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Walker Evans : starting from scratch / Svetlana Alpers.
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Alpers, Svetlana, author. aut

Title & Author:

Walker Evans : starting from scratch / Svetlana Alpers.

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Description:

143 pages of plates, x, 257 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-236) and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Evans's eye -- 1. Evans's France: Real and Virtual -- 2. The Possibility of the Medium -- 3. Cuban Days -- 4. Evans's America: Life and Art -- 5. Subway Portraits -- 6. Time Out for Fortune -- 7. Turning In -- Afterword.
Summary:

"A magisterial study of celebrated photographer Walker Evans"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9780691195872 (hardcover)
0691195870 (hardcover)
(electronic book)
9780691210896

Subject:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Criticism and interpretation.
Evans, Walker (1903-1975) Criticism and interpretation.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
Photography, Artistic.
Documentary photography United States.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis.
art photography.
PHOTOGRAPHY / General.
Documentary photography United States. Biography.
Documentary photography
United States

Form/genre:

Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318612
Call No.: 318612
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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