Rose Hill Cemetery, McPherson County, Kansas 19 - 1991

Terry Evans's "Rose Hill Cemetery, McPherson County, Kansas" (1989-1991) is a black and white photograph of a rural cemetery in Kansas, taken from an aerial perspective. Evans, known for his landscape photography, captures the simplicity and quietness of the cemetery, with its rows of headstones and surrounding fields, emphasizing the vastness and openness of the American landscape. The cemetery, a small square surrounded by a hedge, is seen as a break in the sweeping lines of cultivated fields, creating an interplay between the organized and the natural. The long shadows cast by the trees enhance the sense of depth and tranquility in the image.