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LSU Master's Theses

Theses/Dissertations

2011

Ecology

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Island Hunting: A Field Guide, Kit French Jan 2011

Island Hunting: A Field Guide, Kit French

LSU Master's Theses

The Island Hunter Association and this field guide are elaborate constructions that assist you in looking at familiar places in a new way. Following the methods and procedures I’ve outlined in this field guide you will become an expert in tracking the many incarnations of Islands. Fact and fiction, real and psychological, Islands are all around.


The Quiet, Shannon Kolvitz Jan 2011

The Quiet, Shannon Kolvitz

LSU Master's Theses

The Quiet is a series of photographs that focuses on nightly travels in South Louisiana and Oklahoma. The images recall my time growing up in Southwest Oklahoma through the depiction of dismal yet riveting structures. The images are based on the idea of architectural ecology― that is, the relationship of architectural structures to one another and to their surroundings. I photograph isolated vernacular structures and pair them with other photographs to create a single panoramic image. By digitally merging complementary scenes, I create an illusion that derelict structures can exist as “neighbors.” The final results are seamless panoramic representations of …