Reframing an Arctic Image, Out of the Sublime
A proliferation of sublime, mythic and nearly vacant landscape photographs of Arctic regions are circulating in museums and galleries internationally; artist monographs of these photographs are also readily available in major booksellers. Although the photographs are artfully crafted and technically...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:11023/2779 2023-08-27T04:06:31+02:00 Reframing an Arctic Image, Out of the Sublime Thoreson, Kristine, Nicole Dr. Jean-René Leblanc, Dr. Susan Bennett Dr. Brian Rusted, Dr. Robert Kelly 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2779 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27572 eng eng Graduate Studies University of Calgary Calgary Thoreson, K. (2016). Reframing an Arctic Image, Out of the Sublime (Unpublished doctoral thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27572 http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27572 http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2779 University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Art History Fine Arts Mass Communications Education--Art Literature--Scandinavian and Icelandic Anthropology--Cultural Arctic Photography Contemporary Landscape Photography Arctic Art doctoral thesis 2016 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27572 2023-08-06T06:33:33Z A proliferation of sublime, mythic and nearly vacant landscape photographs of Arctic regions are circulating in museums and galleries internationally; artist monographs of these photographs are also readily available in major booksellers. Although the photographs are artfully crafted and technically superior, there is the question of what an accretion of so many sublime landscape images of the North accomplishes in terms of perceptions of place, community and culture? It is true that creating awe-inspiring photographs that promote an appreciation for polar-regions is legitimate work. Yet, taking a wider view of this field of landscape art photography reveals important insights into our beliefs about places. Re-examining the production and circulation of recent photographs will underline ways in which photography creates and sustains place perceptions that in turn inform local and global attitudes about the Arctic. This Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project presents an in-depth account of three bodies of work by the prominent artists Olaf Otto Becker, Camille Seaman and Tiina Itkonen as well as the contexts within which they are created and presented. It will provide links to historic practices that have informed modern works, an analysis of the notions of place that emerge, and importantly, through research creation it will offer new and alternative approaches to art photography in the Arctic as a result of field work carried out in Ilulissat, Greenland. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic Arctic Greenland Ilulissat PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Arctic Greenland Ilulissat ENVELOPE(-51.099,-51.099,69.220,69.220) |
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A proliferation of sublime, mythic and nearly vacant landscape photographs of Arctic regions are circulating in museums and galleries internationally; artist monographs of these photographs are also readily available in major booksellers. Although the photographs are artfully crafted and technically superior, there is the question of what an accretion of so many sublime landscape images of the North accomplishes in terms of perceptions of place, community and culture? It is true that creating awe-inspiring photographs that promote an appreciation for polar-regions is legitimate work. Yet, taking a wider view of this field of landscape art photography reveals important insights into our beliefs about places. Re-examining the production and circulation of recent photographs will underline ways in which photography creates and sustains place perceptions that in turn inform local and global attitudes about the Arctic. This Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project presents an in-depth account of three bodies of work by the prominent artists Olaf Otto Becker, Camille Seaman and Tiina Itkonen as well as the contexts within which they are created and presented. It will provide links to historic practices that have informed modern works, an analysis of the notions of place that emerge, and importantly, through research creation it will offer new and alternative approaches to art photography in the Arctic as a result of field work carried out in Ilulissat, Greenland. |
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