{"id":20468,"date":"2024-01-09T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?p=20468"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:30:23","slug":"crop-and-click-episode-1-the-photographic-window-walker-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/2024\/01\/09\/crop-and-click-episode-1-the-photographic-window-walker-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop and Click Episode 1 &#8211; The Photographic Window: Walker Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-243x300.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20484\" style=\"width:301px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-243x300.webp 243w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-729x900.webp 729w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-768x948.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-509x628.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-1244x1536.webp 1244w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7-162x200.webp 162w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2024\/03\/1984.5.7.webp 1554w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walker Evans, <em>Penny Picture Display, Savannah<\/em>, 1936, silver gelatin print mounted on board, 12 7\/8 x 10 3\/8 inches, Bates College Museum of Art purchase with Dr. Robert A. and Minna F. Johnson \u201936 Art Acquisition Fund, 1984.5.7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This episode explores the works and social context of documentary photographs taken by Walker Evans during his time in the Farm Security Administration (1935-1937). The main focus will be Evans\u2019 \u2060Penny Picture Display, Savannah, 1936\u2060, which came towards the end of Evans\u2019 time with the Farm Security Administration. We will further discuss how Penny Picture Display compares to another of Evans\u2019 works from 1929 New York called Lunchroom Window, as well as its individual context. We focus on the greater political and historical underpinnings of these works, their contributions to the Farm Security Administration Photo Project, and their significance as cultural documents. We examine the concepts of true versus false in the context of photography and documentary photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A76e942c6-47c0-3b62-b5ca-8c6bfff52be1\">here<\/a> for a transcription and bibliography as well as images of the work&#8217;s discussed in today&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast is part of the Crop and Click series featuring student research on documentary photography from our collection. \u2060Click <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.bates.edu\/objects-1\/portfolio?query=Portfolios%3D%22-115%22&amp;records=25&amp;portfolioName=AVC+276+-+True+or+False%3A+Documentary+Photography\">here<\/a> for a portfolio of all the works discussed in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted and produced by Anna Davis &amp; Connor Gerraughty. 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