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| These five iconic works by Evans have in turn become icons of twentieth century America. In his 1970 essay for Evans' retrospective at MOMA, John Szarkowski wrote, "Beyond doubt, the accepted myth of our recent past is in some measure the creation of this photographer..."
Four of these pictures are from American Photographs, that seminal work accompanying Evans' 1938 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art. A fifth, Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama,1936, appears in Let us Now Praise Famous Men, the epic document co-authored by Evans and James Agee. This image also represents Evans in the recent U.S. Postage Stamp series commemorating twenty master photographers. The edition of this portfolio is 280 numbered copies. In addition there are 10 hors commerce copies and 10 copies as publisher’s proof. The case and pages measure approximately 19 x 13 inches, and the average image size is 12 x 9 inches. The prints are made with quadtone carbon black pigments laid onto all rag acid free paper via microscopic jets. We believe that they compare favorably with traditional gelatin silver prints. When handled responsibly, life expectancy should exceed 100 years. Every effort has been made to produce maximum archival stability. Prints are initialed and embossed by MHE. Price on request from: Martson Hill Editions |
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Martson and Hill comment on this project:
“Knowing Evans acceptance of new technologies, such as the Polaroid SX-70, and given his history of manipulating the reproduction of his own images, we believe he would have also accepted this process.” SM “Our aim is to make accessible the best possible prints of Evans’ major works. We believe digital technology offers the best potential for that.” JTH |
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