Walker Evans
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/evan/hd_evan.htm
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1634
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1634
"Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt."
- Walker Evans
"His photographs of roadside architecture, rural churches, small-town barbers, and cemeteries reveal a deep respect for the neglected traditions of the common man and secured his reputation as America's preeminent documentarian."
Just like Ravilious, Evan's spent a large proportion of his life documenting a time long forgotten in America, concerned with the introduction of modernism and advertising through times of great depression in America. His jobs concerned him with rural communities during the depression and he took his involvement as a chance to document what was happening and create some of the most influential images of all time, influencing artists of the future such as Friedlander, Arbus and even the Bechers.