Walker evans brief biography of abraham

Summary of Walker Evans

The photographs of Walker Evans told the story of American working-class life with an exacting frankness that was truly revolutionary for its time. His iconic portrait of Allie Mae Burroughs - a farmer's wife, and mother of four - whose unforgettable eyes seem to stare right through us - is one of the most firmly embedded images in American consciousness.

A staffer at Fortune and Time magazines, Evans actually reached the height of his powers toward the end of The Great Depression.

Walker evans brief biography of abraham

Drawing deeply on the American literary tradition, he went further than others in his refusal to romanticize poverty. While they might look like protagonists from American Realist novels (those by William Faulkner or John Steinbeck, for example), his men and women are real people, more firmly immortalized because it takes more time to read a book than see a photograph.

Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest photographers of his time, Evans's forthright approach to portrait