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About Walker Evans: Photographer Of America
Product Description Determined to "capture life has he saw it," Walker Evans (1903-1975) became one of the great photographers of the twentieth century, shooting in the New York City subways as well as the American heartland. His subjects included posters, billboards, and the Brooklyn Bridge--but he is best known for the stirring photographs he took of farmers during the Great Depression. This handsome volume offers a clearly written account of the legendary photographer's life and a verbal and visual portrait of the turbulent times in which he lived, illustrated with over 80 sumptuous duotone reproductions of his work. From School Library Journal Grade 5–9—This is a well-written and insightful look at the professional and personal life of a 20th-century photographer. Although Evans originally wanted to be a writer, he had photos printed in small magazines and in some galleries while still in his 20s. Nau recounts his friendships with Hart Crane and James Agee, among others, which led to other assignments. Eventually, Evans went to work for Fortune magazine where he spent 20 years. The America that he documented was often that of ordinary people and disappearing architecture. Rich in details and unstaged, his works offer candid glimpses of our society, from Coney Island in the 1920s to Southern tenant farmers in the 1930s, and, later, to small towns and signs in the '70s. Excellent examples of the various periods appear throughout. The text succeeds in portraying his determination to photograph what mattered to him rather than what conventional wisdom might have dictated. Although the focus is on his professional life, mention is made of his marriages and bouts with alcoholism. This slim volume provides a thoughtful depiction of a complex man whose artistry with a camera immortalized many aspects of American society.— Carol Schene, formerly at Taunton Public Schools, MA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Although there are biographies about Depression-era photographers, such as Elizabeth Partridge's I^ Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange (1998) and George Sullivan's I^ Berenice Abbott (2006), few books about Walker Evans exist for the YA audience. Nau fills this gap, amplifying information about Evans' life and philosophy with more than 50 richly reproduced photos. A college dropout, Evans embraced photography as a means of elevating the everyday stuff of life to the realm of art, whether in black-and-white images of subway riders and suffering sharecroppers or the eclectic color Polaroids that comprised his later work. Nau's brisk, expository treatment lacks the copious anecdotes about personal struggles and technical achievements that enliven the best artists' biographies. But shutterbugs, including those above and below the suggested age range, will find inspiration in Evans' uncompromising images--particularly the stark, quiet scenes from the seminal I^ Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), created with James Agee--and may wish to move on to works suggested in Nau's well-rounded bibliography. A time line and source notes are appended. Jennifer Mattson Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved About the Author Thomas Nau has been an avid photographer since his student days, when he discovered the work of Walker Evans and found it a source of inspiration. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, the illustrator and writer Janet Pederson, and their son, Graham.
