Identity/Ambivalence: The Deployment of Apple Light in Considering Identity in Contemporary Portrait Photography

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dc.contributor.advisorHo, K T
dc.contributor.advisorIngs, Welby
dc.contributor.authorAi, Linda Ho-Yun
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T21:18:43Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T21:18:43Z
dc.date.copyright2004
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThis project considers the ambivalence and dislocation of both cultural and personal belonging in identity, through an investigation of the aesthetics of Apple Light [a contemporary portrait lighting system]. This research initiates from a journey of self-discovery through the uncertainty of self in terms of cultural belonging. It begins by exploring the evolvement of ‘Apple Light’ in relation to traditional Chinese portrait aesthetics. Consideration of the relationships between the subject [portrait] and the background [location] contributes to a rethinking of issues of self-identity, cultural ambivalence and dislocation. The analysed ideas are transformed and embedded in images that allow for personal interpretation by the viewers. This is a practical research project using eight digital images displayed in an exhibition gallery. These images represent a nominal 80% of the final submission. The exhibition is accompanied by a 7000 word exegesis that contextualises and explains key issues surrounding Apple Light, personal belonging and cultural ambivalence.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/11194
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPhotographyen_NZ
dc.subjectArtisticen_NZ
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_NZ
dc.subjectArten_NZ
dc.titleIdentity/Ambivalence: The Deployment of Apple Light in Considering Identity in Contemporary Portrait Photographyen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (Art and Design)en_NZ
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