Keywords

Photography; contemporary art; mfa; conceptual art; deadpan; rineke dijkstra; thomas ruff; portrait; deadpan aesthetic; photographic truth; truth in photography; documentary photography; rich renaldi; identity; american identity; americana; perception

Abstract

"At Face Value: Investigating Perception through Portraiture" is a body of work that examines how people process their perception in imagery. The Deadpan Aesthetic, photographic truth and American identity are discussed, as well as the amount of influence a photographer has in his work. Since perception is defined as an understanding of setting via the senses, I hope to challenge viewers by employing strategies to destabilize the viewer's reception of my photographs.

Notes

If this is your thesis or dissertation, and want to learn how to access it or for more information about readership statistics, contact us at STARS@ucf.edu

Graduation Date

2015

Semester

Summer

Advisor

Raimundi-Ortiz, Wanda

Degree

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

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

Visual Arts and Design

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0005788

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005788

Language

English

Release Date

August 2015

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities

Included in

Dance Commons

Share

COinS