Sign-In
Cart
Walker Evans: No Politics
Hardcover
General PhotographyPhotography History & Criticism
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN13: 9781477320624
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Jun 22 2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
NO POLITICS whatever. Walker Evans made this emphatic declaration in 1935, the year he began work for FDR's Resettlement Administration. Evans insisted that his photographs of tenant farmers and their homes, breadlines, and the unemployed should be treated as pure record. The American photographer's statements have often been dismissed. In Walker Evans: No Politics, Stephanie Schwartz challenges us to engage with what it might mean, in the 1930s and at the height of the Great Depression, to refuse to work politically.
Offering close readings of Evans's numerous commissions, including his contribution to Carleton Beals's anti-imperialist tract, The Crime of Cuba (1933), this book is a major departure from the standard accounts of Evans's work and American documentary. Documentary, Schwartz reveals, is not a means of being present--or being political. It is a practice of record making designed to distance its maker from the scene of the crime. That crime, Schwartz argues, is not just the Depression; it is the processes of Americanization reshaping both photography and politics in the 1930s. Historicizing documentary, this book reimagines Evans and his legacy--the complexities of claiming no politics.
Also in
Photography History & Criticism
Capitalism and the Camera: Essays on Photography and Extraction
Coleman, Kevin
James, Daniel
Paperback
Old Glory: Iconic Flags and the Stories They Tell of America's 250-Year History
Miller, Roland
Hardcover
The Endurance Photographs: A Definitive Visual Record of Shackleton's Expedition
The Royal Geographical Society
Hardcover
The Inner Passage: An Untold Story of Black Resistance Along a Southern Waterway
Richards, Virginia McGee
Hardcover
Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
Burgess, Anika
Hardcover
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image: The Photography Workshop Series
Webb, Alex
Norris Webb, Rebecca
Paperback
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present
Willis, Deborah
Hardcover
Grand Prix 1966: The On-Set Photography Of Luis Delgado From The Landmark James Garner Film That Redefined Realism In Auto Racing Motion Pictures
Delgado, Blake
Bunte, Jim
Hardcover
1000 Nudes. a History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939
Koetzle, Hans-Michael
Scheid, Uwe
Hardcover
Civil War Photo Forensics: Investigating Battlefield Photographs Through a Critical Lens
Hippensteel, Scott
Hardcover
The Stahl House: Case Study House Ú22: The Making of a Modernist Icon
Stahl, Bruce
Stahl Gronwald, Shari
Hardcover
Vintage Japan: Rare 19th Century Photographs from the Yokohama Studio of Felice Beato
Civardi, Ornella
Hardcover
Reminiscing 1960s America: Memory Lane Picture Book For Seniors with Dementia and Alzheimer's patients. (Large Print Edition)
Melgren, Jacqueline
Paperback
Fred Ritchin: Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen
Ritchin, Fred
Paperback
Diableries: The Complete Edition: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell
May, Brian
Pellerin, Denis
Fleming, Paula
Hardcover
This Day in Aerospace: A 365-Day Journey Through Aviation and Space History
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Hardcover
Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers
Piper, Brian
Lord, Russell
Mason, John Edwin
Hardcover
A Brief History of Photography: From the Very Beginning to the Age of Digital
Young, David S.
Paperback
The Photographic Reflex: The Lee Marks and John C. Deprez, Jr. Collection
Levy, Benjamin Louis
Hardcover
Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography
Ewald, Wendy
Meiselas, Susan
Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha
Hardcover
The School of Photography: Beginner's Guide: Master Your Camera, Clear Up Confusion, Create Stunning Imagery
Newton, Marc
Paperback
A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 2: A Medium Unleashed, 1919-1969
Langford, Martha
Hardcover
Photography's First Century: Masterworks from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Triebel, Flora
Aubenas, Sylvie
Hardcover
Zeitreise in die Welt der Kolonialzeit: barbusige Frauen aus aller Welt bei der täglichen Arbeit
Prommersberger, Jurgen
Paperback
Black Light: Revealing the Hidden History of Photography and Cinema
Wall-Romana, Christophe
Paperback
In the Glow of the Sierra: Ghost Towns & Historical Sites of the Eastern Sierra: Southern Region
Force, Tami
Hardcover
A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka
Buthpitiya, Vindhya
Paperback
Echoes Across New Mexico: Documenting the State's Fading and Forgotten Communities
Moore, Michael D.
Harrington, Bridget
Paperback
The Attractions of the Moving Image: Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde
Gunning, Tom
Paperback
Kodak Colorama Archive: Monumental Photographs That Defined Scale, Color, and Image Culture
Company, Eastman Kodak
Hardcover
Double Exposure: Resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Most Mysterious War Photographer
Sullivan, Robert
Paperback
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion (Signed Edition)
Sargent, Antwaun
Hardcover
David Hockey's a History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen
Gayford, Martin
Hockney, David
Paperback