Recollections of Paradise Lost

Identifier

etd-04172009-101049

Author

Japheth Alan Storlie, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Recollections of Paradise Lost is both a memoir and a fictitious account. While the images in this series are based on actual people and events from my childhood, they are nonetheless implied narratives. Through the employment of universal symbols of childhood nostalgia such as tricycles, tire swings, toys, etc., these photographs are intended to implore the viewer to make connections with their own pasts. These narratives are meant to captivate and enchant and at the same time, disturb and haunt. Ultimately, the objective is for the audience to reconsider and re-experience the joys, fears, losses and traumas associated with childhood experience and memory.

Date

2009

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Storlie, Japheth Alan, "Recollections of Paradise Lost" (2009). LSU Master's Theses. 3634.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3634

Committee Chair

Thomas Neff

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.3634