Walker Evans, born November 3rd, 1903 in St.Louis Missouri is known for his photography during the Great Depression. He photographed "modern America in the making" for over fifty years, taking photographs from the 1920's until the early 1970's. He was known for taking pictures of people on the street in local cafes, bedrooms, or at a stand on the side of the road. During the Great Depression Evans photographed the workers and architecture of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) In Southeastern America. He worked for Fortune magazine as a staff photographer for twenty years until he became a professor for photography and graphic design at Yale University.
His pictures are really clear and sharp, I find this photo very interesting just to look at. It shows a different era of our history and it is quite fascinating,
This picture was part of his collection that was shown at the Museum of Modern Art called Walker Evans: American Photographs. This is one of his FSA photographs and I love the colors and the grey tones. The people are so interesting and I think their faces really tell a story of the Great Depression.
This is a very famous image of Walker Evan's. It is so simple but yet very interesting. Its so sharp and I think its just a well done photo.
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