Abstract
Artifacts is a series of documentary photographs that explore how the photographer utilizes the medium as a method of collection and preservation. Motivated by the desire to collect and preserve, this body of work contains narrative windows into the traditions, interactions, and relationships of everyday life in contemporary Southern Appalachia. Drawing influence from turn of the century family photo albums, philosopher Roland Barthes, and photographers William Gedney and Duane Michals, Artifacts puts forth two assertions: firstly that the photographic medium facilitates collection because it satisfies a need to circumvent the passage of time by preserving a perceived reality. Secondly, it is important there is fair representation of the subjects and cultures in the collection upon the submission of those perceived realities into the public archive.
How to Cite
Murrey, L., (2013) “Artifacts”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 26(2).
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