Exhibition “Walker Evans. Now and then”

Evans portrayed the United States when the country was seeking to rebuild itself. During the Great Depression, his work for the Farm Security Administration established a direct, seemingly neutral style, yet one full of intention: modest houses, worn shop windows, ordinary streets and anonymous faces that speak without needing to pose. His images do not dramatise; they simply remain, as if waiting for the viewer to discover the story hidden in every detail.

Curated by David Campany, the exhibition breaks with the idea of a linear career and brings different periods into conversation. The best-known photographs engage with less visible experiments, from his early work to the Polaroids of his final years, alongside publications and materials that reveal his relationship with publishing and design. The result shows an Evans who is coherent yet restless, always ready to redefine his own language.

The tour leaves a clear impression: his work does not belong to the past. It continues to question how one looks and what one decides to show. More than documenting an era, Evans taught that everyday reality can be extraordinary when someone pauses to observe it with patience and precision.