Today you will be writing about an image from artist McNair Evans' series Confessions For A Son.
Write 5 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.”
Hannah Growney
4/8/2019 01:08:16 pm
This is an image of a shattered car windshield. It is uses dark colors. It appears to be have been taken inside a wrecked car. In this image there is a little bit of sunlight. There is a book and a car’s dashboard. In this the windshield seems to have been shattered in a wreck.
Shayna Bolton
4/8/2019 01:09:20 pm
The image is of the inside of a car, from the passenger seat in the front. It seems to be an older car based on the interior of wood and old fashioned air conditioning and radio. The windshield is cracked and basically destroyed with holes. There is a single book called “Church of God General Assembly” sitting on the dashboard. It uses a bright blue in the book to make it pop against the brown colors of the rest of the interior.
Andrea Gonzalez
4/8/2019 01:12:27 pm
Critical Analysis #18
Anson Adamek
4/8/2019 01:16:00 pm
xThis Image is of a Buick with the windshield cracked from what looks like a bullet shot. It's using brown, black, grey and other small colors. Dark lighting on the dashboard but the light is coming from the windshield. The object in the image is the glovebox, the AC, the stereo, a religious book, and the cracked windshield. What's happening in the image is its an image of the inside of the cabin.
Sarah Guerra
4/8/2019 01:19:39 pm
The image is of the dashboard in a car with cracked glass and a book. The colors being used are two shades of brown, blue, and a hint of green. The lighting ha shadows while having light focus on the book in the center. The objects included in the photo are the book, the glass, and the dashboard. The image seems to be of a car after getting into an accident and a book placed neatly on the dashboard after.
Hannah Barrow
4/8/2019 01:25:25 pm
This image is of a very cracked car windshield. There is a book on the dash that says “Church of God General Assembly.” The image is very brown but there is a pretty green in the windshield and the book is blue. The light is shining in low out of the window to the right and it looks like it is evening time. There is physical actions happening in the image but the Window makes it look like there is movement going on.
Joey
4/8/2019 01:26:29 pm
This is an image of an old car. The picture was taken from the inside of the car. Colors that were used in this image is slightly bright due to the sun lights. However, the bottom of the image is darker than the rest. There is a book in the car and car window is broken.
Paul Borrego
4/8/2019 01:26:37 pm
This is an image of a car with it’s glass cracked. It is using mostly warm colors except for the cool church book. The lighting is bright with sunlight except for the shadows in the lower part of the computer. Their is a wall in front of the car and in the car there is a church of God book. The car might’ve crashed and this is the aftermath of it but otherwise there isn’t anything happening.
Paolo Hernandez
4/8/2019 01:29:51 pm
This image is about a car. It shows a broken window and the front of the car. In this image the windshield is shattered. This probably came from a crash between this car and another car. There is no people, buildings, or anything besides the car itself.
Reagan
4/8/2019 07:15:34 pm
The image is of a car. The car has a severely broken windshield. The cars interior is very clean and nice. In between the two main points is a book. The books name is “Church of God General Assembly.” The seats in the car are new and polished.
Jack Waters
4/24/2019 10:27:47 am
This is an image of a car with it’s glass cracked. We do not know what cracked the glass however below it is a church book. Almost all of the image is warm, except for the cool blue book. The lighting has some very bright areas and some very dark shadows. The car also seems to be much older than picture. Comments are closed.
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