Stevedore, by Walker Evans
I've written about a glorious portrait by Walker Evans and the possibility of reading too much into a photograph. Find it on francishodgson.com.
Walker Evans, Stevedore, Havana 1933 A stevedore photographed by Walker Evans in Cuba in 1933. Evans’ time in Cuba was interesting and complicated – there’s a fine essay by John Tagg in Photographies in 2009 to give just a taste of how complicated, and it’s there I refound the picture. Great photographers control our readings of pictures. See how two blemishes on the left ( his left ) of his…
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