Assignment: Who was Walker Evans? How do the concerns of Evans work intersect with your work as a student in photography? What does Evans photography mean and, how does it fit in our current soci-cultural environment?
Be prepared for open class discussion to answer these questions on Wed., 17 Nov., 2004.
Walker Evans: Before + After - Walker Evans (1903-1975) did most of his best work in the 1930s, and his pictures have been celebrated as documents of the Great Depression. But his concerns ranged far beyond the troubles of the 1930s, and his inventive pursuit of descriptive photography laid the foundations of a robust creative tradition. His restless probing of American identity radically broadened the engagement of advanced photography—and of modern art—with the world outside the studio.
"Walker Evans"
Be prepared for open class discussion to answer these questions on Wed., 17 Nov., 2004.
Walker Evans: Before + After - Walker Evans (1903-1975) did most of his best work in the 1930s, and his pictures have been celebrated as documents of the Great Depression. But his concerns ranged far beyond the troubles of the 1930s, and his inventive pursuit of descriptive photography laid the foundations of a robust creative tradition. His restless probing of American identity radically broadened the engagement of advanced photography—and of modern art—with the world outside the studio.
"Walker Evans"
