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180 Degrees: An Extension Of Self In Photography, Bradly Dever Treadaway
180 Degrees: An Extension Of Self In Photography, Bradly Dever Treadaway
LSU Master's Theses
180 Degrees is a conceptual body of digital photography and video that deals with self-portraiture, identity and change. Intended to serve as a form of therapy, the work analyzes who I have become over the last couple of years by illustrating issues of compulsion, obsession and insecurity. The investigation confronts unexpected and unsettling attributes of my character. Some of it is a little uncomfortable for me to reveal but if nothing else it is the truth.
Capturing The Ordinary: Russell Lee In Southeastern Louisiana, Brent Mitchell
Capturing The Ordinary: Russell Lee In Southeastern Louisiana, Brent Mitchell
LSU Master's Theses
The photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration Historical Section from 1935-1942 produced a large body of photographic work that now resides in the Library of Congress. These photographs serve as valuable visual resources for depicting an economically deprived section of America's population during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Some of these photographers, like Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, are widely recognized for their work, while others remain obscure. Russell Lee falls into the latter category, although he contributed the largest number of captioned photographs to the FSA photographic files. This paper explores Lee's photographic techniques in …