Devised by Clément Chéroux, the former manager of the photography Department of the Centre Pompidou in Paris who now runs the photo department of the San Francisco MoMA, this “Walker Evans” retrospective – a first in France – is truly remarkable. Firstly, because it contains 300 prints and a hundred-odd documents and objects...
Walker Evans (1903-1975), “Untitled”, Detroit, 1946, Foundation A.Stichting, Brusssels.
Devised by Clément Chéroux, the former manager of the photography Department of the Centre Pompidou in Paris who now runs the photo department of the San Francisco MoMA, this “Walker Evans” retrospective – a first in France – is truly remarkable. Firstly, because it contains 300 prints and a hundred-odd documents and objects loaned by thirty-seven sources; secondly, because it presents a thematic interpretation of the output of this American photographer, the advocate of simplicity and neutrality. Only the first two rooms, focusing on his early years and influences, are chronological. He made many contacts when he returned…
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