The Process of Immersive Photography: Beyond the Cognitive and the Physical
| aut.author.twitter | @mafoto | |
| aut.embargo | No | en_NZ |
| aut.thirdpc.contains | No | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ings, Welby | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Left, Ron | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mortensen Steagall, Marcos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-14T03:46:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-14T03:46:28Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2019 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-14T03:00:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis constitutes a practice-led, artistic research project that asks: What are the issues that must be addressed when photographing land, such that one might express an immersive, embodied, spiritually-attuned relationship between the self and what is recorded? In the study, I suggest that embodiment may reach beyond the cognitive and physical, to engage with a form of ‘living essence’ that embraces a realm of knowing that may be broadly understood as spiritual. When engaging with the land in this dimension the photographer is immersed in a process that involves a communion between the ‘essence of the living self’ and the ‘essence of the living earth’. In conducting the study, I utilise a heuristic inquiry to facilitate a dialectical approach to problem solving. Here practice advances to new understandings that have operative meaning for practical knowledge. In the inquiry I employ a form of reflective field journal where images, poetic writing, technical data and critical thinking enable me to reflect on both a state of immersion and outcomes emanating from the process. The research contributes to current discussions surrounding the manner in which photographers engage with land because the study proposes and unpacks a process of ‘Immersive Photography’ as a conceptual and methodological approach. | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/12251 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_NZ |
| dc.publisher | Auckland University of Technology | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
| dc.subject | Immersion | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Embodiment | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Landscape Photography | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Mauri | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Practice-led research | en_NZ |
| dc.title | The Process of Immersive Photography: Beyond the Cognitive and the Physical | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_NZ |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Auckland University of Technology | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral Theses | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en_NZ |