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Report copyright infringementby James Mellow (Author), Hilton Kramer (Introduction by)The Depression Era photographs of Walker Evans (1903-1975) remain some of the most indelible a nd iconic images in the American consciousness. James R. Mellow's landmark biography of Evans-the first to make use of all his diaries, letters, work logs, and contact sheets-shows that Evans was not the social propagandist that many presume, but rather a fastidious observer, recording, simply, the way things were. Walker Evans is not only one of the most finely wrought portraits of a major American artist ever, it is also a fascinating cultural history of America in the 1930s and '40s.Author BiographyJames R. Mellow (1926-1997) won the National Book Award in 1983 for his biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was the author of a trilogy of biographies on writers of the Lost Generation, including Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences. In his forty-year career as a writer, art critic, and biographer, Mellow wrote for the New York Times, Architectural Digest, the Washington Post, Gourmet, and Arts magazine. Number of Pages: 656 Dimensions: 1.73 x 9.04 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2001 Show more