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Skin To Skin: A Mixed-Media Exploration Of The Inheritance Of Identity, Angeline Morgan
Skin To Skin: A Mixed-Media Exploration Of The Inheritance Of Identity, Angeline Morgan
Honors Theses
Skin to Skin is a mixed-media project that investigates the inheritance of identity through fine art and anthropological approaches. With a focus on womanhood, maganda (beauty), and Filipino-American culture, Skin to Skin reflects my deconstruction of cultural beauty practices. Growing up, proximity to lightness and darkness was a heavily emphasized metric. I witnessed family members experiment with light, water, and skin-lightening products on their skin. Now, I use alternative process photography to mirror their aesthetic experimentation.
To visually connect darkroom and beauty rituals, I created a series of unique, experimental prints where I treat paper surfaces as skin. I produced …
The Boricua Dialogues: Puerto Rican Identity In Conversation & Photography, Jonathan Borton
The Boricua Dialogues: Puerto Rican Identity In Conversation & Photography, Jonathan Borton
Honors Theses
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