Melissa Shook American, 1939-2020
Untitled (Krissy with disheveled hair), ca. 1974
Gelatin silver print
6 1/4 x 6 1/8 in
15.9 x 15.6 cm
15.9 x 15.6 cm
Series: Krissy
MSK74K0000100M
Shook’s most important subject, her daughter Krissy, evolved before her eyes for eighteen years, from a toddler to a teenager. Throughout those years, photographing Krissy was Shook's way of compensating...
Shook’s most important subject, her daughter Krissy, evolved before her eyes for eighteen years, from a toddler to a teenager. Throughout those years, photographing Krissy was Shook's way of compensating for blurred memories of her own motherless childhood, all while ensuring Krissy, in turn, would never feel overwhelmed by this obsession.