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Walker Evans
Legendary
American
photgrapher
Walker
Evans
(1903-1975)
is
best
known
for
his
captivating
large
format
images
of
the
American
vernacular.
His
iconic
images
entered
the
public's
collective
consciousness
with
appearances
in
magazines,
books,
and
museums
around
the
world
since
the
1930s.
He
has
inspired
generations
of
photographers
and
artists,
changing
the
field
with
his
narratives
of
American
life.
In
1938,
MOMA
exhibited
the
first
decade
of
his
photographs
in
his
first
retrospective American
Photographs.
Born
in
St.
Louis,
Missouri,
Walker
Evans
moved
to
New
York
City
as
a
young
man
to
pursue
writing.
He
studied
writing at
Williams
College
for
a
year,
and... Read More
later
the
Sorbonne,
picking
up
photography
in
1928.
The
interplay
between
language
and
image
were
central
to
his
work.
As a
small
child
and
throughout
his
life,
Evans
collected
picture
postcards.
A
2009
exhibition
at
The
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art, Walker
Evans
and
the
Picture
Postcard, featured
his
9,000
postcard
collection
to
reveal
the
symbiotic
relationship
with
his
own
photographs.
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