I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes called a 'documentary photographer' but... a man operating under that definition could take a sly pleasure in the disguise. Very often I'm… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is usually produced unconsciously and… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach. — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't need to. If the… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
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