"I think it is one of the first conceptual art projects that I’m aware of."
Curator Jeff Rosenheim on a series of photographs by Walker Evans of New York City subway passengers.
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Walker Evans' candid photos of 1930s subway passengers are early conceptual art
"I think it is one of the first conceptual art projects that I’m aware of."
Jeff L. Rosenheim
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Jeff L. Rosenheim
Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs
Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs
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Walker Evans
1938