Walker evans photography biography books

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Walker evans photography biography books

Save for Later. View all copies of this book. About this Item First edition, first printing. Seller Inventory Contact seller Report this item. About this title Synopsis: Walker Evans's haunting images of southern sharecroppers in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men were as revolutionary in their time as James Agee's text and are now deeply ingrained in the American consciousness.

In the first full biography of this intriguing and enigmatic artist, a leading national authority on Evans looks beyond the calculated anonymity of his work to reveal the singular obsessions behind it. A man in love with Americana, Evans was a sensualist, a junk collector, a connoisseur, a wit, a perpetual weekend guest. His friendships with Hart Crane, Lincoln Kirstein, and James Agee drew him into the promiscuous New York literary scene in the s, '40s, and '50s, and his fierce independence from contemporaries such as Ansel Adams and Margaret Bourke-White brought him notoriety among photographers.

Both charismatic and seductively aloof, Evans had a spy's genius for capturing the telling detail. From his rise to prominence with the founding of the Museum of Modern Art to his work. Andrei Codrescu Contributor. Jerry L. Alan Trachtenberg Essay ,. John T. Hill Editor. Quotes by Walker Evans? Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads.

Learn more. Die knowing something. You are not here long. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Walker Evans ,. Jeff L. Rosenheim ,. Lucy Sante ,. James Agee. Walker Evans photographer ,. Walker Evans Photographer ,.

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