Ryan Barone

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

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

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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