Tenant Farmer Floyd Burroughs

A photograph by Walker Evans of Alabama tenant farmer Floyd Burroughs from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. The book, written by James Agee, details his and Evans's experiences with Alabama tenant farmers and sharecroppers and was published in 1941. Burroughs is referred to as George Gudger in the book.

Historic black-and-white portrait of a man in denim overalls and a worn work shirt, seated in a doorway and facing the camera.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Historic black-and-white portrait of a man in denim overalls and a worn work shirt, seated in a doorway and facing the camera.