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The Rug's Topography, Rana Young
The Rug's Topography, Rana Young
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
My complex relationship with photographs began when I was young. I remember tearing images out of publications and bringing them to my dad prepared with questions. Where I grew up, normative values defined by anatomy at birth impacted an individual’s gender perception and performance. Raised by a single father, I experienced a non-traditional family structure in my home. Seeing photographs portraying the “wholeness” of family contradicted my reality. Those psychological impressions provoked my curiosity and propelled me to solve the mystery of what existed beyond the scene depicted.
In retrospect, my search for missing context stems from an interest in …