Melissa Shook American, 1939-2020
December 1973, 5th St. New York City, 1973
Gelatin silver print
4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in
11.1 x 11.1 cm
11.1 x 11.1 cm
Series: Krissy
Titled on recto and signed on verso
MSK73K12001M
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.
