"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Walker Evans: Decade by Decade : Cincinnati Art Museum June 12, 2010 -- September 5, 2010" -- P. [255] Includes bibliographical references (p. 252).
Contents:
Foreword / Aaron Betsky -- Introduction. Walker Evans: decade by decade -- J.S. + W.E. : retrieval -- Plates -- List of works.
Summary:
"The photographs of Walker Evans (1903-1975) altered the American consciousness; many of his images are fixed in our collective memory. His uncompromising documentation of poverty during the Great Depression is iconic in the history of photography, yet his equally innovative works produced in the ensuing decades have been little known and underappreciated. This monograph, spanning all of Evans's work, presents many photographs that are only rarely seen, including his last images, the Polaroids he shot in the early 1970s. The photographer's rising influence in the 1970s and his symbiotic relationship with legendary Museum of Modern Art curator John Szarkowski are at the core of this revisionist volume"--Cover, p. 2. Walker Evans (1903-1975) is undisputedly one of the most influential American photographers ever. His work altered the consciousness of his country, and many of his images are fixed in collective American memory. His uncompromising documentation of poverty during the Great Depression has become an iconic part of the history of photography, yet his equally innovative works produced in the ensuing decades have met with less acclaim. This monograph is devoted to Evans's complete body of work, and it deliberately features many of the photographs that are only rarely seen, including the Polaroids he shot in the early seventies-his last images.0Exhibition: Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany (9.2012 - ) / Oberòˆsterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria (2.2013 - ), Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (6.2013 - ).
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