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Walker Evans Subway Portrait January 17, 1941. Not on view. In the late 1930s Evans began bringing a hidden camera into the New York subway. The lens of his camera peeking through the buttons of his coat, he would photograph his fellow passengers on what he called the “swaying sweatbox.”
- Walker Evans. Subway Portrait. 1938-41 | MoMA
Walker Evans Subway Portrait 1938-41. Not on view. In the...
- Walker Evans. Subway Portrait. May 27, 1938 | MoMA
Walker Evans. Subway Portrait. May 27, 1938. Gelatin silver...
- Walker Evans. Subway Portrait. 1938-41 | MoMA
Between 1938 and 1941, Evans produced a remarkable series of portraits in the New York City subway (1971.646.18). They remained unpublished for twenty-five years, until 1966, when Houghton Mifflin released Many Are Called, a book of eighty-nine photographs, with an introduction by James Agee written in 1940.
Between 1938 and 1941 Evans photographed passengers in the New York City Subway with a camera cleverly hidden inside his coat. With the focus and exposure of his 35mm Contax predetermined, Evans was completely free to attend to the transient expressions and conduct of his fellow passengers.
Between 1938 and 1941 Evans produced a remarkable series of portraits in the New York City subways. With a 35mm Contax camera strapped to his chest, its lens peeking out between two buttons of his winter coat, Evans was able to photograph his fellow passengers surreptitiously and at close range.
2 de abr. de 2016 · c. 1939–41. Classification. Photographs. Medium. Gelatin silver print. Dimensions. Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm) Image: 5 × 7 1/8in. (12.7 × 18.1 cm) Accession number. 97.98.2. Series. Subway Portrait Series. Edition. Vintage. Credit line. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee.
