Shutter Speed Deconstructing a Photographic Ideal

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Herzog, Richard

Keywords

Photography, Memory, Multi Media

Area of Concentration

Art

Abstract

As the 20th century progressed, the increasing availability of inexpensive photographic technology allowed for a majority of people to document their memories in a tangible form. However, the link between our photographs and our memories is not always concrete. My thesis, a creative studio project, examines this connection between our tangible memories (photographs) and our abstract mental memories. Through the manipulation of found photographs and the documentation of transitory moments, my art challenges the viewer to re-examine the relationship between photographs and our memories. Sculptures, altered prints, and found materials represent passing time, memory and mortality; the concept of time passing implies human mortality because we grow older and closer to death with each day. This thesis takes the form of an art exhibition consisting of photographic portraits, interactive sculptures incorporating found photographs, and flipbooks. This artwork draws influences from Roland Barthes, Robert Rauschenberg, Christian Boltanski, John Baldessari, Diane Arbus, Larry Sultan, Claire Morgan, and Susan Sontag.

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