Main entry:

Mora, Gilles, 1945- author.

Title & Author:

Walker Evans : the hungry eye / Gilles Mora and John T. Hill ; translated from the French by Jacqueline Taylor.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993.

Description:

366, [2] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-368).
1927-32. Early abstractions ; Brooklyn Bridge ; New York streets ; Victorian architecture --1932-35. Tahiti ; Havana ; African sculpture ; The deep south ; Antebellum architecture -- 1935-38. Farm Security Administration ; American photographs ; Let Us Now Praise Famous Men -- 1938-45. The subway ; Florida : the Mangrove coast ; Bridgeport : the war factories -- 1945-65. Labor anonymous ; Chicago: a camera exploration ; California beaches ; Views from the train ; Beauty of the common tool ; Aboard the Liberté -- 1927-75. Signs and graffiti ; Postcards ; Trash ; Color.

Summary:

Beginning with early abstractions and a project on the Brooklyn Bridge, this book covers the artist's work in New England, Tahiti, Cuba, Florida, and New Orleans, and his involvement with the Farm Security Administration which led to the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.

ISBN:

0810932598
9780810932593
081099187X
9780810991873

Subject:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.
Evans, Walker.
Photography, Artistic.
Travel photography.
Photographers United States Biography.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie de voyage.
Photographes États-Unis Biographies.
art photography.
travel photography.
Photographers
Fotografie
Foto's.
United States

Form/genre:

Photography, Artistic.
photobooks.
Biographies
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.
Bildband.

Added entries:

Hill, John T., author.
Taylor, Jacqueline (Translator), translator.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 88548
Call No.: TR140.E92 (ID:93-B2347)
Status: Available