"In both words and images, a fine and illuminating companion to McCarthy’s work."

""Of course it would take an artist who sees what others do not to uncover the final story that this most reticent of authors had not planned to tell. Of course it also means that the window Sheehan encounters turns out to be a mirror where his own life, lineage and legacy leap into sharp and brilliant focus.""
— Marlon James

"“Beowulf Sheehan is more than a photographer. He is a conduit through which his subjects become known to us. These extraordinary pictures of Cormac McCarthy reveal not only Sheehan’s keen eye, but also his deep understanding of the man beneath his gaze, an understanding made possible by McCarthy’s obvious openness to Sheehan, and Sheehan’s empathy, experience, and humanity.”"
— Tracy Daugherty

"“Sheehan masterfully frames the propulsive and archetypal energy of the father wound, which so many of us—especially in the arts—nurse throughout our lives. Achingly real. Tantalizing. Wise. Beautiful. I devoured it.”"
— Matthew Quick

"“The Father of the Man is a remarkably moving engagement with Cormac McCarthy, both visually and in Beowulf’s painfully honest reflections on the way McCarthy’s work made echoes in his own life. An exquisite book.“"
— Phil Klay

"“Beowulf is a kindhearted and compassionate storyteller. His moving words and pictures give us rare moments of pause and reflection on the life of the iconic artist Cormac McCarthy and how his art touches our lives.”"
— portrait photographer and winner of the World Press Photo Prize

"“Over the last two decades Beowulf Sheehan has become the definitive photographer of contemporary writers. Now, to accompany his definitive final portraits of Cormac McCarthy, and greatly deepen their context, he has given us a glimpse into his own story of becoming in a moving essay that lets us see just why he is so good at what he does. This brief, sumptuous book is a gem.”"
— author of Los Angeles Time Book Prize-winning Imagine Me Gone

"“An intimate and moving reflection on how the art that speaks to us intersects with our lives, from an artist who is himself at the top of his form.”"
— author of Cormac McCarthy and Performance: Page, Stage, Screen

Beowulf Sheehan is a photographer of figures in the arts and humanities. To date, he's photographed better than 1,000 writers from more than 60 countries. His work has been published in the likes of Elle, Esquire, L’Uomo Vogue, The New Yorker, People, Time, Vanity Fair, and Vogue and has been exhibited at institutions such as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Dostoevsky Museum, International Center of Photography, Museum of the City of New York, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and The Witliff Colelctions. Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan, a collection of portraits of 200 writers from 35 countries with a foreword by Salman Rushdie, was published in 2018. The Father of the Man: The Last Author Portrait Sitting with Cormac McCarthy is Sheehan's second monograph. Beowulf Sheehan is the proud son of an immigrant and translator, grandson of a poet and photographer, grandson of a copy editor, first cousin once removed from an editor, and cousin, first cousin once removed, and great-great-nephew of authors. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he lives in New York City.