Walker Evans

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David Alekhuogie Sees Blackness at the Core of Modern Art

In his project “A Reprise,” the photographer remixes Walker Evans’s images of African sculptures—and poses bold questions about what we consider fake or original, art or archive.

A Historic Archive’s Nightmarish Portrait of America

A new book reimagines the Depression-era photography of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks, mapping a country of strangers and ghosts.
Walker Evans, Independence Day, Terra Alta, West Virginia, 1935

A New Look at Walker Evans

In her recent book, Svetlana Alpers explores the cultural figures that influenced Evans’s renowned photographs.

5 Depression-Era Photographs That Galvanized Social Change

From Dorothea Lange to Walker Evans, the FSA photographers of the 1930s shaped a vision of the world transformed by economic crisis.

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Walker Evans, Resort Photographer at Work, 1941

Walker Evans, Hero of the Vernacular Style

A landmark exhibition argues that the photographer’s approach to image making goes far beyond documentary.

10 Exhibitions to See This Fall

From Malick Sidibé to Stephen Shore, here are the must-see photography exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and beyond.

A Love Song for New Orleans

Drawing inspiration from Walker Evans, Stephen Hilger photographed a city’s disappearing neighborhood.

William Christenberry, Poet of the Ordinary (1936–2016)

Aperture remembers the life of the Southern photographer, whose work evokes the power of passing time.

Walker Evans & the Written Word by David Campany

David Campany on the writers that informed the work of Walker Evans.

Prajna Desai: "Constructing Worlds" at Barbican Art Gallery

A review of “Constructing Worlds” at Barbican Art Gallery.

Tim Davis – The Neighborhood Ketchup Ad

From Aperture 209: Tim Davis considers the photographic history of American housing.

Photography Reading Shortlist – 08.22.12

Our choice of the best in online photography news and commentary.

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