Abstract

The title economic figures refer to both finances and the people (as figures) that are affected by monetary instability. People in two consumer locations are documented photographically through two projects that tell the story of the evolving sites of strip mall and main street shopping. In Displacing Main Street, photographs of people entering strip mall stores are installed on abandoned main street store sites. ‘the store’ are photographs that show the intimate story of my parents struggle to keep their main street small business open. The final exhibition combines these two works in a single gallery to give the viewer the opportunity to reflect on their own spending habits.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Shopping--Pictorial works; Rochester (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--Pictorial works; Documentary photography; Photography, Artistic

Publication Date

5-15-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Imaging Arts (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)

Advisor

Christine Shank

Advisor/Committee Member

Angela Kelly

Advisor/Committee Member

Jessica Lieberman

Comments

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at TX336.5.N7 W45 2015

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

IMGART-MFA

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