Capturing Traces: Formal Compositional Photography and the Unseen City

This practice-led research project investigates how formal compositional photography can be employed to create engagement with overlooked utilitarian spaces of the city. The city is explored on foot and its spaces are considered not for their function but instead for the information revealed about e...

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Main Author: Ward, Lance
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77245
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description This practice-led research project investigates how formal compositional photography can be employed to create engagement with overlooked utilitarian spaces of the city. The city is explored on foot and its spaces are considered not for their function but instead for the information revealed about everyday life within the city. This culminates in a body of large scale photographs that are carefully composed to have a physical presence within the gallery and to challenge the perception of these spaces.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-772452019-12-10T05:34:47Z Capturing Traces: Formal Compositional Photography and the Unseen City Ward, Lance This practice-led research project investigates how formal compositional photography can be employed to create engagement with overlooked utilitarian spaces of the city. The city is explored on foot and its spaces are considered not for their function but instead for the information revealed about everyday life within the city. This culminates in a body of large scale photographs that are carefully composed to have a physical presence within the gallery and to challenge the perception of these spaces. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77245 Curtin University fulltext
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title Capturing Traces: Formal Compositional Photography and the Unseen City
title_full Capturing Traces: Formal Compositional Photography and the Unseen City
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title_short Capturing Traces: Formal Compositional Photography and the Unseen City
title_sort capturing traces: formal compositional photography and the unseen city
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77245