Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard
Jeff L. Rosenheim
Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard explores an intriguing aspect of the famed American photographer's work—his relationship with the postcard as both an art form and a cultural artifact.
The book delves into Evans’ personal collection of postcards, many of which he began collecting in the 1920s, and examines how these simple, often mass-produced images influenced his own photographic vision.
Evans, known for his meticulous approach to documenting everyday life, was drawn to the immediacy and snapshot quality of postcards. In many ways, these postcards represent a kind of folk art, capturing moments of American life, architecture, and the natural world with a rawness that appealed to Evans' sense of simplicity and truth. The book offers insight into how Evans saw these images not just as tourist memorabilia but as a way to communicate universal experiences through a lens that was both intimate and detached.
Steidl, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2009
Hardcover
21× 26 cm
408 pages
£70
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Jeff L. Rosenheim
Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard explores an intriguing aspect of the famed American photographer's work—his relationship with the postcard as both an art form and a cultural artifact.
The book delves into Evans’ personal collection of postcards, many of which he began collecting in the 1920s, and examines how these simple, often mass-produced images influenced his own photographic vision.
Evans, known for his meticulous approach to documenting everyday life, was drawn to the immediacy and snapshot quality of postcards. In many ways, these postcards represent a kind of folk art, capturing moments of American life, architecture, and the natural world with a rawness that appealed to Evans' sense of simplicity and truth. The book offers insight into how Evans saw these images not just as tourist memorabilia but as a way to communicate universal experiences through a lens that was both intimate and detached.
Steidl, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2009
Hardcover
21× 26 cm
408 pages
£70
Enquire