Abstract
Ibid. is an installation of five images in juxtaposition to each other that explores expectation and interpretation on photographic images. It is a response to my struggle in finding meaning in my creative process of making images. I disrupt the representation of the images using strategies of appropriation, photo manipulation, sequencing, repetition, and performative photo handling. Highlighting the characteristics of both indexicality and ambiguity in photography, Ibid. calls attention to how we develop our phycological desire to address meaning on images. Although Ibid. is rooted in my personal creative experience, it questions image- making under a broader context. When the images fail to bring us new excitement regarding the content, what exists beyond the representation?
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photography, Artistic--Themes, motives; Vernacular photography; Image processing--Digital techniques
Publication Date
5-3-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Photography and Related Media (MFA)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CAD)
Advisor
Joshua Thorson
Advisor/Committee Member
Angela Kelly
Recommended Citation
Yang, Dengfeng, "Ibid." (2021). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/10754
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
IMGART-MFA
