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.”
chloe clark
2/13/2020 12:26:47 pm
McNair’s image was taken in one of his father’s old dorm rooms. The objects around the room are exactly what you would expect from a college dorm room; binders, towels, papers, etc. There is a boy standing in the middle of the image. His red shirt stands out not only because of the other bland colors in the image, but partly because the light from the nearby window shines on his shirt. His face is stuck in the shadows.
Kellen Dukatnik
2/13/2020 12:27:04 pm
The image by Mcnair Evans depicts a college student inside his dorm with no light on his face. It uses a multitude of colors to show how a college dorm may look. The lighting is indoors with only sunlight to light up a part of the room; The image uses lighting to add a cloudy effect to the picture. Objects include those of which you would find in a college dorm room, having lots of different colors due to the number of random objects in the room. In the image, a college kid stands in the middle of a dorm room with only having his torso and legs exposed to the light while his face is in darkness.
Mateo
2/13/2020 12:34:43 pm
This image is of a college student in a college dorm. The dorm seems to be a mess and has a lot going on in the background. There is little light and the room is dark. There are dark colors and there is nothing vibrant. The light in the room is provided by a dull sun. The subject of the image is a man standing in the middle of the room. There are towels and jackets hanging from the door and there is a desk with pencils and a shelf with a ball and books, a calendar and a dresser to the right of the man. The subject is posing for the photograph in the messy dorm.
Flint Rose
2/13/2020 12:37:43 pm
This piece is of a college aged student sitting in the middle of his dorm room. The boy's face is obscured by the shadows of the room. He is wearing a very traditional polo shirt tucked in with a belt. The dorm room is stacked with materials from school, including a soccer ball, mugs, books, lamps, and a 2010 macbook. The only light in the room comes from the window.
Ben Barlow
2/19/2020 07:13:57 pm
Confessions for a Son is a photo series done by artist McNair Evans with the intention of helping Evans cope with the loss of his father, while at the same time giving him the strength to accept the negative emotions he felt towards his dad. With his father’s passing in November of 2000, Evans was left distraught with plenty of anger and shame. However at the same time, he also learned of the hardships his father faced growing crops that had been hidden from him. After 10 years of grieving, Evans took ownership of everything he felt and was able to compile his work into all based on what he had learned of his father's life. In this particular photo, Evans is seen as a college student in his father’s dorm room, surrounded by paraphernalia that every undergraduate would need.
Isabella Grossman
2/22/2020 06:43:28 am
Critical analysis 12 2/25/2020 07:31:43 am
The piece shows a person standing in a college dorm room with a shadow covering his face. The photo has very dark shadows below the desk and under the door. Besides that the light from the window shows what's on the shelf and the body of the person. The person doesn’t seem to be looking at anything in particular but just looking away from the window and desk. The most prominent color is the person’s bright red shirt.
Abby Muir
3/5/2020 09:08:31 pm
This image was taken in his father’s old dorm room. The stripes on the boy’s shirt are the main focus, with the red standing out against the dark neutral background. However, there is a lot going on in the background that directs the viewer's eyes around the image. The boy’s face is obscured by the shadows. We can’t get a clear view of the boy’s face, which gives it a mysterious feel. Comments are closed.
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