Peter Evan is 30 and was born on a Monday.MOSSLESS: What’s been happening in your life the past few years?PETER EVAN: 2007 and 2008 were particularly terrible years for my family. My mother was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and my father with prostate cancer just a few weeks after that. My father’s prognosis was very good, but he died suddenly while he was recovering from surgery. At the same time, and against all odds, my mother survived a year of round after round of high-dose chemotherapy, and is now in remission and making a slow recovery. Fortunately, I was able to take almost a year off from work to help care for them, during which time I took this series of photos. Looking back on it, I can see that I took them out of habit more than anything else, but also as a way to detach myself from what was going on when things got particularly difficult for me to deal with. It’s ironic that my means of escape has ended up keeping me more closely connected to those events in the long run.ML: How has that affected your photos?PE: I’ve become much more interested in longer series of images with a particular theme or objective, but not necessarily in a conceptual or journalistic sense. I have a greater appreciation for series that are able to draw some degree of emotional investment or commitment from the viewer, and are somehow able to repay that by helping them make sense of their own experiences, though often not in a way that can be easily described or understood.ML: How are your other siblings transitioning into this new life?PE: My youngest sister was the only one of us still living with my parents, so it has been especially difficult for her. In the space of a year she went from being a carefree high school student with only her school, sports and driver’s test to worry about to being essentially a full-time caregiver. I’m proud of how hard-working and wise she’s become, but it’s tragic that it’s had to happen to her at such a young age. Another of my sisters and her husband quit their jobs in London and are moving to the States to be closer to my mother. My other two sisters weren’t able to be there as often due to work commitments, so they’ve had to deal with everything from a greater distance, which has been much harder for them in many ways.ML: When can we expect your book project to be released?PE: I’ve enlisted the help of a family friend who works as a fund-raiser for many charities, which is something I have very little experience with myself. We’re trying to decide how to go about this in a way that will best benefit the charities we’ve chosen, so it’s still early days right now. I’ll be sure to let you know when things are more definite.note- click here for a PDF of his book project

Peter Evan is 30 and was born on a Monday.

MOSSLESS: What’s been happening in your life the past few years?
PETER EVAN: 2007 and 2008 were particularly terrible years for my family. My mother was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and my father with prostate cancer just a few weeks after that. My father’s prognosis was very good, but he died suddenly while he was recovering from surgery. At the same time, and against all odds, my mother survived a year of round after round of high-dose chemotherapy, and is now in remission and making a slow recovery. Fortunately, I was able to take almost a year off from work to help care for them, during which time I took this series of photos. Looking back on it, I can see that I took them out of habit more than anything else, but also as a way to detach myself from what was going on when things got particularly difficult for me to deal with. It’s ironic that my means of escape has ended up keeping me more closely connected to those events in the long run.

ML: How has that affected your photos?
PE: I’ve become much more interested in longer series of images with a particular theme or objective, but not necessarily in a conceptual or journalistic sense. I have a greater appreciation for series that are able to draw some degree of emotional investment or commitment from the viewer, and are somehow able to repay that by helping them make sense of their own experiences, though often not in a way that can be easily described or understood.

ML: How are your other siblings transitioning into this new life?
PE: My youngest sister was the only one of us still living with my parents, so it has been especially difficult for her. In the space of a year she went from being a carefree high school student with only her school, sports and driver’s test to worry about to being essentially a full-time caregiver. I’m proud of how hard-working and wise she’s become, but it’s tragic that it’s had to happen to her at such a young age. Another of my sisters and her husband quit their jobs in London and are moving to the States to be closer to my mother. My other two sisters weren’t able to be there as often due to work commitments, so they’ve had to deal with everything from a greater distance, which has been much harder for them in many ways.

ML: When can we expect your book project to be released?
PE: I’ve enlisted the help of a family friend who works as a fund-raiser for many charities, which is something I have very little experience with myself. We’re trying to decide how to go about this in a way that will best benefit the charities we’ve chosen, so it’s still early days right now. I’ll be sure to let you know when things are more definite.

note- click here for a PDF of his book project





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