Today you will be writing about an image from artist McNair Evans' series Confessions For A Son.
Write 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember, refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--Your analyses will be graded on:
Read the Project Statement before you write: Summary Confessions for a Son juxtaposes photographs I made in 2010 and 2011 concerning the lasting psychological landscape of my fathers legacy with images taken by him roughly 40 years ago to explore a complex relationship between father and son and the disappearance of an American, agrarian way of life. Statement There was no man that my father admired more than his father, and no one his father admired more than the man who raised him. With tenderness of heart and warm humor my father met everyone as his equal. Upon his death in November 2000, I was exposed to our family businesses insolvency. Dad faced a series of devastating fires, bad crops, perpetual over-extension and high-interest loans. Five generations of familial and financial stability fractured. While the economic effects were immediately obvious, the emotional implications lingered beneath the surface for nine years. In 2010 I returned home to photograph the lasting psychological landscape of Dad’s legacy. Retracing my father’s life, I used photography to comprehend its events. Visiting the farms where we hunted, his college dorm rooms, and his oldest friends, I photographed his family members and businesses while researching his character and actions. I could not equate these. These photographs narrate my journey between isolation and acceptance. Initially confused and angry, I grew to know him as a teenager, college student, co-worker, life-long friend, and father who lovingly withheld business realities. I witnessed shortcomings and successes and found empathy with a man who faced so much in his life. His sacrifices cost the ultimate price, and accepting that some questions may never be answered, I grew to love him again. These works share my emotions after his death, my search to learn more abut him in recent years, and a journey of acceptance and forgiveness. These pictures are my way of saying its OK. Everything that happened is done and it’s OK. They are my way of taking ownership of everything that I felt, and all the anger and all the shame, and saying, “Yes, I felt that, and it’s OK to feel that, and I still love you.”
Dylan Pegg
4/13/2018 09:27:11 am
In this image by McNair Evans, there is a dashboard of the passenger's seat of a car. The windshield is shattered in various places and has a hole straight through. Laying on the dash is the “Church of God General Assembly.” Sunlight shines through the window, but shadows encompass the edges of the photograph. Dark colors such as brown and gray are predominant, though the blue book stands out.
Ryan Kyle
4/13/2018 11:27:50 am
The image is of a broken front windshield in front of the dashboard of a very old looking car. The image uses a lot of blue and brown. The image is very bright. The only object in the image is a book on the dash that says church of god general assembly. Nothing is really happening in the image. Everything is very still as if there was a crash and everybody is dead.
The image by McNair Evans shows a car being smashed through the window with a small substance. This shows a book on the dashboard of the vehicle that reads “Church of God General Assembly. The vehicle is in critical condition due to this substance and looking like thousands of dollars will have to be payed to fix. This car looks in very old versions but still looking like it could work. She did a great job with this photo
Troy Rollwitz
4/13/2018 11:45:29 am
In this photo we see a car from inside. The camera is facing the windshield. The glass is broken, and there is a hole in the center and one on the upper left. It looks like a rock hit the glass while driving. There is a book on the dash that looks like it is supporting the glass. The break in the glass is in a spiral.
Marissa Elizondo
4/13/2018 12:33:07 pm
This picture is of a car. The car's windshield is shattered. Some big pieces of glass are also missing. There is a blue book in the car that says “Children of God General Assembly” as well. Even though this picture was taken inside of a car lighting is natural light from the sun. This picture also seem to be taken in front of a brick wall. The colors mainly used in this image are pinks, blues, and browns.
Maria Tirado
4/13/2018 12:35:33 pm
This image is a photograph shot by McNair Evans of a broken windshield. It looks like it was inside of a car and the glass on the windshield is all shattered. This image is using very cool colors and a good quality of light. The light looks very natural and is hitting the dashboard where there happens to be a blue book.The title of the blue book is “Children of God General Assembly” and it made
Zach Burgos
4/13/2018 01:04:22 pm
The image is of a car windshield cracked and shattered. The colors the image is using are blue, black, brown, and red. The image’s lighting is bright sunlight. The image includes objects such as a broken windshield, a book with the title of “Church of God General Assembly”, and the dashboard of a car. The image is a car crash into a pole.
Mikaela Mumme
4/13/2018 09:49:20 pm
This image is of a car with a broken window. There are books and other objects in the photo. The photo was taken from the inside of the car giving it a different view. The image has many focuses. It uses warm tones and it is pretty bright over all.
Larissa Esparza
4/15/2018 07:59:00 pm
This image is of a car's broken windshield. On top of the dashboard is a book of God. In photography everything is in its place for a reason and I believe that the book of God is there for a reason. The book of God being there says to me that why do things like that happen if we believe in God and why he punishes us when we put faith in him. The car has hit a brick wall and there is no sign of a person in the car.
Marynez Cantu Cardenas
4/16/2018 11:47:19 am
This photograph by McNair Evans was shot in the middle of the day in an old Buick with a crashed window. On the top of the car there is also a a bible. I believe that this photograph has a lot of message. McNair Evans did a collection of photographs about his father’s passing. He did these for his father, and I believe that this is a representation of his anger.
Jessica Mims
4/16/2018 08:38:53 pm
This is a photo by McNair Evans. In the photo, we see a dashboard area of a car. The window is shattered and there is a religious book on the dashboard. The book is called “Church of God General Assembly”. The image contains lots of blue and brown, and nothing is really happening in the image.
Josh Salehi
4/17/2018 12:49:59 pm
This is a picture was taken by a photographer named Mcnair evans. of a car the windshield of the car is all shattered. I think this picture is successful because the lighting that goes through the window is really good at the main focus is on the window.There is also a book on the dash but the viewer can barely see the title of the book. Comments are closed.
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