Tag: Walker Evans
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Stephen Shore: American Surfaces: Revised & Expanded Edition
Capturing America in the Early 1970s Stephen Shore American Surfaces is one of the most important photo books of the 1970s. Few works capture the spirit of roadside America in that era as vividly. Shot during Shore’s road trips across the country in 1972 and 1973, the series documents the most ordinary details of life
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American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)
The Book That Changed Documentary Photography This week’s Roadside Reads and Reels spotlight is on American Photographs by Walker Evans. Originally published in 1938 to accompany Evans’ landmark solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, the book remains one of the most influential photobooks of the twentieth century. It is not just a collection
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