Walker Evans

Walker Evans captured the stark realities of Depression-era America, from Alabama sharecroppers to New York City street life, with a "literate, authoritative, transcendent" eye.

ABOUT

Walker Evans, born in St. Louis in 1903, became one of America's most influential photographers, renowned for his direct and unsentimental documentation of American life. Raised in an affluent environment, Evans initially gravitated towards literature, studying French literature at Williams College before immersing himself in New York's literary and art scene. He took up photography in 1928, influenced by the meticulous work of Eugène Atget and August Sander, and quickly dev…

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NOTABLE WORKS

A Child's Grave, Hale County, Alabama 1936 · Art Institute of Chicago [12 Postcards Sent by Walker Evans to 10 Recipients, Later Retrieved by the Artist and Filed with his Collection of Postcards] 1900 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Papers, Annotated Index Cards, and Miscellaneous Notes Relating to Walker Evans's Collection of Postcards and Signs] 1910 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Red Leather-Bound Address Book] 1920 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Three Hundred Fifty-Six Items of Printed Ephemera Including Reproductions of Works of Art, Photographs, Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, Engravings, Advertisements, and Maps] 1920 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Red Leather-Bound Notepad] 1920 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Eugène AtgetDocumentary Photography August SanderDocumentary Photography

Influenced

Helen LevittStreet Photography