See the Work
Where to experience Walker Evans's photographs in person, and resources to learn more
Permanent Collections
These institutions hold significant collections of Lange's original prints and negatives. Many offer public viewing by appointment.
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, California
Houses the largest collection of Lange's work, including over 25,000 negatives, 6,000 vintage prints, and her personal papers and journals. The museum received this archive from Lange herself and presents rotating exhibitions.
Visit CollectionLibrary of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Prints and Photographs Division holds the FSA-OWI collection, including thousands of Lange's Depression-era photographs. All images are in the public domain and available online.
Browse OnlineLibrary of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Holds Evans's FSA/Resettlement Administration negatives and prints, including his Hale County and Southern work, in the public-domain FSA/OWI collection.
Learn MoreMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Principal repository of the Walker Evans Archive, acquired in 1994, including tens of thousands of negatives, prints, and personal papers.
Learn MoreMuseum of Modern Art
New York City
Significant holdings of Evans's work, including prints from American Photographs and the iconic Penny Picture Display, Savannah.
Learn MoreJ. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, California
Important collection of vintage Evans prints spanning his career.
Learn MoreArt Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Holdings of Evans's photographs, including FSA-era and vernacular subjects.
Learn MoreMajor Exhibitions
Notable retrospectives and exhibitions of Lange's work.
Walker Evans: American Photographs
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The first exhibition MoMA ever devoted to a single photographer, accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Lincoln Kirstein.
Walker Evans
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Major retrospective selected by curator John Szarkowski, surveying Evans's full career.
Walker Evans
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Comprehensive retrospective of more than 175 photographs, drawing on the Evans archive the museum acquired in 1994.
Walker Evans: Subway and Streets
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition focused on Evans's candid subway portraits and street photography.
Books & Films About Lange
Essential resources for understanding her life and work.
Essential Reading
The catalogue of Evans's landmark MoMA exhibition, a sequenced portfolio of American subjects that became one of the most influential photography books ever published.
The collaboration documenting three Alabama tenant-farmer families, pairing Agee's prose with Evans's portraits; little noticed at first, it became a classic after its 1960 reissue.
Evans's subway portraits, made secretly with a hidden camera between 1938 and 1941 and published nearly three decades later.
The first full biography of Evans, drawing on letters and more than 100 interviews with friends, colleagues, and both of his former wives.
A detailed biography completed posthumously, written with access to the Walker Evans archive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Documentaries
An intimate portrait featuring rare archival footage and interviews.
Comprehensive look at Lange's career and lasting impact on documentary photography.
Online Resources
Explore the Archive
Browse our collection of 67 photographs from the Library of Congress.
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