012. Excerpt. [1] [2]
- with James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941; Mariner Books, 2001, PDF, ARG/Epub.
- Florida, Los Angeles: Getty, 2000, 80 pp. With text by Robert Plunket, PDF, ARG.
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.
