Walker Evans Hw3

Pictures are taken with a motive.It usually shows the emotion one wants to reflect.Walker Evans’ clandestine photographs seem to show the feelings of these passengers during a rough time, The Great Depression. His way of capturing the problem being dealt with through a hidden camera and at the subway to this generation may be a bit creepy.However, his method is successful because the passengers expressions were genuine as they didn’t expect a photograph to be taken. Usually people tend to smile or express a different image of themselves when they do notice a picture is being taken.Today’s riders expressions may have some similarities since everyone goes through a stage of depression or may be having a bad day. But that is hard to notice since everyone is usually facing down looking at their phone, listening to music or rarely engaging with others.