walker evans

WALKER EVANS

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Jessie (née Crane) and Walker,Walker Evans came from an affluent family. His father was an advertising director. He spent his youth in Toledo, Chicago, and New York City. He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts, 1922.He said that his goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative, transcendent".                                                             




           SELF PORTRAIT

                                                                                                            

This photo shows the depression and sadness that the lady was feeling .

  This is a strange photo , but i like it.

W. Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith

Smith graduated from Wichita North High School in 1936. He began his career by taking pictures for two local newspapers. He was known for his refusal to compromise professional standards and his brutally vivid World War II photographs.

Education: University of Notre Dame, Wichita North High School

Nominations: National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs

He was taking photos of wars and world disasters and was inputting his own message into the photos. He believed that a photographer should be at the scene and every one of his photographs had his signature. Eugene once said: “I wanted my pictures to carry some message against the greed, the stupidity and the intolerance that cause these wars.”  (American Masters) " copied from http://nikobogun.blogspot.com "

White Rose Bar sign from the fourth-floor window of

821 Sixth Avenue (c. 1957–1964).

I love this photo because it shows a lot of meanings .