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Walker Evans’s Subway Portraits
Seeing Walker Evans’s photos of the subways during the depression share similarities with today’s train riders is almost uncanny; seeing as both times had nothing for the rider to do except read the newspaper or a book. In both eras, … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Walker Evans’ Subway Portraits
Walker Evans photographed people on the New York City subways between 1938-1941. He only published these photographs 25 years later in his book, Many Are Called, which was re-issued in 2004. Read a review about the new edition in the New York Times or listen … Continue reading
