Walker Evans and Robert Frank: Photographers Who Changed the Way America Sees Itself
Gordon Talley BA, Colgate University, Philosophy, MFA, Yale Drama, Directing, Coordinator, Ad Hoc Culture Group, Cambridge
One Class
10:30 – 12:00
November 9
Walker Evans and his protégé, Robert Frank, profoundly impacted photography, elevating it into a vehicle at once art, reportage, and a deeply personal response to society. We’ll look in depth at their most influential works — Evans’ American Photographs (1938) and Frank’s The Americans (1959). What do these photographs show about our nation and people, why are they so compelling, and how did these books shape our future vision of ourselves?
