The purpose of this (text) is to describe the influence of Walker Evans’ American Photographs (1938) on The Americans (1959) of Robert Frank. By Tod Papageorge The purpose of this monograph is to describe the influence of Walker Evans’ American Photographs (1938) on The Americans (1959) of Robert Frank. To do this, the photographs in […]
“This is and always will be where my heart is. It is what I care about.” The Muse of Place and Time: An Interview with William Christenberry This interview is the culmination of numerous conversations between Christenberry and the author from October 2004 through August 2005. By Robert Hirsch RH: Describe your family background […]
University of Tennessee professor Paul Ashdown discusses the seminal work by James Agee & Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Ashdown tells how this book came about and how it eventually became an object of study for academics. He calls it a “one of a kind” work.