The questions that this project poses are centred on an examination of photography's relationship to modernist architectural space. Polarising the melancholic and the utopian, the definition of photography is extended to include its manifestation across a number of diverse sites and processes. What is the connection between the processes and technology of photography and its representation of modernist space? How can these relationships inform and articulate a photographic practice? This thesis comprises five key areas of investigation, with each theoretical chapter being followed by a complementary sequence of photographic images. The first section considers the process of `fragmentation' in relation to a body of photographs which I have termed `fragments'. These images reveal the aspirational or utopian content of modernist architecture as a condition of loss or melancholy. The second section develops the notion of the `fragment' in relation to `allegory', which I argue, opens photography to metaphoric interpretation thus taking on the duality of meaning. The third section uses W. G. Sebald's novel Austerlitz and Kracauer's work on history, to locate this duality within Husserl's Lebenswelt. The fourth section shifts the emphasis of inquiry towards an examination of how the utopian emerges within specific aspects of the photo-reprographic process, such as the error of misregistration in colour printing. This forms the basis for a development of the practice into the field of the photographic representation of colour. The fifth section looks at how colour has been added to the monochromatic image in a series of postcards of modernist architecture from the 1930's thus suggesting a site of utopian investment With reference to Kristeva and Benjamin I develop the notion of colour as an excess of meaning indicative of utopian aspiration. The conclusion of the project is firmly located in the practice outcome and a body of work, which I have termed `constructed images'. Representing a convergence of the five themes, these reveal the ability of photography to uniquely articulate the utopian-melancholy polarity, a transformative process, intervening into architectural space to indicate new ways of thinking about it.

CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação propõe-se a analisar e discutir o acervo inédito de fotografias sobre Brasília - concebido em sete expedições pelo fotógrafo mineiro Geraldo Vieira - desde a primeira missa até a inauguração da então nova capital do Brasil. Ainda, avaliar a importância de Geraldo Vieira por meio de sua trajetória fotográfica, principalmente no que tange à sua permanência na cidade de Araguari-MG, no Triângulo Mineiro, e a sua contribuição para a historiografia da mesma. Não obstante, apontar ainda a relevância de um acervo inédito de fotografias da capital Brasília - que é sinônimo máximo da aplicação dos princípios da Carta de Atenas em todo o mundo, a qual teve como contribuidor e redator final o arquiteto Le Corbusier - para a historiografia e documentação da Arquitetura Moderna Brasileira. Geraldo Vieira foi além de fotógrafo, um artista multifacetado, cujas habilidades se revelam tanto na área da fotografia quanto em outros aspectos de vida. Dessa maneira, seu legado foi capaz de influenciar não só nos modos de recepção de uma arquitetura moderna nascente, como também entusiasmar a maneira na qual as pessoas gostariam de ser vistas nas vitrines de seu estúdio, além da promoção de questões políticas debatidas em grupos sociais através da contribuição em publicações jornalísticas e exposições fotográficas. O resultado da pesquisa depreende a explanação da trajetória do artista para uma compreensão do seu envolvimento com o fotojornalismo, bem como a averiguação das suas peculiaridades enquanto um profissional fotográfico, para que se possa chegar de fato a uma investigação das composições fotográficas de Brasília, integrantes de seu acervo inédito. Uma importante diretriz a que este trabalho também se apoia - além do ineditismo da documentação fotográfica de Brasília - é na abordagem de um estudo que poderá contribuir e somar esforços e reflexões acerca da representação de Brasília, ao estabelecer o contraponto da análise de fotografias captadas por um fotógrafo afastado do eixo Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo, que foi atuante no interior do Estado de Minas Gerais. / This thesis proposes to analyze and discuss the unpublished collection of photographs of Brasilia - designed in seven mining expeditions by photographer Geraldo Vieira - from the first mass to the opening of the then new capital of Brazil. Also assess the importance of Geraldo Vieira through his photographic career, especially with regard to their stay in the city of Araguari-MG, in the Triângulo Mineiro, and its contribution to the historiography of it. Nevertheless, still point out the relevance of a unique collection of capital photographs Brasilia - that is most synonymous with the application of the principles of the Athens Charter in the world, which had the contributor and final editor architect Le Corbusier - to historiography and documentation of the Brazilian Modern Architecture. Geraldo Vieira was well as a photographer, a multifaceted artist whose skills are revealed both in photography and in other aspects of life. In this way, his legacy was able to influence not only in reception modes of modern source architecture, but also excited about the way in which people would like to be seen in his studio windows, in addition to promoting political issues discussed in social groups by contributing in journalistic photography and exhibitions publications. The search result appears from the explanation of the artist's path to an understanding of their involvement in photojournalism and to investigate its peculiarities as a photographic professional, so that you can reach in fact an investigation of photographic compositions of Brasilia, members his unpublished collection. An important guideline to this work also supports - in addition to the unprecedented nature of photographic documentation of Brasilia - is the approach of a study that could help and join efforts and reflections on the representation of Brasilia, to set the contrast of the photo analysis captured by a retired photographer axis Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo, which was active in the state of Minas Gerais. / Dissertação (Mestrado)

From the 1880s, a new type of designed green space appeared in the industrial landscape in England and the USA - the factory pleasure garden or park. At the same time, industrialists began to enhance their office and factory buildings with landscaping and planting, and some opened allotment gardens for the children of factory workers. The making of gardens and parks around or near office and factory buildings, designed by professionals, was driven by belief in the value of gardens and parks to recruitment and retention of staff, to industrial welfare, and to advertising, corporate identity and public relations. The thesis will show how industrialists appropriated the historical, cultural and metaphorical meanings of gardens in a bid to redefine industry as progressive and responsible and to shift the image of factory labour from unhealthy and exploitative to healthy, caring, respectable and sociable. The thesis will argue that companies employed landscape professionals to contribute to a positive image of industry and industrial development in the suburban or rural landscape, and to harmonise industry and nature. It will show how the factory gardens and parks supported numerous and varied opportunities for outdoor recreation that in some districts would not have been so readily accessible to working people, particularly to women and young people. The thesis will show how companies exploited the social and cultural capital of gardens and recreation space through photography, illustration and film for promotional purposes. It will suggest that although the sporting and other outdoor recreational opportunities at factories were likely to be beneficial to many, the greater value to companies of factory pleasure gardens was in advertising and public relations. The thesis will build on existing research that highlights the valuable contribution of industry to sports and recreation provision in this period. It will also suggest that industry had more influence on gardens and gardening than is currently understood.