Great Black and White Photographers, PART 2

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Walker Evans was born on November 3rd, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri. He photographed the Great Depression in America with a 8x10 inch view camera. He graduated from Williams College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Also, Evans was a self taught photographer. While taking photos, he worked for the Farm Security Administration. After woking for the FSA, Evans was a photographer for Time and Fortune. During the time he worked at those destinations, he took many photos that would later help him complete his collections. Evan's most famous photo is "Subway Portrait", which was taken in 1940. Walker captured many meaningful photographs, but retired from professional photography in 1965. After his photography career, Evans was a graphic arts professor at Yale University. Although Walker passed away on April 10th, 1975, his photography and legacy will live for many more years. You can find many of Evan's photographs at the MoMA museum of art or the Met museum of art in New York City.

 PS. I have been to both those museums and probably saw some of his photography!! :)

 Citations:
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/walker-evans?all/all/all/all/0
https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/walker-evans-subway-portraits-1938-41
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans




Here are three more favorite photos of mine by Walker Evans:


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