Evan Evans
American, born c. 1905-unknown
Race: I. Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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Evan Evans
American, born c. 1905-unknown1964, printed 1964/65
Race: I. Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Evan Evans American, born c. 1905-unknown →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1964, printed 1964/65
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 21.2 × 24.1 cm (8 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Paper/mount: 35.3 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. James Ward Thorne
The son of the noted English photographer Frederick H. Evans (one of whose pictures also hangs in this gallery), Evan Evans followed his father into photography. Edwards purchased six of his photographs in 1965, all made at the Road America racecourse in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the previous year. With close-ups of cars and drivers against a darkly receding background, the images imply motion and speed and would have appealed to the curator, who also admired Danny Lyon’s bike riders and Robert Riger’s racehorses (on view in this gallery as well). This photograph shows Bud Gates driving a Genie Mk.8 Chevrolet; he came in 17th in the race.
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