Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] Walker Evans in NYC

2006-11-15 by john dean

Hill was the fist head of the photo program at Yale after Evans died
later replaced by Papageorge, the historian/photographer that has
ruled the program since the 70's.

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa393.htm

You also have to realize that Evans is more than just an alumi from
Yale, he is a god there, THE god actually. I think he would find it
amusing since he was pretty much a bohemian anti-establishment kind of
figure. The entire program is based on his art documentary aesthetic.
I believe he was only there for 2 years at the end of his life. Now I
hear they are having students do a lot of video. How's that for
keeping the pure reportage tradion alive. Now they're competing with
internet websites. But I guess there is nothing wrong with that (for
academics). 

John

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.