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New York City: Lincoln Building Construction, 42nd and Park Avenue
Creator
Walker EvansAmerican Photographer · 1903–1975
All works by this person →> Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt. > > -- Walker Evans Walker Evans began to photograph in the late 1920s, making snapshots during a European trip. Upon his return to New Y
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1928–1930
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- ae915dcb-ecb1-4c66-94f7-84411f7964b1
From the Getty Museum record
In 1930 *Creative Art* journal published this Walker Evans photograph to accompany architect Frank Lloyd Wright's essay on "The Tyranny of the Skyscraper." Captioned "What beauty the whole has is haphazard," this view encompasses a hodgepodge of architectural styles littering the skyline yet holding together in a tightly choreographed dance. The Lincoln Building, with its crenellated tower, appears in the center, literally eclipsed by the towering structures surrounding it, which cast it into deep shadow. At the lower left, a sliver of sunlight picks out two crane ladders, emphasizing their pivotal role in the work at hand.
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