Walker evans

The 75th anniversary edition of Walker Evans' American Photographs, published by the Museum of Modern Art, reinforces the power and mastery of the legendary photographer's work.

Walker Evans. Havana Dock Worker. 1932-33. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 by James Dow. 8 1/16 × 6 3/16" (20.5 × 15.7 cm). Purchase. 350.2015. © 2023 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography

Walker Evans [Greek Revival Townhouse with Men Seated in Dourway, New Orleans] March 1935 Silver gelatin print Walker Evans is recognized as the most important and influential American photographer of his generation. Working in what he called the “vernacular style,” Evans forged an approach that preferred the everyday to the precious and the factual over the artful. Although he often photographed inanimate objects, with architecture and signage being among his most lasting subjects, he also…

Depth of Field is the most comprehensive study of Walker Evans, who is best known for photographing the Great Depression in the 1930s

Walker Evans. Girl in Fulton Street, New York. 1929. Gelatin silver print. 7 5/16 × 4 5/8" (18.6 × 11.7 cm). Gift of the artist. 336.2015. © 2023 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography

In a jaded, left-swiping culture, to weary, image-battered, overstimulated eyes, Evans is a clean slate, an ocean wave rolling onto a littered shore.

American, 1903–1975

Walker Evans. Untitled. 1933. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 by James Dow. 8 1/16 × 6 3/16" (20.5 × 15.7 cm). Purchase. 363.2015. © 2023 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography