![In 1936, documentary photographer Walker Evans travelled to Alabama to record the life of sharecroppers and the effects of the Great Depression on Americans. The Fields family, shown here, worked a farm In 1936, documentary photographer Walker Evans travelled to Alabama to record the life of sharecroppers and the effects of the Great Depression on Americans. The Fields family, shown here, worked a farm](https://i.redd.it/1yu2mfvh6h281.jpg)
In 1936, documentary photographer Walker Evans travelled to Alabama to record the life of sharecroppers and the effects of the Great Depression on Americans. The Fields family, shown here, worked a farm
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![Walker Evans. Penny Picture Display, Savannah. 1936. United States. Gelatin silver print Walker Evans was remarkably adept at straddling the cultural divide between documentary photography and the museum. One of several photographers Walker Evans. Penny Picture Display, Savannah. 1936. United States. Gelatin silver print Walker Evans was remarkably adept at straddling the cultural divide between documentary photography and the museum. One of several photographers](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AHW8CE/walker-evans-penny-picture-display-savannah-1936-united-states-gelatin-silver-print-walker-evans-was-remarkably-adept-at-straddling-the-cultural-divide-between-documentary-photography-and-the-museum-one-of-several-photographers-hired-by-the-farm-security-administration-to-document-the-depression-evans-made-some-of-his-most-famous-images-in-the-summer-of-1936-pictures-of-impoverished-families-in-hale-county-alabama-later-published-in-his-book-let-us-now-praise-famous-men-just-two-years-later-he-was-honored-with-a-one-person-show-at-the-museum-of-modern-art-new-york-which-had-only-r-2AHW8CE.jpg)