Tag: McNair Evans
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The Secret Lives of Amtrak Passengers – The New Yorker
The Secret Lives of Amtrak Passengers An American photographer travelled by train across the country to capture the stories of fellow-passengers during their long-haul sojourns. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-secret-lives-of-amtrak-passengers The photographer McNair Evans grew up in a small town in North Carolina. During the summers, he worked repairing railroad ties on a local freight…
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Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration Amanda Boe, McNair Evans, Kevin Kunishi with Jason Fulford, Todd Hido, Mark Mahaney, Mike Smith & Alec Soth | LENSCRATCH
Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration Amanda Boe, McNair Evans, Kevin Kunishi with Jason Fulford, Todd Hido, Mark Mahaney, Mike Smith & Alec Soth – LENSCRATCH On September 7th, San Francisco Camerawork opens the exhibition, Begin Anywhere. It’s a unique curation about mentorship and artistic collaboration*. Curated by Monique Deschaines, Begin Anywhere explores “the…
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McNair Evans Collects the Portraits and Stories of America’s Train Passengers | Fotografia Magazine
McNair Evans Collects the Portraits and Stories of America’s Train Passengers American photographer McNair Evans (born 1979) shares some background to In Search of Great Men, a beautiful series of portraits of passengers riding on USA’s long-distance trains
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McNair Evans: In Search of Great Men | LENSCRATCH
McNair Evans: In Search of Great Men “They were once our great-grandfathers’ vision of progress. From their inception and race across the North American continent … passenger trains shaped what it means to be American. While the US freight industry operates more than 139,679 miles of track, via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/05/mc-nair-evans/ McNair Evans‘ new series, In Search…
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McNair Evans photographs Amtrak riders in his exhibition “In Search of Great Men.”
What One Photographer Saw Traveling the U.S. by Train In the summer of 2011, McNair Evans took a train from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he’d been visiting his girlfriend, to Richmond, Virginia, for a… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/04/22/mcnair_evans_photographs_amtrak_riders_in_his_exhibition_in_search_of_great.html In the summer of 2011, McNair Evans took a train from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he’d been…
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Interview with McNair Evans: Confessions for a Son | LENSCRATCH
Interview with McNair Evans: Confessions for a Son This week, Lenscratch celebrates the SlowExposures Photography Festival. McNair Evans was given a solo show at the SlowExposures Festival after garnering first place in last year’s competition. His project, Confessions for a Son, was hung in a unique way, via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2014/10/mcnair-evans/ In 2010 I returned home…