{"product_id":"walker-evans-starting-from-scratch-9780691195872","title":"Walker Evans: Starting from Scratch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magisterial study of celebrated photographer Walker Evans\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalker Evans (1903-75) was a great American artist photographing people and places in the United States in unforgettable ways. He is known for his work for the Farm Security Administration, addressing the Great Depression, but what he actually saw was the diversity of people and the damage of the long Civil War. In \u003ci\u003eWalker Evans, \u003c\/i\u003erenowned art historian Svetlana Alpers explores how Evans made his distinctive photographs. Delving into a lavish selection of Evans's work, Alpers uncovers rich parallels between his creative approach and those of numerous literary and cultural figures, locating Evans within the wide context of a truly international circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlpers demonstrates that Evans's practice relied on his camera choices and willingness to edit multiple versions of a shot, as well as his keen eye and his distant straight-on view of visual objects. Illustrating the vital role of Evans's dual love of text and images, Alpers places his writings in conversation with his photographs. She brings his techniques into dialogue with the work of a global cast of important artists--from Flaubert and Baudelaire to Elizabeth Bishop and William Faulkner--underscoring how Evans's travels abroad in such places as France and Cuba, along with his expansive literary and artistic tastes, informed his quintessentially American photographic style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA magisterial account of a great twentieth-century artist, \u003ci\u003eWalker Evans \u003c\/i\u003eurges us to look anew at the act of seeing the world--to reconsider how Evans saw his subjects, how he saw his photographs, and how we can see his images as if for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSvetlana Alpers\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of history of art at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting scholar in art history at New York University. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Describing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Vexations of Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRoof Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City and France.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494343315730,"sku":"9780691195872","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47293b5b-c544-40ac-9c97-7318cc2776e2.jpg?v=1730663249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/walker-evans-starting-from-scratch-9780691195872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}