Translating a silent language : photographing social interaction : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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2016
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Massey University
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Working with photography to alter our perception of time, this project examines social
interaction in a city environment. I have adopted the unobtrusive role of the flaneur and
observed how social norms orchestrate social behaviour in public spaces. I chose to use
constructed photography and I selected and recreated observed moments. I made images that
I hope come alive within the expanded time of a still photograph. Through these
reconstructions of observed behaviour I set out to question the capacity of photography to
amplify reality and demonstrate how a fictional image might reach closer to a lived
experience. I focussed on overlooked moments to produce an expansion of time that allows
the viewer to question the ordinary values that shape social behaviours in the everyday,
providing an opportunity to recognise the complexity of a lived experience as part of
everyday actions.
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Thomas Slade, Criticism and interpretation, Street photography, Photography, Artistic, Social interaction, Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art