Date of Graduation

5-2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts in Art (MFA)

Degree Level

Graduate

Department

Art

Advisor/Mentor

Drolen, Rebecca A.

Committee Member

Murff, Zora J.

Second Committee Member

Callander, Adrienne

Third Committee Member

Levenson, Abra R.

Keywords

Art; Light; Perception; Photography; Time

Abstract

Intervals investigates the complexities of visual perception, using the camera as a tool to document time and light. The photograph is a restricted experience dually existing as a physical impression of light onto a surface and a fixed representation that makes light tangible. Using time and light as my subject and ritualistic gathering as my methodology, I explore the complexities of control and perception as they relate to photography. I collect images of everyday occurrences; and then use those as material to both compress and expand time. I do this to interrupt our understanding of it. Documenting time through mundane moments creates room for viewers to spend time looking at and understanding how light can be perceived and represented in unexpected ways.

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