Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents… — 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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