Keywords

photography, Image Culture, fragmentation, fine art, digital photography, contemporary art, installation art, MFA

Abstract

My purpose in entering the UCF MFA program was to further explore and develop my passion for photography. During my time in the program, I developed my methodology--from having the traditional photography paradigm ingrained in my mind (and wanting to fit into it) to accepting and valuing my own unique process. I construct installations using diverse imagery and non-traditional presentation. In my installations, one may witness a reflection of the contemporary pace of image perception--fragmented, complex, abundant, and disordered. Together, images and their arrangements are used to create a unified piece that satisfies a new system within apparent disorder. The resulting installations summon the sensation of thinking and processing information in a new way, allowing for re-contextualization of fragmented imagery. Technology has pushed photography to evolve. Previously held traditional notions of photography as art (e.g., "single telling moment" photographs and similar subject matter) are now being confronted by a vernacular of "many telling moments". The current state of the art world is in flux, and is greatly influenced by the faster pace set by technology; I coin our new vernacular Image Culture.

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Graduation Date

2008

Advisor

Haxton, David

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

Art

Degree Program

Studio Art and the Computer

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0002116

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002116

Language

English

Release Date

June 2008

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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