Volume 55, Number 6 · April 17, 2008
A World of Saints and Gangsters
By Geoffrey O'Brien
Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces 1990–2005
by Luc Sante
Yeti, 299 pp., $17.95 (paper)
In his essay on Walker Evans, one of twenty-five essays and reviews included in his new collection Kill All Your Darlings, Luc Sante quotes the photographer's third-person self-description—'Evans was, and is, interested in what any present time will look like as the past'—and goes on to note: 'Wherever he went, Evans thought of himself, consciously or not, as documenting Pompeii just before the volcano blew.'
Review, 4322 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |