Walker Evans

Walker Evans was born in 1903 in St. Louis Missouri. He grew up in Toledo, Chicago, and New York City. In 1922 Evans graduated from college after studying literature. Six years later he decided to become a photographer. In 1930 his first photographs were published. Walker Evans was an important contributor to the development of American documentary photography in the 1930’s. His photos are well detailed depictions of people and artifacts of American life (Masters 1). His photographs showed …

…be lower and the items different, but it is the same idea. On April 10, 1975 Walker Evans died in New Haven, Connecticut. Evans was well known during his lifetime and after his death. His pictures are looked upon as reflections from the depression. His pictures were always taken with a serious mood. Evans’ pictures were taken in ways that would most affect the American people. Walker Evans will always be known as a great documentary photographer.