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Walker Evans

Wild Animal Circus: 1936

Posters advertising a 1936 circus near Lynchburg, South Carolina. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Posters advertising a 1936 circus near Lynchburg, South Carolina. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Bethlehem Boys: 1935

November 1935. Sons of American Legion members in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the FSA.

November 1935. Sons of American Legion members in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the FSA.

 

Whitewash: 1935

1935 or 1936. "Negro cabin in Hale County, Alabama." View full size. 8x10 nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

1935 or 1936. "Negro cabin in Hale County, Alabama." View full size. 8x10 nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

 

The Summer of ’36

Summer 1936. Children of sharecropper Frank Tengle at their Hale County, Alabama, cabin. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans.

Summer 1936. Children of sharecropper Frank Tengle at their Hale County, Alabama, cabin. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans.

 

Family Portrait: 1936

Summer of 1936. William Edward "Bud" Fields, wife Lily Rogers Fields and infant daughter Lilian at their sharecropper cabin in Hale County, Alabama. Photograph by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Summer of 1936. William Edward "Bud" Fields, wife Lily Rogers Fields and infant daughter Lilian at their sharecropper cabin in Hale County, Alabama. Photograph by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Lily Fields: 1936

Summer 1936. Lily Rogers Fields and two of her children in their Hale County, Alabama, cabin. Husband is cotton sharecropper Bud Fields. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

Summer 1936. Lily Rogers Fields and two of her children in their Hale County, Alabama, cabin. Husband is cotton sharecropper Bud Fields. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Greensboro, Alabama: 1936

"County seat of Hale County, Alabama," in August 1936 as photographed by Walker Evans. View full size. The McCollum Grocery on the corner is the subject of another Evans photo, where it's identified as being in Moundville. See Bill Cary's comment. Is this Moundvlle? Haleyville? Greensboro? (Other Evans photos identify this store as being in Greensboro, the county seat.)

"County seat of Hale County, Alabama," in August 1936 as photographed by Walker Evans. View full size. The McCollum Grocery on the corner is the subject of another Evans photo, where it's identified as being in Moundville. See Bill Cary's comment. Is this Moundvlle? Haleyville? Greensboro? (Other Evans photos identify this store as being in Greensboro, the county seat.)

 

Mount Pleasant: 1935

July 1935. "Back street. Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Westmoreland County."  View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration.

July 1935. "Back street. Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Westmoreland County." View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration.

 

Will Work for Food: 1935

"Mule in Hale County, Alabama, 1935." Photo by Walker Evans. View full size.

"Mule in Hale County, Alabama, 1935." Photo by Walker Evans. View full size.

 

Scotts Run: 1935

Company houses at Scotts Run mining camp near Morgantown, West Virginia. July 1935.  View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans.

Company houses at Scotts Run mining camp near Morgantown, West Virginia. July 1935. View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans.

 

Selma, Alabama: 1935

December 1935. "Sidewalk scene in Selma, Alabama." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

December 1935. "Sidewalk scene in Selma, Alabama." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

 

New Orleans: 1935

"New Orleans Negro street," December 1935. View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans. X's at bottom are crop marks.

"New Orleans Negro street," December 1935. View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans. X's at bottom are crop marks.

 

Birmingham: 1936

March 1936. "Workers' company houses and outhouses. Republic Steel, Birmingham, Alabama." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans. View full size.

March 1936. "Workers' company houses and outhouses. Republic Steel, Birmingham, Alabama." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans. View full size.

 

Jazz Feeds: 1936

Alabama feed store, March 1936. View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans.

Alabama feed store, March 1936. View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans.

 

Chez Heinz: 1936

January 1936. "Negro house in New Orleans, Louisiana." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration. View full size.

January 1936. "Negro house in New Orleans, Louisiana." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration. View full size.

 
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