Jennabug44’s Creative Photography

Short Bio:

Intimidated by the difficulty of writing, Walker Evans turned to photography in 1930. He did work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). In 1941, Evans’ photographs of three white tenant families in southern Alabama during the Great Depression were published as the groundbreaking book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Evan’’s photographs of the families made them icons of Depression-Era misery and poverty. Evans was a passionate reader and writer, and became a staff writer at Time magazine. He also became a professor of photography at Yale University.

My 2 cents:

Evans’ photographs of the Great Depression-era are full of rich environmental portraits. Through his photos, he showed the drab lifestyles of these families. His work is intriguing, but doesn’t particularly fit my taste.

Some of Walker Evans’ work:

To find more info or work of this photographer go here:
Link 1, Link 2