Identifier
etd-05192017-192657
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
During the past three years, I have asked the same two questions over and over again: What is a photograph capable of communicating? What is a document of a place? My thesis exhibition and paper explore these questions using basketball, an art form and creative outlet that I have loved since childhood, as a starting point. Basketball is the lens that I have chosen to look through when approaching my work and a metaphor for larger societal issues, such as racism and gun violence.
Date
2017
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
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Recommended Citation
Smithson, Abigail Lauretta, "Reach" (2017). LSU Master's Theses. 4545.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4545
Committee Chair
Thompson, Kristine
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.4545