Walker Evans (Library of Congress Project)
Following on from the last post about Dorothea Lange and the images made available from the Library of Congress archives, here are a number of images by Walker Evans from the same FSA archive... It is a wonderful resource.
As in the case of Dorothea Lange's work, I tried to make these images sympathetic to the final versions seen in various reproductions by the artist, but also using my photographic skills to maximise the impact of the images while honouring the artist.
Again, I have cleaned up minor imperfections in the scans, cropped the image slightly and made some tonal and structural changes as any photographer would, but keeping in mind what I observe in a number of book reproductions I have.
I have also tried to replicate the types of darkroom papers and print toner combinations that would have been available to photographers in the 1930's.
As in the case of Dorothea Lange's work, I tried to make these images sympathetic to the final versions seen in various reproductions by the artist, but also using my photographic skills to maximise the impact of the images while honouring the artist.
Again, I have cleaned up minor imperfections in the scans, cropped the image slightly and made some tonal and structural changes as any photographer would, but keeping in mind what I observe in a number of book reproductions I have.
I have also tried to replicate the types of darkroom papers and print toner combinations that would have been available to photographers in the 1930's.
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| Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 |
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| Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 |
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| Allie Mae Burroughs, 1936 |
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| Garage in Southern City Outskirts, 1936 |
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| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1936 |
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| Post Office, Sprott, Alabama, 1936 |
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| Roadside stand near Birmingham, 1936 |
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| Church of the Nazarene,Tennessee, 1936 |
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| Cabin, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 |
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