Oral history interview with Walker Evans
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 2 audio reels. Duration is 2 hr., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration
label: Names
content: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
topic: label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Photographers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Street photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 46 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.evans71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview with Walker Evans conducted 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Evans discusses his early life and education; his early desire to become a writer; living for two years in Paris; teaching himself photography; taking pictures for the Farm Security Administration; his later work with FORTUNE and TIME magazines; photographing celebrities; his "Subway" series; teaching at Yale; influences on his work. He recalls Lincoln Kirstein, Roy Stryker and Ben Shahn.