Signs

Evans, Walker; Codrescu, Andrei

ISBN 10: 0892363762 / ISBN 13: 9780892363766

Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1998

About this Item

Signed by codrescu on the first leaf. A nice, bright copy. ; Getty Trust Publications; 9.4 X 7.7 X 0.6 inches; 69 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 272988

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Signs
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892363762
• ISBN 13: 9780892363766
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

"Walker Evans: Signs" traces one particular theme - signs of all kinds - through the long career of this master photographer. The book brings together images from the era and place most closely associated with Evans, namely, the rural South of the 1930s. But also included are photographs that will be less familiar to many of Evans' admirers, such as his images of New York City street scenes and advertising or the photographs he took in Chicago and Havana. Andrei Codrescu's essay brings a fresh perspective to this great photographer's passionate investigation of the signs he discovered in the urban North, the rural South, and beyond.

About the Author

Andrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, and filmmaker, whose commentaries are often heard on National Public Radio. His latest publication is Hail, Babylon: In Search of the American City at the End of the Millennium.