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Apparent Fate, 2010: Dismantling The Notion Of Photographic Truth, Kelsey M. Macdonald
Apparent Fate, 2010: Dismantling The Notion Of Photographic Truth, Kelsey M. Macdonald
Scripps Senior Theses
When creating a current work, artists cannot ignore the images that have preceded theirs. The history of a medium and the related history of subject matter is vital to the meaning of a new art work. Each sign and symbol has a connotation out of the artists’ control. The developed meaning of a symbol is inseparable for the viewer regardless of the acknowledgment of that meaning by the artist. To work with imagery and not address it’s historical context is to perpetuate it’s meaning. The only way to not state what has already been stated is to critically engage with …