Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009

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dc.contributor.advisorJosephy, Sveaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAltschuler, Jennyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T13:42:35Z
dc.date.available2014-09-30T13:42:35Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 62-64).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn Camera Lucida Roland Barthes (1980: 64-66), describes the process of looking through his mother's photographs after her death. He weighs up how much of her he recognises in the images he comes across. He evaluates the versions of her that are portrayed and deduces that "none seem to be really 'right':" neither as photographic performances nor as existing recurrences of "the beloved face" that he carries in his psyche. He talks about trying to find her, and achieves only part satisfaction in pinpointing fragments in each image that seem to depict parts of the mother he knows. He concludes that by being partially true, the total representation in each image is false. He suggests that the physical details and direct documentations of his mother's physical self, do not contain the sense of her, as he knows her.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAltschuler, J. (2009). <i>Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7802en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAltschuler, Jenny. <i>"Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7802en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAltschuler, J. 2009. Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Altschuler, Jenny AB - In Camera Lucida Roland Barthes (1980: 64-66), describes the process of looking through his mother's photographs after her death. He weighs up how much of her he recognises in the images he comes across. He evaluates the versions of her that are portrayed and deduces that "none seem to be really 'right':" neither as photographic performances nor as existing recurrences of "the beloved face" that he carries in his psyche. He talks about trying to find her, and achieves only part satisfaction in pinpointing fragments in each image that seem to depict parts of the mother he knows. He concludes that by being partially true, the total representation in each image is false. He suggests that the physical details and direct documentations of his mother's physical self, do not contain the sense of her, as he knows her. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009 TI - Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7802 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7802
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAltschuler J. Between forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7802en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhotography, Artistic.en_ZA
dc.subject.otherPhotography - South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subject.otherRailroads - South Africa, Pictorial works.en_ZA
dc.titleBetween forever and never : the photograph as a bridge between past and present; memory and it's fiction, 1981-2009en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMFAen_ZA
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