Author: Plunket, Robert; Author: Photographer Evans, Walker; Performer: Evans, Walker
Hardback; Book; 54 Duotones & 54 B&w Illustrations
80 pages
Published: May 2000
Getty Trust Publications
ISBN: 0892365668

American photographer Evans captured a unique look at Florida in 1941, revealing a wealth of contradictions in the nation's seaside vacationland. Accompanying the images, novelist Plunket offers his own wry account of the human and geographic landscape. 54 duotone & 54 b&w illustrations.A collection of 54 photographs of Florida taken in 1941 by Walker Evans. The photographs portray decaying architecture, crowded streets, retirees, trailers, and views of the winter home of the Ringling Brothers circus. Robert Plunket's essay provides a wry commentary.