American Photographs

E298370

photobook photography book

American Photographs is a landmark 1938 photobook by Walker Evans that powerfully documents American life during the Great Depression and helped define modern documentary photography.

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Label	Occurrences
American Photographs canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	photobook ⓘ photography book ⓘ
artHistoricalMovement	American documentary photography ⓘ New Deal-era photography ⓘ
associatedExhibition	Walker Evans exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
author	Walker Evans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	highly influential in art and documentary photography circles ⓘ landmark in the history of the photobook ⓘ
designBy	Department of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art ⓘ surface form: Museum of Modern Art design department
exhibitionVenue	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York
exhibitionYear	1938 ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	documentary photography ⓘ photographic essay ⓘ
hasISBN	087070204X ⓘ
hasLaterISBN	0870708358 ⓘ
hasRevisedEdition	later MoMA editions ⓘ
hasTheme	architecture and signage ⓘ portraiture of anonymous subjects ⓘ social class in America ⓘ urban and rural American landscapes ⓘ vernacular culture in the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression in the United States
includedIn	canonical histories of photography ⓘ
influenced	modern documentary photography ⓘ photographic book design ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressSubject	United States—Social life and customs—20th century—Pictorial works ⓘ
medium	black-and-white photography ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of vernacular American architecture ⓘ formal rigor and typological approach ⓘ portrayal of everyday American people ⓘ sequencing of images without extensive captions ⓘ
numberOfPhotographs	87 ⓘ
photographicProcess	gelatin silver prints ⓘ
publicationYear	1938 ⓘ
publisher	Museum of Modern Art ⓘ surface form: The Museum of Modern Art
recognizedAs	foundational work of documentary realism ⓘ milestone of 20th-century photography ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) ⓘ surface form: Walker Evans’s Farm Security Administration photographs
structure	two-part sequence ⓘ
subjectMatter	American life during the Great Depression ⓘ American society ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	1930s United States ⓘ

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Subject: American Photographs
Description of subject: American Photographs is a landmark 1938 photobook by Walker Evans that powerfully documents American life during the Great Depression and helped define modern documentary photography.

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Walker Evans → notableWork → American Photographs ⓘ