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Walker Evans, whose work both defined and transcended the genre of documentary photography, is arguably the most influential American photographer of the twentieth century. This first European retrospective of his art will open at the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop, Germany, in September 2015 and will subsequently travel to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and to the Vancouver Art Gallery. The accompanying book, Depth of Field, aims to show in de - tail the arc of Evans’s career. It traces the complex develop - ment of his oeuvre from the brilliance of his early street pho - tography to his iconic photographs of the Great Depression to his late embrace of color and especially color Polaroid, a medium intended for amateurs. The book also features lesser-known series, including his photographs of Victorian and antebellum architecture, Cuba, and Florida’s Gulf Coast, and his Fortune magazine portfolios. Lastly, it sheds light on Evans’s appropriation of vernacular signs and ephemera as an extension of his vision with a camera. In image and text, this comprehensive book reveals Evans’s denial of photography’s boundaries to reach past his time and place, becoming a seminal figure in the arts.
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In the pantheon of great American photographers, it's perhaps Walker Evans who stands taller than most. His influence across the world of photography can be seen to this day, most notably in the genres of street photography and location portraiture. Evan's ability to draw the extraordinary from the everyday has been near unequalled in all the years since his death. This stunning volume from Prestel does ample justice to the legend's work and succeeds not just because of its reproduction of his more famous works, but also because it takes the time to explore those images that have perhaps been overshadowed, such as his pictures taken in Florida's Gulf Coast. This is a vital volume for anyone serious about the history of photography and the history of that sprawling melting pot we call America. --Amateur Photographer
Represents the most comprehensive study of Walker Evans' work ever published, containing masterful images accompanied by authoritative commentary from leading photography historians. --Pixel Magazine, Wednesdy 1st June 2016
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Represents the most comprehensive study of Walker Evans' work ever published, containing masterful images accompanied by authoritative commentary from leading photography historians. --Pixel Magazine, Wednesdy 1st June 2016
John T. Hill was Yale University s first Director of Graduate Studies in Photography. In 1975, on the death of his friend, Walker Evans, he became executor of that estate. He is the author of several books.
Heinz Liesbrock is the director of the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop, Germany. His exhibitions and writings primarily deal with aspects of American art and literature, from Edward Hopper, Josef Albers, and Ad Reinhardt to Raymond Chandler.
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- PublisherSteidl
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 3869309679
- ISBN 13 9783869309675
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages380
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