While reading Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild I realized that Chris McCandless and I have some
similarities. In my photo essay I am
using pictures that I have taken to tell the story of Chris McCandless, as well
as their significance to me.
Chris McCandless went on an adventure across the country,
down to Mexico, and up to Canada and Alaska.
This is a picture of a backpack, a .22 caliber rifle, beat up cheap hiking
boots, and bags of rice. This is what
Chris McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) took into the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher McCandless took a backpack with
some supplies, bags of rice, non-insulated or weatherproof hiking boots, and a
.22 rifle. McCandless didn’t take
necessary supplies such as an axe, bug dope, snowshoes, compass, and map. This shows how unprepared McCandless was
going into the wilderness. I am similar
to Chris McCandless in the way that I have done things unprepared. I hiked around in tennis shoes and used my
school backpack, until I recently got proper gear.
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This is picture represents Chris McCandless’s life traveling
on the road by foot. This is a picture
of a man with his pack, on the road. This
photo use to be a silhouette but I had to edit it in photoshop because I scanned
a print. This photo has no significance
to me but it represents McCandless.
Chris McCandless valued his freedom. McCandless had the freedom on the open
road. This photo is of wild horses in
Arizona. These horses have the freedom
to roam across the landscape, as long as there aren’t fences. I value my freedom too.
This photo represents Chris McCandless trip to Alaska. Alaska is where Chris McCandless walked into
the wilderness. This is a photo of snow
caped mountains taken behind Yosemite.
Since I don’t have an pictures when I was in Alaska as a child, this
represents Alaska. This photo also represents
nature. Chris McCandless and I both had
a love of nature.
Chris McCandless died in the Alaskan wilderness. This photo is of a cross in a unkempt Arizona
graveyard. The photo represents Chris’s
death and the end of his story.
I very much enjoyed your creative approach to this post and I hope you'll share it w the class on Monday or Wednesday. I like how you gathered up & photographed what would have been his supplies. I also like how you connected the pics back to Chris and also yourself, where relevant. Really good.
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