Curator Jeff Rosenheim on a series of photographs by Walker Evans of New York City “Subway Passengers.”
Walker Evans's 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
Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee
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Walker Evans
1938
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