Journey Into Manhood by Ryan Pfluger
Aspiring Hot Shot Ryan Pfluger loves his dad, is inspired by his dad, and, well, likes to take photos of his dad. Submitting work from his thesis project Not Without My Father, Pfluger says that photography facilitates dialogue between the two men as they create and re-create memories from Ryan's relatively fatherless childhood. In and out of rehab during the time for fishing, barbeques, and life-lessons, Ryan's father is a participant in the two of them constructing that coveted father-son bond, one that's based in both reality and fiction, one that is making up for lost time.
Maybe it's cliche to say that in a bio, but I really use photography as my way of creating relationships. Maybe it was because I was socially awkward, or rather, I still am socially awkward.
This awkward 100% New Yorker finished up his MFA at SVA yesterday. Congrats Ryan!