WALKER EVANS

“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. ” – Walker Evans By: Lauren Cahill

Biography Born November 3,

1903 Died April 10, 1975 Spent most of his

young life in Toledo, Chicago, and New York City.

Evans discovered literature and first had the idea to become a writer.

Self portrait of Walker Evans.

Greatest Contribution

“Fortune” magazine. He became the editor of Fortune magazine.

“Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” Pictures taken during the Great Depression were published.This picture was taken during the

Great Depression. Taken in Alabama (1936) The show depression, and has good tonal contrast.

Contribution’s Continued

Evans spent two months on a fixed-term photographic experiment for the “Resettlement Administration.”

In this photo Evans shows the feeling of these kids being tired after working on a hot day. Rule of Thirds, and shallow depth of field, negative space, tonal contrast.

The Resettlement Administration?

The Resettlement Administration hired photographers to document the living and working conditions of America during The Depression.

This picture uses the rule of odds, tonal contrast, and rule of thirds.

Who influenced Evans?

Was influenced by the French photographer Eugène Atget.

Also was impressed by another Frenchman Henri Cartier-Bresson.

This picture was taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson using the golden spiral.

Who did Walker Evans Influence?

Evans inspired Helen Levitt, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Hilla Becher to become photographers.

This photo was taken by Robert Frank using one of Evans techniques.

Important to Art Evans recorded the

many problems of the Administration during the Depression from 1935-1938.

This photo would have been much better if there weren’t someone in the background. Because it makes it sort of unbalanced.

Other Importance Evans photos

gave visual images to help capture some of the many difficulties of The Great Depression.

Hoping for a ride to a better place.

Rule of thirds.

Change the art form Instead of

portraits and photos of beauty and wealth, he documented history and showed the other side.

Rule of thirds and good tonal contrast.

What did he add to art?

The ability to document history through simple photos was Walker Evans’ style.

A typical hard working day for the prisoners. Rule of odds.

Examples of his work

Images of everyday places.

Documented living conditions.

More work

His photos help capture how hard times really were. Rule of thirds, and rule of odds and tonal contrast.

His portraits one of showed faces of despair.

More examples

This picture was taken in Alabama of a hard working family. Good Tonal contrast.

Works Cited Wales, Jimmy. Walker Evans . 16 Mar. 2013. Web. 18

Mar. 2013.

McKendry, John . Walker Evans (1903-1975). Oct. 2004.Web. 11 Mar. 2013.

Colberg, Joerg. Walker Evans - Decade by Decade. 19 Feb.2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2013.

Nelson, Cary. A Photo Essay on the Great Depression. .Web. 12 Mar. 2013.

Works Cited Continued

Chikvaidze, Nutsa. Walker Evans. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

Gerber, Louis. Walker Evans Biography and Exhibition.8 July 2000. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.

Barr, Nancy. Photography. 27 Feb. 2010. Web. 15 Mar.2013.

Paul Getty. Walker Evans . Web. 12 Mar. 2013.

Kershaw, Daniel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 25 Feb.2000. Web. 11 Mar. 2013.

The End

“Documentary photography has nothing whatsoever to do with art. But it is art for all that.” – Walker Evans