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An album of eighty-seven of Evans' pictures of houses, factories, people, and city streets offers an unadorned look at American society between 1929 and 1937.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What can I saw about this remarkable photo book that hasn't been said before? Well, regarding the photos nothing really but, as I found out, the history of this title is quite fascinating. Over the years there have been four editions. Originally published by MoMA in 1938 (the five thousand copies were letterpress printed) to coincide with an exhibition of a hundred of Evans photos. Oddly forty-seven of these don't appear in the book and thirty-three in the book didn't make it to the exhibition. Even photos that appeared in both had different cropping or were from different negatives of the same event.
The second edition, in 1962, was again published by MoMA in an edition of four thousand copies, letterpress printed from the 1938 plates. The third edition, with the photos now out of copyright, was published by the East River Press. This edition is best avoided because it was printed from pages in the 1938 book, by offset litho, rather than from the original prints.
This, the fourth edition, was again published by MoMA to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary in 1988. The eighty-seven photos here are printed as duotones from prints made from the original negatives, with one exception which was made from the printed photo in the 1938 book because the negative had been destroyed.
The original 1938 exhibition photos have long been forgotten, (though if you are interested they are shown in Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye) so it is this book that carries on his legacy.... Read more ›
The second edition, in 1962, was again published by MoMA in an edition of four thousand copies, letterpress printed from the 1938 plates. The third edition, with the photos now out of copyright, was published by the East River Press. This edition is best avoided because it was printed from pages in the 1938 book, by offset litho, rather than from the original prints.
This, the fourth edition, was again published by MoMA to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary in 1988. The eighty-seven photos here are printed as duotones from prints made from the original negatives, with one exception which was made from the printed photo in the 1938 book because the negative had been destroyed.
The original 1938 exhibition photos have long been forgotten, (though if you are interested they are shown in Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye) so it is this book that carries on his legacy.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Knj Yates
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
My concern with this book was that it might be a pastiche of the original. This is not the case and I write to reassure others. This is a good facsimile and faithful to the original where possible. My recollection of leafing through an original copy (I did not own it) was that the plates were lush but definition was limited by the economics of the print process. This book surpasses the original providing duo-tone plates of remarkable quality. A beautiful and rewarding book, don't hesitate.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a reprint on decent paper of a MOMA classic publication. It contains many of Evans' best known images and as such is a valuable addition to anyone's library of 20th. century masters. Good value too,
By K. Green
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Prints are good quality and resolution, book is well made. bargain. Must have for aspiring documentary photographers, students and lecturers.
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