Walker Evans born November 3, 1903– April 10, 1975. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts, 1922. He studied French literature for a year at Williams College.Evans's photographs and Agee's text detailing the duo's stay with three white tenant families in southern Alabama during the Great Depression were published as the groundbreaking book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
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