Bedford Village, Westchester County, New York
Walker Evans American
Not on view
This photograph of a shrine to the nation's oldest incorporated grocer, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. ("A&P"), displays Evans's ability to construct meaning from the juxtaposition of pictorial elements–from the Neoclassical architectural details to the crazy quilt of the American flag and daily specials in the windows of the store, which still stands. Many of Evans's most sophisticated photographs from the period have a rebuslike quality, disclosing previously unnoticed connections in the world.
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