Interpretations of the Politics of Fictive Landscapes in Context: A Comparison of Allan Sekula's Sketch on a Geography Lesson and Martha Rosler's In the Place of the Public Airport Series Throughout this thesis project I examine the geopolitical context(s) of the photographs featured in Martha Rosler's 'In the Place of the Public Airport Series' (1983) and Allan Sekula's series, 'Sketch on a Geography Lesson' (1982). I investigate the manner in which they question the legitimacy of the genre of documentary photography within the post-modern age by emphasizing the documentation of an actual physical place, presenting an alternative to the post-modern notion of photograph merely as another component of simulacra, or the intentional creation of an image without meaning or origin. By looking at photographs that Rosler and Sekula made during the burgeoning stages of post-modern theory, presents a broader interpretation of the development of Marxist documentary photography from the early 1980's to today. One way in which I dialogue with the discourse surrounding documentary photography in the 1980's is to focus on Rosler's and Sekula's intentional choice of material that emphasizes the political dialogue rather than concepts that are abstract and maintain no reference to real life. Furthermore, the period of the 1980's is considered a point in contemporary art history when the political fervor of the 1960's and early 1970's diminished greatly. Departing from this trend, Rosler's and Sekula's work continues to address political ideas throughout the 1980's, creating a bridge to today's photographers, such as Edward Burtynsky and Andreas Gursky who consider aesthetics from a socio-political perspective. / Art History

Naryškin Romanas, Socialinis portretas Lietuvos fotografijoje, fotografijų ciklas „Nebūtini“: Audiovizualinio meno studijų bakalauro baigiamasis darbas / vadovas A. Uogintas; Šiaulių Universitetas, Menų fakultetas, Dailės katedra. Šiauliai, 2014 m. 43 p. Bakalauro darbe nagrinėjamas socialinis portretas fotografijoje pirmiausiai aptariant dokumentinę, tuomet – socialinę dokumentinę fotografiją, kalbama apie jos ištakas Lietuvoje remiantis Margaritos Matulytės teorine ţiūra. Kūrybiniam darbui išskiriama konkreti socialinės atskirties grupė – benamiai-elgetos, apibrėţiama benamystė kaip socialinė problema, trumpai apţvelgiama jos raida. Pirmame skyriuje apibrėţiama dokumentinė ir socialinė dokumentinė fotografija. Šių dviejų teorinių apybraiţų pagalba yra apibrėţiama socialinio portreto sąvoka, kadangi socialinis portretas iš esmės yra neatskiriama socialinės dokumentinės, o todėl ir dokumentinės fotografijos dalis. Išskiriami socialinio portreto bruoţai remiantis ankstyvaisiais socialinės dokumentinės fotografijos kūrėjų darbais. Antrame skyriuje aptariamas socialinis portretas pasirinkto socialinės dokumentinės fotografijos atstovo, Antano Sutkaus, kūryboje. Nagrinėjamas šio autoriaus portretų psichologiškumas bei braiţas, taip pat tokį braiţą įtakoję veiksniai, paminėti pirmąjame skyriuje. Trečiame skyriuje kalbama apie kūrybinį darba, fotografijų serija „Nebūtini“. Pirmiausiai aptariamos ir pagrįstai sugretinamos benamio ir elgetos sąvokos šio darbo kontekste, tuomet... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Naryškin Romanas, Social portrait in Lithuanian photography, photographic series „The Unnecessary“. Closing Bachelor„s work of multimedia art studies / lecturer A. Uogintas; Šiauliai University, Faculty of Arts, Art Department. Šiauliai 2014, 43 pages. In this Bachelor„s work the author is looking into social portrait photography by first of all discussing documentary photography, and then social-documentary photography as social portraiture is an inseparable part of these two similar genres. Further on the origins of social documentary photography is discussed based on M. Matulytė„s theoretical work on the subject. For the creative part of the work, a specific group of social isolation is chosen (homeless people) and its relevance as that of a social problem is explained with a short overview of the development of the said social problem. The first part touches the suject of both documentary and social documentary photography as a context for the theory on social portraiture, definition of which is then based on the mentioned genres. The similarities and differences between the genres are pointed out. The second part contains an overview of social-psichological portraiture in the works of Antanas Sutkus with detailed analysis of the psichological aspect of his portraits as well as general features peviously described in the social portrait definition. The third part is dedicated to the creative project of the Bachelor„s work. Choice of subject is explained through short... [to full text]