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This is a blog that someone started dedicated to photographs of dogs, but includes the use of Allie Mae Burrough's photograph as an introduction to the work of Walker Evans.  The author of the blog offers her own interpretation of what she sees in this photograph. "I say, this is an attractive and proud woman, old beyond her years, from constant hard work."  The author displays another image taken by Walker Evans on a New York City subway, helping us to gain a better sense of Evans' interest in capturing daily life.

This article contains quite a bit of history regarding the history of photography, its categorization as art, and the life and work of Walker Evans.  The article calls Evans' a "great witnessing master of medium."  It discusses the reality captured in photography during the time period in which Allie Mae Burrough was photographed.