Photo by Art W. Evans - New York, 61st Street - Between 1st and 3rd Avenues (circa 1929)

📸 Fine Art Photography – Walker Evans New York, 61st Street – Between 1st and 3rd Avenues (circa 1929) 🚚 Typical street scene: passersby, Flynn's truck, Camel & Byrnes Storage advertisements 🖤 Black & White – Glossy Finish – Premium Paper 270g/m² 📐 Size: 20.5 X 30.5 cm ✨ The spirit of New York through the eyes of a master of American photography Captured in the late 1920s by Walker Evans, this scene of 61st Street in Manhattan evokes all the urban energy and aesthetics of pre-war New York. A suspended moment: passersby, a Flynn's delivery truck, typical advertising signs (Camel's, Byrnes Storage)… A direct, unvarnished vision of urban daily life. This photograph demonstrates Evans's fascination with the vernacular, those ordinary elements of the city—facades, signs, cars—which he elevates into art. Through a frontal framing and a restrained style, Evans captures the graphic power of architecture, painted letters, and anonymous people on the street. A timeless, raw, and authentic work. 🎞️ Print Features ✔️ Faithful reproduction of a photographic masterpiece ✔️ Professional gallery-quality photo paper – 270g/m² ✔️ Glossy finish: brilliant blacks, superb rendering ✔️ Size: 20.5 X 30.5 cm – Ideal for framing ✔️ New – Perfect condition – Carefully protected shipping 🖋️ About Walker Evans (1903–1975) A major figure in American documentary photography, Walker Evans transformed 20th-century photography by taking a humanist look at modern society. Initially drawn to literature (he studied at the Sorbonne in 1926), he turned to photography upon his return to New York. He aptly documented the Great Depression, Southern sharecroppers and anonymous passers-by on the subway. His work is striking for its sobriety, its directness, and its desire not to embellish anything. Inspired by Atget and Strand, he influenced a whole generation of photographers such as He.