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Walker Evans (1903-1975), Farm Security Administration photographer who documented the hardships and poverty of the Depression era, focusing on the rural South. Collaborated with the writer James Agee on the book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men."


















![Red Injun: 1935 December 1935. "Main street [Broad Street] of Selma, Alabama." 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration. View full size.](jpg/shorpy-8c52066a.thumbnail.jpg)



























































![McCollum Grocery: 1936 Moundville, Alabama, in 1936. Photo by Walker Evans. [Update Nov. 9, 2007: This would seem to be in Greensboro, not Moundville. Although the mayor of Haleyville has another theory. - Dave] View full size.](jpg/8c52416u_0.thumbnail.jpg)

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