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Ice House

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American Photographer · 1903–1975

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> 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

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Date: about 1974
Medium: Polaroid dye diffusion print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Walker Evans made this picture of an icehouse on a particularly sunny day. Bold red letters--ICE BLOCK CUBES--stand out vividly against a white background. Although a large tree shades most of the vending machine, Evans took the photograph when the sun fell almost directly on its facade, creating dynamic angular shadows. Beneath a blue sky with billowy clouds in a suburban neighborhood, the ice machine evokes nostalgic memories of the ice cream vendor, an everyday presence in many American childhoods.

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