In 1936\, writer James Agee and photograph er Walker Evans accepted an assignment from the Farm Services Bureau.to ph otograph migrant farm workers in the South. From that beginning came one o f the most influential and controversial social documentaries of the twent ieth century\, the photo collection/story collection known as Let Us Now P raise Famous Men. In this exhibit\, Evan&rsquo\;s famous photographs and A gee&rsquo\;s complex and poetic reporting of the poverty-stricken Alabama families they visited will be seen in the context of how the book has shap ed (for better or for worse) the collective view of life in the American S outh.
\nAdmission is free\, and no tickets or reservations are requi red.
\nThis event is presented as part of WHERE WE LIVE: NEA Big Rea d Columbus. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for th e Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. WHERE WE LIVE: NEA Big Read Colum bus \;is presented by the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries and the Carso n McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians at Columbus State University.
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