Abandoned Ante-Bellum Plantation House, Vicksburg, Mississippi 1936

"Abandoned Ante-Bellum Plantation House, Vicksburg, Mississippi" is a 1936 photograph by Walker Evans, a prominent figure in American documentary photography. The image captures a decaying antebellum house in Vicksburg, Mississippi, highlighting the architectural grandeur of the past amidst the stark reality of decline. The photograph, taken during the Great Depression, is characteristic of Evans's focus on social documentation and the depiction of everyday life in America. Its stark composition, emphasizing the building's crumbling facade and the surrounding landscape, reveals the photographer's keen eye for detail and his interest in the social and economic realities of his time.