Walker Evans

Walker Evans

Journalism
🇺🇸United States
social realism

Walker Evans was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Evans published his first photos at the age of 27. Much of Evans' New Deal work uses the large format, 8 × 10-inch (200×250 mm) view camera.

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Lifespan
1903 – 1975
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  • 1903

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  • 1975

    Died

    Death

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