Main entry:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer.

Title & Author:

Walker Evans : lyric documentary / by John T. Hill ; with an essay by Alan Trachtenberg.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Göttingen ; London : Steidl, 2006.
©2006.

Description:

236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"Selections from Evan's work for the U.S. Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1937."
"In association with the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C."
Includes bibliographical references.
Comments on Walker Evans' lecture lyric documentary -- The exhibition, the book, and the printed page -- Plates -- West Virginia -- Pennsylvania -- New Orleans and vicinity -- Mississippi -- Georgia -- South Carolina -- Alabama -- Arkansas flood refugees -- Contrapuntal design, essay by Alan Trachtenberg.

Summary:

Publisher description -- Walker Evans' work was spread over forty-six fitful and prolific years, yet in a scant two years, 1935-1936, he produced a singular body of work that defined his career. In the process he refined a hybrid style which combined documentation with sly personal comment. During that brief time he worked for the Farm Security Administration (previously the U.S. Resettlement Administration) photographing the consequences of the Great Depression. He delighted in being the artist traveling incognito as an artless photojournalist, but with the independence to satisfy his own designs. This volume presents those seminal images for the first time as a comprehensive body and in chronological order. These are prime examples of Evans' alchemy -- his seemingly effortless transformation of mundane fact into sweeping lyricism. This series not only defines his mature style but also offers a path for artists of future generations. Evans has been called the most important American artist of his century. The impact of his vision reaches well beyond the province of photography.

ISBN:

9783865210227 (hbk.)
3865210228 (hbk.)

Subject:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Catalogs.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
Documentary photography 20th century Catalogs.
Photography, Artistic 20th century Catalogs.
Photographie documentaire Catalogues.
Photographie artistique Catalogues.
Photographie documentaire 20e siècle Catalogues.
Photographie artistique 20e siècle Catalogues.
Documentary photography
Photography, Artistic
Rural conditions
United States Rural conditions 20th century Pictorial works Catalogs.
United States

Form/genre:

Catalog
catalogs (documents)
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Catalogs
Catalogues.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Trachtenberg, Alan, writer of added commentary.
Hill, John T., author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249709
Call No.: BIB 179285
Status: Available