Walker Evans

Walker Evans was an American photographer best known for his work during the Great Depression era. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Evans studied French literature and worked as a writer before turning to photography.

Evans' photographic work was characterized by its stark realism and its focus on the lives of ordinary people. He is best known for his photographs of sharecroppers and tenant farmers in the American South, which were featured in the book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," which he collaborated on with writer James Agee. His photographs captured the poverty and hardship faced by these communities, and they are regarded as some of the most important and influential images of the era.