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THE LIVELY ARTS
No Soul in the Photograph
Walker Evans' pictures are not posed, nor bitterly candid; they simply show American people and places as they are
December
1
1938
GILBERT SELDES
No Soul in the Photograph
GILBERT SELDES
December
1
1938
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THE LIVELY ARTS
No Soul in the Photograph
Walker Evans' pictures are not posed, nor bitterly candid; they simply show American people and places as they are
December
1
1938
GILBERT SELDES
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