Evaluating Images

1. In the 5th picture, Chris McCandles is holding some sort of animal and in his other hand he has a rifle. There is a big smile on his face and he looks like he is somewhere in the woods. This picture shows that Chris must've been very happy at this period of time living in the wild. He was looking a bit scruffy, assuming he has not showered in a while. He also must've been happy about catching his own food.

2. In the 6th picture, It is the final self portrait of Chris McCandles. It is kind of weird because he is in a way waving at the camera, and in almost all of his other pictures, he is not waving. This is almost making me question if he was saying goodbye. He also seems quite happy. The picture doesn't say when it was taken ,but you can observe that before he died, whether it was a long period before or short, he was happy.

3. In the 8th picture, it is a picture of 142 Fairbank City bus location where Chris stayed for 113 days. It is crazy that he had survived in this location for this long. There is nothing, but trees, and the looks of a lake around him. If he wanted to live as a transcendentalist, this was truly the right place, maybe just not the way he came, slightly unprepared. Seeing this picture makes me admire Chris more because the conditions he lived under weren't that close to town.

4. In the 9th picture, it is a picture of Chris' yellow Datsun. Looking at this picture, I have no idea how Chris managed to get his car in that area. I feel as if he must've had to run over a lot of brush. Also the swamp, or lake that it is in does not look like its deep enought to flood the engine, so I am a little confused. I wonder if the car was moved for the picture.

5. In the 10th picture, it is a picture of Chris McCandles painting a house. When I saw this, I thought immediately about in the book when he was referenced as a good worker. Seeing this picture also proved it to me in sight. Chris always had an interesting expression in his pictures. I imagine he was always very happy doing what he was doing.

6. In the 11th picture, Chris is sitting between Wayne and a lady. He looks very happy and comfortable with these two people. His arms are around both of them and they look as if they are laughing. This picture tells me that Chris must've had a good relationship with Wayne. I also notice, at this time in Chris' travels, that he looks very clean.

7. In the 16th picture, It is an image of just the bus from the outside. The bus looks small and abandoned/ old. Looking at the bus, you can tell that the condition of it is so bad that it does not run. I have no idea how Chris kept warm on this bus and lived here for 113 days. The area around the bus looks abandoned and lonely. I can't imagine being by myself for that long.

8. In the 19th picture, Chris is roasting or cooking two animals. I am not sure what the animals are, but he looks very proud of himself to have caught them. This picture brings out Chris' intelligence. Not only was he able to catch BOTH of these animals, but he found a way to cook them so that they were clean and would not give him a disease.

9. In the 24th/25th picture, it is a picture of Chris' journal entry. In this entry he says it is the 100th day and he is in the weakest condition in his life and he is no longer able to make his way out of the woods. He now says he is trapped, indicating that he no longer wants to be in the woods. He is able to admit that there is a possibility of death. There is only a matter now of him accepting it.

10. In the 29th picture, Chris is making a goofy face and holding up one of his catches of food. This picture shows that Chris had a sense of humor. It also showed that his personality didn't change when he was alone. The only thing that strikes me in all of these pictures, is the fact that he traveled alone and there are all of these pictures of him. Who took the pictures of him...?