Homework #2 Walker Evans

After reading how Walker Evans photograph those people I was excited to see how the photographs turned out. It was fascinating to see the expressions of the subjects he captured, so natural, simple minded in the sense that they didn’t know what was going on right under their nose. If for one second they would’ve notice what Evans was doing it would’ve ruined the expression that gave his photographs identity. Looking at those photos makes one wonder what those people were thinking because everyone wears a public mask on the subway. I can’t imagine the criticism he would’ve faced for sneaking photos of strangers on the subway. In today’s subway commute Walker Evans would only be able to capture people minding their own business and frowning while reading the advertisement above and with today’s technology all you would be able to capture is commuters engaged to their phones, which isn’t as fascinating as the subjects captured by Walker Evens.