In/Visible

by Thompson, Raymond

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My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition focus on challenging the United States’ photographic archive that often left out African-American people. The work, through the use of appropriation and alternative photographic processes, disrupts America’s historical visual archive and notions that surround the white gaze. Through the unsettling of this visual space, new speculative narratives can be created to help imagine new futures. This work is the beginning of a process of mourning histories I hav…

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My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition focus on challenging the United States’ photographic archive that often left out African-American people. The work, through the use of appropriation and alternative photographic processes, disrupts America’s historical visual archive and notions that surround the white gaze. Through the unsettling of this visual space, new speculative narratives can be created to help imagine new futures. This work is the beginning of a process of mourning histories I have never known and reclaiming a place for myself and my family in the American landscape that is free of racial trauma.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2021

Thesis Information

  • Degree:M.F.A.
  • University:West Virginia University
  • Advisor/Supervisor:Sherwin, Michael;Olsen, Kristina;Opoku, Kofi;Habarth, Gerald
  • Pages:49

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2021

Edition Identifiers

  • proquest:2562233779

Subjects

African Americans African-American Studies American Studies Artists Black Studies Books eng PDF Photograms Photographs Regional Studies Slavery

Writers

Thompson, Raymond Sherwin, Michael;Olsen, Kristina;Opoku,…

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