Taking Pictures

This year, for whatever reasons, Dick Holland writes, we have been blessed with photography books of great beauty and intelligence. Several of the leading figures in the canon of 20th-century photography are represented in this season's unusually rich outpouring, among them Eugéne Atget, Walker Evans, and Edward Steichen.

"...Walker Evans: The Lost Workby Clark Worswick and Belinda Rathbone..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Habana Viejo

Two photography books recall a city that has fallen apart.

"...When we think of Walker Evans, we remember his great days as a photographer..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Fast & Furious 6

The curiously addictive fast-cars franchise is still committed to excess.

"...by: Justin Lin. Starring: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, Sung Kang, Tyrese..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...guidance of FSA Historical Section Director Roy Stryker, Lee, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Carl Mydans, and Arthur Rothstein, among..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Thin Red Line

Malick's return to filmmakng after a 20-year absence is this WWII story based on James Jones' Guadalcanal novel. The film is a lyrical and introverted study of the curiously destructive relationship between man and nature.

"...the book of James Agee prose that's coupled with Walker Evans' photographs of rural sharecroppers during the Depression: unforgettable..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...photographers who were influenced by the documentary work of Walker Evans and other photographers of the Farm Security Administration...."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and former University of Texas professor..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Big Books: Part 3

Gift guide

"...references (rightfully) Braque and Hockney, but there's also some Walker Evans here: sober and rich depictions of the landscape..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...Geddes; a Depression-era woman of constant sorrow, photographed by Walker Evans -- dozens of images, all representing cultural treasures..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Walking the Straight Edge

Texas Documentary Tour brings Jem Cohen's documentary on Fugazi, Instrument, to the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...and people that I loved, like Robert Frank or Walker Evans. My first job in New York was as..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Night of the Hunter

"...work Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, with photographer Walker Evans, James Agee, and adapted from the novel by..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature

Sultry, Aggressive, and No-Bullshit Blues by Margaret Moser

"...Wayne "The Train" Hancock is straight out of a Walker Evans photograph or a Dolly Parton song - rural,..."

June 30, 1995 Music Feature

Aural History

Hannibal Lokumbe and his trumpet stand at the crossroads of jazz, blues, and Jimi Hendrix

"...Lokumbe's crossroads, which include Jackie Wilson, Lightning Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Wikipedia lists among Lokumbe's collaborators tenor..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...his closest campaign advisers is not in doubt. Don Evans, Karen Hughes, Joe Allbaugh, Mark McKinnon, and Karl Rove..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

"Neighborhood Bound: Austin's Mobile Libraries" & Unbound: Sin Fronteras

"...of the library's active transportation outreach team – Betsy Evans, Andrew Murphy, and Conor Walker – to view "Neighborhood..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...See You Then D: Mari Walker Screenwriters: Kristen Uno, Mari Walker Producers: Mia Schulman, Kristen..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."I'll be Your San Antone Rose," Jerry Jeff Walker..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Eastside Community Organizations

"...Multicultural Action Project, Akwasi Evans, 1154-B Angelina, 499-8713..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...the Lone Star State (and especially for Uvalde's Dale Evans): "Take Me Back to T-E-X-A-S," "Gonna Build a Big..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...crossed paths with Duke Ellington, the Rolling Stones, T-Bone Walker, Mance Lipscomb, Billy Eckstine, Albert Collins, Count Basie, and..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Endorsements

Travis Co. Democrats:

"...has been the target of her opponent's - Herb Evans - personal sniping since the campaign began. But in..."

Feb. 27, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11-11:45am CExt. #E2.014Texas RangelandBurton Pritzker & Renée Walker Pritzker..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Kevin Allen; with Rhys Ifans, Llyr Evans, William Thomas, Huw Ceredig...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...ventilator powered only by a manual crank. Cast: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Some of That Jazz

Compared to What?

"...to Understanding and Listening to Jazz by Jonny King (Walker & Co., $22.95 hard), the author seems to think..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Sliver

"...Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp, Nina Foch, CCH Pounder and Keene Curtis...."

May 28, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aggies Escape Oxford

Johnny Manziel shines as Texas A&M outlasts Ole Miss

"...Now in a hole, Manziel stepped up, hitting Derel Walker and Malcome Kennedy for big plays. Williams scored his..."

Oct. 14, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"..."You Don't Know Me," Cindy Walker..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips

The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame & Tex Ritter Museum honors and remembers state luminaries

"...surprises like Roger Miller from Fort Worth and Dale Evans from Uvalde. Of course, they couldn't overlook current stars..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Julien Nitzberg; Prod: Hayley Marcus, Rachel Frazin; DP: Kelly Evans, Warren Yeager; Ed: Charlie Webber; Cast: Mary Sheridan, Judson..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

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