Date of Award
Spring 5-2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Fine Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Major Professor
Ariya Martin and Cheryl Hayes
Second Advisor
Jim Richard
Third Advisor
Dan Rule
Abstract
The artist's process in which she examines the built environment through the medium of black and white photography. By tracing the trajectory of her awareness of architecture from her early career as a dancer, to the making of photographic images, the artist illuminates the process of deconstructing architectural and pictorial space into fragmented yet illusionistically convincing photographic montages. Influenced by the urban localities in which she dwells, she tells the story of being captivated by the post-industrial landscape of Williamsburg, Brookyn, NY, followed by landing in New Orleans and her fascination with post-Katrina architecture. Grounded in the analog techniques of traditional black and white photography, Levitsky describes the various means by which she alters her images to create visionary reconstructions of buildings in transitional states.
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Recommended Citation
Levitsky, Maria, "Invisible Cities: Photographic Fictions of Architecture" (2012). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1457.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1457
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