"many are called" de walker evans.
photos prises en 1938 et publiées en 1966.
tu noteras l'omniprésence des chapeaux dans la tenue vestimentaire de l'époque.
"In an exhibition press release from the Museum of Modern Art on October 5th, 1966, Evans gave what seemed to be a straightforward explanation for the long delay:
“The
rude and impudent invasion involved has been carefully
softened and partially mitigated by a planned passage of
time.”
4
However, James Agee’s 1940 introduction to the
series and Evans’ 1941 Guggenheim Fellowship renewal
letter that described his plans for a book of “semi-automatic
record of photography of people” point to an initial intent
to publish and call this
planned
passage into question.
5
From the late 1930s on, there was a great deal of anxiety
surrounding espionage and national security that made the
role of spy-photographer especially devious and potentially
unethical. In 1942, the Port Authority actually outlawed
photography without a permit on bridges, tunnels, and
“other public places” in New York.
6
Therefore, concerns
about legality and ethics certainly would have made Evans
hesitant to publish right away, but the stylistic newness of
the photographs presented theoretical challenges as well.
As visual history would have it,
Many Are Called
would bear
more resemblance to the photography of the 1960s than
1930s and ‘40s. Given these factors, Evans’ claim to the
“
planned
passage of time” may well have been an after-the-
fact-excuse that glossed over the difficulty of publishing the
series at the time of its creation. "
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