Walker Evans, "Now that I think about it, mine was the first generation that went to Europe and got a European perspective and technique and came back and applied it to America.

The Centre Pompidou hosts the American photographer’s first retrospective in France spanning his entire career, and featuring more than 300 vintage prints

American, 1903–1975

Browsing around the “past exhibitions” section of the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for no particular reason, I encountered some stunning photographs of Salem buildings by Walker Evans (1903-75), the great American photographer.  I had only a vague knowledge of Evans, primarily identifying him as a photographer of people rather than places, particularly …

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Walker Evans. Untitled. 1933. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 by James Dow. 8 1/16 × 6 3/16" (20.5 × 15.7 cm). Purchase. 363.2015. © 2025 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography

The 75th anniversary edition of Walker Evans' American Photographs, published by the Museum of Modern Art, reinforces the power and mastery of the legendary photographer's work.

25 Jul — 25 Nov 2014 at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Walker Evans. Untitled. 1950. Gelatin silver print. 3 15/16 × 3 3/8" (10.1 × 8.6 cm). Gift of the artist. 315.1963. © 2025 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography

Walker Evans is The Legend in the desert racing community, and then went on to build a reputation competing in rock crawling. He even has his own company that designs and sells shocks and wheels. Walker Evans is best known for racing Dodge trucks, but back in the 1970's he was racing Ford F-100's.

Exhibition. Jan 19–Apr 11, 1989.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Walker Evans. House. 1932. Gelatin silver print. 4 3/16 × 6 5/16" (10.7 × 16.1 cm). Gift of Lincoln Kirstein. 17.1933. © 2025 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography

Houses. Atlanta, Georgia, 1936.

"I’ve now taken up that little SX-70 camera for fun and become very interested in it. I’m feeling wildly with it. But a year ago I would have said that color is vulgar and should never be tried under any circumstances. It’s a paradox that I’m now associated with it and in fact I intend to come out w

Walker Evans. Untitled. 1928. Gelatin silver print. 2 1/2 × 1 9/16" (6.3 × 4 cm). Gift of Dr. Iago Galdston. 73.1977. © 2025 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photography