Baldwin Lee's lecture about Walker Evans' works was very insightful. Hearing from Baldwin Lee, a former assistant to Evans, gave a deeper look into the life and workmanship of Evans. At the beginning of his lecture Lee discussed Evan's works before he photographed the "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men series." I found this to be very helpful in learning more about Evans' style of photography. Lee talked about a photograph taken by Walker Evans in 1935 in Mississippi. Evans was very intrigued by architecture and very creatively manipulated his photographs to convey his thoughts on subjects. This beautiful Greek influenced building, located in Mississippi, had been turned into a sign shop. Walkers' picture appears to be a simple straight on shot, but on second look you can tell it took very careful maneuvering to take this picture. What is thought to a reminder of elegance and prestige was turned into an off centered photograph with the letters "S-I-G" a space, where the assumed "N" is hiding, and the letter "S" spelling the word "signs." This conveys a completely different message from just viewing a straight on shot of a building. This was just the beginning of Walker Evans conveying different meanings in his works. Many of his works have evident areas that could have been cropped out, but Evans chose to keep in a tree stump in front of the house in Whitecastle, Lousianna. This photograph of the Wunder Home could have easily been taken from a different angle to leave out the dead stump, but Evans skillfully selected the items he wanted in the picture frame. Evans was creating collages within his pictures, giving them added depth and meaning. Another interesting topic Baldwin Lee brought up was Evans use of similar scenes in different photographs. This can be seen when comparing the picture of the Wunder Home in Lousianna(above) to the home of Floyd Burrows, in Alabama(right).