佃户农舍的厨房一角,阿拉巴马州黑耳县

Walker Evans American

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1936年夏天,沃克·埃文斯与他的作家朋友詹姆斯·艾吉共同创作了一篇有关美国南部棉花佃农的未发表文章,该文章最终成为大萧条时期的名著《现在让我们赞美名人》(1941年)。艾吉采访了三个农场家庭,埃文斯拍下了他们的肖像以及他们房屋、家具、衣物和土地的细节。这幅私密而可敬的照片上有一个简单的扫帚、一块老旧的粗棉布以及带梯状椅背的椅子,它们使人想起艾吉说的俏皮话:他曾说,这些家庭的小屋里的每件东西“就算再用舌头舔一遍,也不会更干净了。”

Kitchen Corner, Tenant Farmhouse, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut), Gelatin silver print

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