Iconic Photographers: Walker Evans

Jan 24, 2025

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Roadside Stand Near Birmingham Roadside Store Between Tuscaloosa and Greensboro, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 18.4 x 22.4 cm (7 1 4 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06542
6th Avenue Forty-Second Street, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1929, Gelatin silver print, 12.1 x 18.6 cm (4 3 4 x 7 5 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06536
Second Avenue Lunch, New York, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), New York, New York, United States, 1931, Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06534
New York State Farm Interior, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1931, Gelatin silver print, 18.3 x 22.4 cm (7 3 16 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06531
Roadside View, Alabama Coal Area Company Town, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, Gelatin silver print, 18.3 x 22.4 cm (7 3 16 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06530
A Bench in the Bronx on Sunday, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 19.5 cm (5 1 4 x 7 11 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06528
South Boston Street Wooden Houses, Boston, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1930, Gelatin silver print, 11.1 x 14.4 cm (4 3 8 x 5 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06525
Citizen in Downtown Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 22.2 x 11.7 cm (8 3 4 x 4 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06523
Hudson Street Boardinghouse Detail, New York, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1931, Gelatin silver print, 14.3 x 18.3 cm (5 5 8 x 7 1 4 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06522
Coal Loader, Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 17.1 x 12.2 cm (6 3 4 x 4 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06517
Joe s Auto Graveyard, Pennsylvania, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, Gelatin silver print, 10.3 x 14.4 cm (4 1 16 x 5 11 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06515
Havana Policeman, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 13.3 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 4 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06513
Couple at Coney Island, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1928, Gelatin silver print, 18.6 x 15.4 cm (7 5 16 x 6 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06512
Coney Island Boardwalk, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1929, Gelatin silver print, 21.4 x 14.4 cm (8 7 16 x 5 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06511
Arkansas Flood Refugee, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1937, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 12.9 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06509
Floyd and Lucille Burroughs, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 21.4 cm (7 1 2 x 8 7 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06497
Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 18.1 cm (6 1 4 x 7 1 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06493
Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), negative 1936, print 1950s, Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 19.2 cm (9 9 16 x 7 9 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06488
Floyd Burroughs, A Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 19.4 cm (9 9 16 x 7 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06487
Sharecropper s Family, Hale County, Alabama Bud Fields and His Family, Hale County, Alabama Bud Woods and His Family, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.4 x 24.3 cm (7 5 8 x 9 9 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06486
Farmer s Child, Alabama Othel Lee (Squeakie) Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 12.9 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06484
Street Scene, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 14.4 x 19 cm (5 11 16 x 7 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06483
Public Ceremony, Havana, Central Park Wreathlaying, Havana Wreathlaying at the Jose Marti Statue, Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 22.9 cm (5 1 4 x 9 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06481
Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, print later, Gelatin silver print, 19.2 x 24.1 cm (7 9 16 x 9 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06036
Street Scene, First Avenue and East 61st Street, New York City, New York, USA, Walker Evans for FSA OWI, July 1938 Copyright: CircaxImages ghi-circa04835
July 25, 2016 - Farm Covered with Floodwaters, near Ridgeley, Tennessee, USA, Walker Evans for Farm Security Administration, February 1937 - ZUMAg145 20160725_zza_g145_006

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Roadside Stand Near Birmingham Roadside Store Between Tuscaloosa and Greensboro, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 18.4 x 22.4 cm (7 1 4 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06542

6th Avenue Forty-Second Street, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1929, Gelatin silver print, 12.1 x 18.6 cm (4 3 4 x 7 5 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06536

Second Avenue Lunch, New York, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), New York, New York, United States, 1931, Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06534

New York State Farm Interior, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1931, Gelatin silver print, 18.3 x 22.4 cm (7 3 16 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06531

Roadside View, Alabama Coal Area Company Town, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, Gelatin silver print, 18.3 x 22.4 cm (7 3 16 x 8 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06530

A Bench in the Bronx on Sunday, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 19.5 cm (5 1 4 x 7 11 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06528

South Boston Street Wooden Houses, Boston, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1930, Gelatin silver print, 11.1 x 14.4 cm (4 3 8 x 5 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06525

Citizen in Downtown Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 22.2 x 11.7 cm (8 3 4 x 4 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06523

Hudson Street Boardinghouse Detail, New York, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1931, Gelatin silver print, 14.3 x 18.3 cm (5 5 8 x 7 1 4 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06522

Coal Loader, Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 17.1 x 12.2 cm (6 3 4 x 4 13 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06517

Joe s Auto Graveyard, Pennsylvania, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, Gelatin silver print, 10.3 x 14.4 cm (4 1 16 x 5 11 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06515

Havana Policeman, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 13.3 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 4 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06513

Couple at Coney Island, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1928, Gelatin silver print, 18.6 x 15.4 cm (7 5 16 x 6 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06512

Coney Island Boardwalk, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1929, Gelatin silver print, 21.4 x 14.4 cm (8 7 16 x 5 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06511

Arkansas Flood Refugee, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1937, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 12.9 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06509

Floyd and Lucille Burroughs, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 21.4 cm (7 1 2 x 8 7 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06497

Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 18.1 cm (6 1 4 x 7 1 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06493

Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), negative 1936, print 1950s, Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 19.2 cm (9 9 16 x 7 9 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06488

Floyd Burroughs, A Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 24.3 x 19.4 cm (9 9 16 x 7 5 8 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06487

Sharecropper s Family, Hale County, Alabama Bud Fields and His Family, Hale County, Alabama Bud Woods and His Family, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.4 x 24.3 cm (7 5 8 x 9 9 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06486

Farmer s Child, Alabama Othel Lee (Squeakie) Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 12.9 cm (7 11 16 x 5 1 16 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06484

Street Scene, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1936, Gelatin silver print, 14.4 x 19 cm (5 11 16 x 7 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06483

Public Ceremony, Havana, Central Park Wreathlaying, Havana Wreathlaying at the Jose Marti Statue, Havana, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1933, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 22.9 cm (5 1 4 x 9 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06481

Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975), 1935, print later, Gelatin silver print, 19.2 x 24.1 cm (7 9 16 x 9 1 2 in.) Copyright Artokoloro LCD3_191706_06036

Street Scene, First Avenue and East 61st Street, New York City, New York, USA, Walker Evans for FSA OWI, July 1938 Copyright: CircaxImages ghi-circa04835

July 25, 2016 - Farm Covered with Floodwaters, near Ridgeley, Tennessee, USA, Walker Evans for Farm Security Administration, February 1937 - ZUMAg145 20160725_zza_g145_006