Walker Evans

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Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40.
Born November 3, 1903(1903-11-03)
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died April 10, 1975(1975-04-10) (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

  • 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.

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