Walker Evans Simple Secrets: Photographs from the Collection of Marian and Benjamin A. Hill

by Ellen Fleurov

The photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) was first noted for his portrayal of the US South during the Depression era in the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and for an exhibition entitled American Photographs at the Museum of Modern Art. He created intimate, personal records of American life for five decades.

Genres: Art, Photography

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1998

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

The catalog of photos at the back is interesting and detailed, but many of those not chosen for enlargement seem to be the most eye-catching.

[Judah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've seen some of Walker Evans photographs, but did not realize he was around my area much. Some of the photographs were reproduced rather small for my tastes but otherwise I like this handy little volume.

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can never see enough photographs by Walker Evans.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good introduction to Walker Evans' body of work. Reproductions, though small, are good.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

"…for is there anything…,
anything more charming,
more productive,
more positively exciting,
than the commonplace?"

-Charles Baudelaire