Abstract
This thesis explores my birthplace and hometown of Gloversville, New York, using loss as a primary theme. Issues related to memory and the photographic medium such as the trace and latent image are investigated through a range of interdisciplinary projects. The thesis also addresses the language of early Conceptualism, often utilizing systematic methodologies and employing common materials as a means of addressing amateur uses of the photographic image. Photographic production and circulation are interrogated on a consumer level, emphasizing vernacular optimism for the medium while illustrating their ultimate shortcomings
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photography, Artistic--Themes, motives; Photography, Artistic--Technique; Gloversville (N.Y.)--Pictorial works; Memory in art; Nostalgia in art; Grief in art; Conceptual art
Publication Date
5-1-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)
Advisor
Mulligan, Therese
Advisor/Committee Member
Sheffield, Jr., Clarence
Recommended Citation
Barone, Ryan, "Private Viewing" (2009). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/4301
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TR655 .B368 2009