Olivier Richon Examines Walker Evans's Kitchen Corner
Olivier Richon's new book in the One Work series offers a detailed analysis of Walker Evans's 1936 photograph Kitchen Corner, Tenant Farmhouse, Hale County, Alabama. The image, depicting a clean-swept corner in a white sharecropper's home, was not published until 1960 in a reissue of Evans and James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Richon argues that Evans uses a detached photographic form to highlight overlooked objects and the architecture of the dispossessed. The book reveals unexpected visual and literary associations beneath the surface of the iconic image.
Key facts
- Walker Evans's photograph Kitchen Corner, Tenant Farmhouse, Hale County, Alabama was taken in 1936.
- The photograph was not published until 1960.
- It appeared in a new edition of Evans and James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
- The 1960 reissue impacted perceptions of the Great Depression and the American South.
- Olivier Richon authored the book in the One Work series.
- Richon argues Evans employs a photographic form that privileges detachment.
- The book is part of the One Work series focusing on artworks that shaped art history.
- The publication is available via MIT Press and Google Books.
Entities
Artists
- Walker Evans
- James Agee
- Olivier Richon
Institutions
- Afterall
- MIT Press
- Google Books
Locations
- Hale County, Alabama
- United States
Sources
- Afterall —