Photo Gallery: Railroad Photography Exhibition
The railroad has been a subject for photographers since the early history of the medium in the mid 19th Century. The Atrium Gallery of Marshall Fine Art Center will host a show of railroad themed photographs by Walker Evans. The Alcove Gallery in Magill Library will host a group show of landscapes in which the railroad is a prominent aspect of the composition.
October 21-December 4, 2011
Walker Evans in Color
Atrium Gallery
Marshall Fine Arts Center
The Railroad in the Landscape
Magill Library
The Alcove Gallery
Walker Evans, The Fireman's Perch in the Cab of a Class A Locomotive, 1958, Digital Color Print, 12x16in, Photograph commissioned by Fortune Magazine a variant was published in September 1958 story by Evans, The Last Railroad Steam, Purchase Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the Humanities Endowment Gift 2011
