The Last Author Portrait Sitting with Cormac McCarthy
On a hot August day, Beowulf Sheehan and his assistant
Chika arrive at the Santa Fe Institute to meet and
photograph Cormac McCarthy, writer of masterpieces such
as Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road,
auteur of the Southern Gothic, and figure renowned for
avoiding the public eye. Their day together takes them from
the light of Santa Fe to the shadows of Cormac’s home,
exploring his art and life as they go, making what would
become Cormac’s author portrait for his novels The Passenger
and Stella Maris and, less than one year after they are
published, the image used to announce the global news of
his passing. The Father of the Man: The Last Author Portrait
Sitting with Cormac McCarthy is a recounting of that great day,
a photo essay (including many pictures published for the first
time), an homage to Cormac and his art, and a reflection of
Cormac’s work to serve as a lens through which Beowulf
Sheehan better sees, understands, and loves his own father.
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