3000 Word Text: Research
RELATIONAL VIEWING: AFFECT, TRAUMA AND THE VIEWER IN CONTEMPORARY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ART:
http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1922&context=etd
A dissertation found on Google Scholar. I have read this dissertation before on my foundation year and still think it raises some points that I can draw from in my own writing.
PhotoTherapy Techniques: Exploring the Secrets of Personal Snapshots and Family Albums:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/31066805/Weiser_BCPA_08.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1511355134&Signature=ZugOP4nrQtNjBNC955k21CxOPDM%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DPhototherapy_Techniques_Exploring_the_Se.pdf
This particular text was also found on Google Scholar when I researched “Autobiographical Photography”.
I believe that maybe the starting point for my essay can be found within these texts. My own artistic practice is hugely based around autobiographical photography and I think it is a practice which is fairly underrated, especially in the present day where we are saturated with imagery and information. I could possibly write an essay about the significance of autobiographical documentary photography in the present day. This may give me quite a lot of freedom to write, as I could either defend the practice or question its relevance in a world full of autobiographical images and visual diaries on social media. This could also be linked back to the importance of the family album and the documentation of relationships in general.
Although I have pondered writing about Social Documentary, I believe there is another question begging to be answered that somehow links in to my own creative practice more effectively. I am, however, failing to pin point it. I may need to speak to speak to a tutor.