Photographer Walker Evans was born in St. Louis in his
family home at 4468 McPherson. An artist who sought truth and transcendence in
ordinary subjects, his most famous work documents the Depression, including the
stark portraits of Southern tenant farmers in the book Let Us Now Praise Famous
Men. In 1938 his "American Photographs" was the first solo exhibition by a
photographer at the Museum of Modern Art. After 20 years in photojournalism,
Evans joined the Yale faculty in 1964. In a career that spanned five decades,
Walker Evans produced timeless images that changed perceptions of photography
and American culture.
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Photographer Michael Eastman accepted the award
on behalf of Walker Evans.
(photo 1994.256.391 Paul Grotz(American, b. Germany, 1902-1990), Walker Evans,
1930-34. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker Evans Archive, 1994.) |
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