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The Metropolitan possesses the bulk of Evans's archive of prints, negatives, diaries, working notes, letters, and other writings. In the process of planning the show, its curators discovered hundreds of previously unknown negatives stored at the Library of Congress. From this vast source, they constructed the show and its companion book. The catalog's introductory essays by such writers as Maria Morris Hambourg, head of photography for the Met, sketch the biographical details of Evans's life and explore works like his New York subway portraits in depth. But the real treat is to browse the nearly 200 plates, each reproduced from vintage prints in the museum's archive and private collections. Evans's early work focused on New York City--the proverbial bright lights of Broadway, the carnival atmosphere of Coney Island, the clutter of workers and shoppers and cars and advertisements in its streets. Soon he fanned out, photographing main drags and battered buildings in upstate New York and Pennsylvania. He also explored the people of Havana, Cuba, and the rural American South in some of his best-known work. By the mid-1970s, Evans was working in color, but his imagery remained consistent: signs, architecture, and seemingly inconsequential details like a Peg-Board full of kitchen utensils dominate. Arriving at the close of this book, readers can only thank the fates that Evans gave up his ambitions as a writer to devote himself wholly to his "left-handed hobby" of photography. --Jordana Moskowitz
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Book Description LG Trade PB, photos. Condition: New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. NOT remaindered; Ships in a box, USA; 4to; 318 pages 1st Trade Paperback Edition; First Printing. Seller Inventory # 56986
Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. The catalog that accompanied an exhibition at the Met featuring items from the then acquired Walker Evans archives. Metropolitam Museum of Art/Princeton University Press, 2000. 318 pages; b&w photos throughout; 10 x 11.5 inches. Bibliography, index. Seller Inventory # DADAX0870999389
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