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Walker Evans

Walker Evans

The Magazine Work

by David Campany
Hardback
Publication Date: 16/06/2014

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Walker Evans was one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century, who produced a body of photographs that continues to shape our understanding of the modern era. Evans worked in every genre and format, in black and white and in color, but two passions were constant: literature and the printed page. While his photographic books are among the most influential in the medium's history, Evans's more ephemeral pages remain largely unknown. From small avant-garde publications to mainstream titles such as Fortune, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Architectural Forum and Life, he produced an innovative and independent counter-commentary on America, often setting his own assignments, editing, writing and designing his pages. Presenting many of Evans's photo-essays in their entirety, David Campany assembles a forgotten history, allowing us to see how Evans protected his autonomy, earned a living and reached audiences far beyond the museum and gallery.
ISBN:
9783869302591
9783869302591
Category:
Individual photographers
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
16-06-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Steidl Publishers
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
320x245x28mm
Weight:
1.68kg
David Campany

David Campany is a writer, curator and artist, working mainly with photography. He's author of A Handful of Dust (2015), The Open Road: photography and the American road trip (2014), Walker Evans: the magazine work (2014), Gasoline (2013), Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (2010), Photography and Cinema (2008) and Art and Photography (2003).

He has written over two hundred essays for museums and monographic books, and contributes to Frieze, Aperture, Source and Tate magazine. For his writing, David has received the ICP Infinity Award, the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, the Alice Award, a Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, and the Royal Photographic Society's award for writing. Currently he teaches at the University of Westminster, London.

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