Walker Evans “Waterfront Advertising Warehouses, Louisiana (1938)”

📸 Photograph by Walker Evans – “Waterfront Advertising Warehouses, Louisiana (1938)” Size: 20.5 X 30.5 cm – Glossy Finish – Premium Paper 270g/m² Striking black and white photograph by Walker Evans, a major figure in 20th-century American documentary photography. This rare image, captured in Louisiana in 1938, depicts warehouse facades lining the riverbanks, marked by a profusion of typically American advertisements: “Margarine Nucoa – The Best Foods”, “Harris Distributing Co”, “Horse and Mule Feed”, “Peters Bottle”, and “Golden Spike Pale Dry Ginger Ale”. A solitary man, sitting in the back of a Hellmann's Mayonnaise delivery van, brings a deeply human dimension to this industrial scene. A raw, poetic, and silent testimony to 1930s America, where modernity meets ruin. 🖼️ A timeless work in the tradition of his work for the Farm Security Administration, combining architectural precision, vernacular culture and a frontal gaze. Printed on professional photo paper, this museum-quality reissue (unframed) reveals the full force of Evans' documentary style. 🔍 About the artist: Walker Evans (1903-1975) immortalized rural and urban America with an eye that was both objective and deeply humanistic. Collaborating with James Agee on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, exhibited at MoMA in 1938, he influenced generations of photographers such as Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. 🖤 A unique piece for collectors, art lovers or American history enthusiasts. 📦 Fast and careful shipping.