Walker Evans: Photographing America, 1929-1947

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x1x9. First American edition. No jacket. 2009 Hard Cover. 181 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. This book draws a parallel between the photographs on America made by Evans and Cartier-Bresson in the period from 1928 to 1948. Evans was well-established, had already published Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with James Agee, and was at work on Many Are Called. Cartier-Bresson, on the other hand, was just beginning his new career as a photographer. Although they both approached their work as a form of social criticism, imbued with references to literature and painting, their practices were always quite distinct.