Walker Evans (1903-1975) was an American photographer whose work shaped the development of documentary photography in the United States. Working primarily in black-and-white, Evans developed a precise approach to subjects drawn from everyday American life. His photographs made for the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s, alongside those of Dorothea Lange, became some of the most enduring images of the Great Depression. His collaboration with James Agee resulted in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), while his 1938 exhibition American Photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, established his work as a significant contribution to modern photography. Evans continued to work across photography, writing, and editorial publishing throughout his life. His work has been the subject of major exhibitions at institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.