Like the work of most great artists, the best of Walker Evans’ pictures ... might astonish those photography buffs who have always, understandably, imagined Evans as nothing if not an ...

Walker Evans is one of the most vaunted ... its imprimatur now firmly established in the canon of American photography. The photographs that Evans is known for are the seemingly straightforward ...

Walker Evans' influence so suffused the work of younger artists that we can barely see what he produced on its own terms. We can sense the force of his example everywhere, from the photography of ...

In U.S. photography, art and style, there’s obviously no going back from Evans, so where was he coming from, and where did he take us? Born in 1903 in St. Louis, Walker Evans spent his early ...

That the photographer Walker Evans was one of the most important American artists of the 20th century is beyond dispute. His influence, starting in the 1930s, has been inestimable, not only on his ...

Walker Evans was never one to bow to authority. A photographer celebrated for his landmark work with the Depression-era Farm Security Administration, he fostered a reputation as a rebel and ...

In the U.S., income inequality flourished at its highest level more than 80 years ago, just before the Great Depression, when Walker ... in 1975), Evans helped pioneer documentary photography.

If there were a contest for the photographer, alive or dead, with the greatest reputation based on the smallest amount of work, Walker Evans would win in a walk. This is not, as you might imagine ...

In black and white, the photographs of Walker ... Depression. Evans came to New Orleans in 1935 to photograph the city and the region. A student of the documentary style of photography, Evans ...