Subway Portraits
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Subway Portraits is a renowned series of candid photographs by Walker Evans capturing anonymous New York City subway riders in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Subway Portraits canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography project
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photographic series ⓘ |
| aim | to record ordinary people without self-consciousness ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
non-interventionist
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observational ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (collections/exhibitions)
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York (exhibitions)
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| cameraUse | concealed camera under clothing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Walker Evans ⓘ |
| creatorRole | Walker Evans as photographer ⓘ |
| curatorialNote | often exhibited in art museums and photography galleries ⓘ |
| depicts |
anonymous New Yorkers
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urban life in New York City ⓘ working-class passengers ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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portrait photography ⓘ street photography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later street photography ⓘ |
| hasPart | candid portraits of anonymous subway passengers ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
candid
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intimate portrayal of strangers ⓘ social realism ⓘ unposed ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
class and ethnicity in urban transit
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facial expressions of commuters ⓘ isolation in public spaces ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Subway Portraits self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early 20th-century American urbanization
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pre–World War II New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1938 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual work) ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | New York City ⓘ |
| mainSubject | New York City subway riders ⓘ |
| movement | American documentary photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
unposed portraits of everyday people
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use of hidden camera ⓘ |
| partOf | Walker Evans’s body of work ⓘ |
| photographicProcess | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| placeDepicted | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| publicationHistory | images later published in book form ⓘ |
| rightsHolder |
Walker Evans
ⓘ
surface form:
Walker Evans estate (for many images)
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| timePeriod |
early 1940s
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late 1930s ⓘ |
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