Walker Evans (1903 - 1975)
1903-11-03Saint Louis, USA1975-04-10New Haven, USAUSA
Walker Evans
Walker Evans was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work from the FSA period uses the large-format, 8×10-inch (200×250 mm) view camera. He said that his goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative, transcendent".
Many of his works are in the permanent collections of museums and have been the subject of retrospectives at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the George Eastman Museum.
Date and place of birt: | 3 november 1903, Saint Louis, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 10 april 1975, New Haven, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Photographer, Portraitist |
Genre: | Documentary photography, Genre art, Portrait, Self-portrait, Street Photography |
Art style: | Realism, Black & white photo |
Technique: | Gelatin silver print, Photographic printing |