Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Communications Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Norm Leslie
Abstract
This honours project is divided into two parts. Part one is the written thesis. Part two is the photographic component. Part one discusses some of the practices and discourses associated with 'documentary' photography. Some documentary practices and discourses of the past can be seen to be culturally divisive. These practices and discourses were based on being, white, male and European. This ideology and its discursive modes are in conflict with contemporary photographic practices and the relevant social and cultural theories that define it. The thesis defines the discourses and practices of the modernist and postmodernist documentary photographer. It highlights the discursive modes and locates a common link. In the consumerist postmodern world, the image, whether it is modernist or postmodernist becomes a commodity. Part two is a photographic book called 'roses'. The book component works with the notion of the 'commodity', forming a link with the written thesis.
Recommended Citation
Radich, A. (2001). Documentary photography/postmodern commodities. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/559