Evans's work brought a radical new spirit to American photography, characterized by candor, economy, and intellectual precision. This 50th-anniversary edition of his book re-creates the 1938 publication with fine duotone reproductions from original plates.
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Evans's work brought a radical new spirit to American photography, characterized by candor, economy, and intellectual precision. This 50th-anniversary edition of his book re-creates the 1938 publication with fine duotone reproductions from original plates.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0870702386.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Second Edition. Not price-clipped ($40.00 price intact). Published by MoMa, 1988. Quarto. Black boards stamped in black. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and a few light spots to back panel. 205 pages. ISBN: 0870702378. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Evans, Walker. Fine in near fine jacket. With an essay by Lincoln Kerstein. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. 192 pages. Slim square 8vo, black cloth, scuffed d.w. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition.
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Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light damp stain on front panel. Small closed tear on bottom rear panel. Small open tear on spine heel.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 205 pages.
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Near fine condition. Very good condition (DJ) Book. Octavo (8vo). 195 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Minimal soiling to the endpapers. Unclipped dustjacket with a few tiny tears and creases, as well as overall slight soiling and rubbing and slight darkening of the spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by 87 black & white plates. Contains an essay by Lincoln Kirsten. No date of publication listed; circa 1962.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Second edition. Essay by Lincoln Kirstein. Small square quarto. Near fine in spine-toned very good dust jacket. Despite these modest flaws still a handsome copy of an important title.
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Very good in Fair jacket. First edition. Jacket is worn and chipped along edges, with some tears between jacket flaps and jacket covers. Large chipped section from top edge of jacket spine, covering part of author's name but not the rest of the text. Spine is tanned, but text is legible. Cover corners are lightly worn. Spine is worn along edges and cracked, but binding is secure. Pages are lightly tanned long edges, but photographs are bright and unmarked. Errata is present.
This celebrated book of Walker Evans (1903 -- 1975), "American Photographs", has a long history. In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art presented an exhibition of Evan's photographs taken during the late 1920s -- early 1930s. Evans selected and arranged 87 photographs from the exhibit and divided them into two sections of 50 and 37 photos. The Museum of Modern Art published the book that resulted under the title "American Photographs" together with an essay by Lincoln Kirstein. Over the years, the book went in and out of print in various editions. The Museum issued a 25th anniversary edition in 1962, which also went out of print, followed by a 50-year anniversary edition in 1988. In 2012, the Museum issued the 75th anniversary edition of Evans' classic. The book recently appeared on the new book shelf of my local library, and I wondered why. The 75th anniversary edition went through its fourth printing in 2019, once more making the book available to new readers.
This book is indeed a work of art and a moving picture of America. The photographs date from the Great Depression with Evans eloquently and faithfully showing scenes from the era. Most of the photos are from the East Coast, with a few photos from Cuba, ranging from New England to Alabama and Mississippi. They capture rural, small town, and urban America, poor and wealthy, white and black. The photos include people, places, and structures.
The two parts of the book represent "People by Photography" in the first and "indigenous American expression" in the second. I find it difficult to distinguish the two. Evans designed the book carefully. He wanted the reader to view the photographs in the sequence in which they appeared and not to be distracted by text. Thus, the listing of photographs appears at the end of each section. Evans was wise in arranging the book in this way to allow the reader to concentrate both on each individual photograph and on the cumulative impact of the collection. I viewed the photographs several times as Evans had intended and then viewed them with the captions at the back of each section.
These photographs are gritty and sad. Some of the individual photographs have become classic and well-known in themselves. The photographs in this book capture a harsh and changing time. With all the Depression-Era poverty and loneliness, the photos display a strength and a sense of vision. They invite both reflection and a sense of hope. I was glad to find this new printing of Evans' book and to think about his portrait of America.
