Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans)

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.

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Generate an image of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) (Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) is a landmark collection of documentary images depicting impoverished tenant farmers in the American South during the Great Depression, created to accompany James Agee’s influential text of the same name.)

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photographic work ⓘ
aim to document conditions of poor tenant farmers ⓘ
archivalPresence major museum photography collections ⓘ
associatedTheme class inequality ⓘ
human dignity in poverty ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
associatedWith Farm Security Administration photography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Walker Evans ⓘ
culturalSignificance landmark of American documentary tradition ⓘ
depicts American South ⓘ
impoverished rural families ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
depictsPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
documentationType visual ethnography ⓘ
documentedBy James Agee (text) ⓘ
ethicalApproach non-sensational depiction of poverty ⓘ
genre photojournalism ⓘ
social documentary photography ⓘ
hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText James Agee ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American visual culture of the 20th century ⓘ
hasPhotographer Walker Evans ⓘ
hasTitleInWork Let Us Now Praise Famous Men ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
influenced later documentary photographers ⓘ
languageOfAccompanyingText English ⓘ
locationDepicted Alabama ⓘ
medium black-and-white photography ⓘ
movement American documentary movement ⓘ
notableFor collaboration with James Agee ⓘ
influence on documentary photography ⓘ
intimate portrayal of tenant farmers ⓘ
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portrays daily life of tenant farmers ⓘ
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material possessions of poor families ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
publicationContext Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (book) ⓘ
relatedWork Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (text by James Agee) ⓘ
style straight photography ⓘ
unembellished realism ⓘ
subjectMatter rural poverty ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
timeOfCreation 1930s ⓘ

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