Sydney Sericolo

Terry Evans Notes

Background/Life
- Raised in the Midwest (Missouri), which later influenced her work
- Her parents were involved in the community, father was a postal
worker and ran the towns funeral home, mother was artistic,
sewed things and worked at a jewelry store
- Terry was interested in pictures even in childhood. Her father,
Norman Hoyt, photographed the family growing up, this
influenced her
- Terry would go with her father on quests to photograph the
outskirts of the city
- Normans work was published in major newspapers and it helped
supplement his income with a weekend photography job
Education
- Terry didnt go right to college; she went to Europe for a year to
learn about the world. She learned a lot from her time abroad
and when she came back she went to school at the University of
Kansas in 1963, where she majored in art
- She spent most of her time in drawing and painting classes but
enjoyed art history
- In college, she questioned everything and explored her own
work, reflecting on abstraction art she made and wondering
about the ultimate meaning behind her work
- She learned that there was so much interesting subject matter
out in the world that she didnt have to force herself to look
inward in ways that werent natural to her. She began to find
beauty in the simple things she photographed
- Her first major photographic work was documenting poverty in
Kansas from 1971 to 1973, this resulted in a book with her
images and poems accompanying them
Social Circle/Influence
- James Enyeart was a mentor to Evans and a photographer,
writer, and historian
- He held many prestigious creative photography positions and
recognized Evans talent, giving her first one person art exhibit
- Wes Jackson asked for her help photographing prairie ecology
Other Work
- Evans is interested in photographing landscapes. It didnt begin
as an artistic interest but sustainable agriculture
- Jackson wanted visual evidence of the native plants on the
ground so Evans photographed them happily
Arial Pictures (Slides 4-7)

Disarming the Prairie Series (12-13)

- Wanted to explore the process of revitalizing the nations first
national prairie park. Some of her shots were in abandoned
military buildings, Indian burial grounds, and other historic sites
Prairie images from ground and sky (14-18/end)
- Drastic style shift when she came across the Kansas prairie
- She took black and white photos of grasses. They were at waist
height with the camera facing straight down at them
- She used soft even lighting from overcast skies
- The land is supposed to represent an area that is undisturbed by
people
- Wes Jackson wanted her to photograph the native grasses but it
turned into something enjoyable for her
My mimic project image choices
Next Slide (Grass and Skull)
- Strong sense of texture especially in the grasses
- Contrasts with the skull because that image seems hardened and
bare
- There is movement in the grass, your eye goes from the bottom
to the top, ending on the light parts of the top of the grass
- There is a slight diagonal leading line in the image on the left
- The skull is the focal point of the one on the right
Next Slide (Tree)
- Rule of thirds with the tree off to the side
- Leading line in the tree trunk out to the branches
- The color is not vibrant so it gives the feeling of barrenness and
death
- The picture is balanced because of the other trees on the far
right and the way the main trees branches fill most of the frame
Next Slide (Colored close up of grass)
- Fill the frame because it is close up in the grass
- Similar mood in this one because there is color but it is not
overpowered with any spot of really bright color
- The focal point is the middle because the colors almost make a
circle of the lightest grass
Since it was overcast in a lot of these images she would have probably
had to use a longer shutter speed to make sure the images were bright
enough. The overcast weather likely helped the mood of these images
to be solemn and even in their lighting.
Works Cited
Davis, Keith F., Jane Lee Aspinwall, April M. Watson, Julian Zugazagoitia, Terry Evans, and
Kaitlyn Bunch. Heartland: The Photographs of Terry Evans. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
http://www.mocp.org/collection/mpp/evans_terry.php

http://www.terryevansphotography.com/
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