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Walker Evans

1903 - 1975

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Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' New Deal work uses the large format, 8 × 10-inch (200×250 mm) view camera. He said that his goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative, transcendent". Many of his works are in the permanent collections of museums and have been the subject of retrospectives at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the George Eastman Museum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walker Evans is the 35th most popular journalist (down from 31st in 2019), the 3,486th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,334th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Walker Evans ranks 35 out of 196. Before him are Margaret Bourke-White, François Mignet, Christopher Hitchens, Kevin Carter, Edgar Snow, and Harriet Quimby. After him are Diana Nyad, Joe Rosenthal, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and James Foley.

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Among people born in 1903, Walker Evans ranks 127. Before him are Cornell Woolrich, Richard Thomalla, Howard P. Robertson, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, W. Ross Ashby, and Barbara Hepworth. After him are Joan Robinson, Dolores Costello, Flaminio Bertoni, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Boris Blacher, and Cigerxwîn. Among people deceased in 1975, Walker Evans ranks 91. Before him are William A. Wellman, Franz Six, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Carl Lutz, and Barbara Hepworth. After him are Achille Van Acker, Boris Blacher, Alvin Hansen, Richard Conte, Richard Tucker, and Ernst Alexanderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walker Evans ranks 3,486 out of 20,380. Before him are Whitey Bulger (1929), Derrick Rose (1988), Mary Astor (1906), Ralph Craig (1889), Ed Sullivan (1901), and James Turrell (1943). After him are Oliver Winchester (1810), Norman Taurog (1899), Josh Charles (1971), Beatrice Wood (1893), Edith Massey (1918), and Linda Nochlin (1931).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Walker Evans ranks 11. Before him are W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), and Harriet Quimby (1875). After him are Diana Nyad (1949), Joe Rosenthal (1911), James Foley (1973), James Nachtwey (1948), Eve Arnold (1912), and Larry Kudlow (1947).

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