Untitled (Page Street, San Francisco, Krissy playing with toy rings), ca. 1967
Gelatin silver print
11 x 7 1/4 in
28 x 18.5 cm
28 x 18.5 cm
Series: Krissy
MSK67K0000210
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.