Date of Award
6-9-2006
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art and Design
First Advisor
Maria P. Gindhart - Chair
Second Advisor
Florencia Bazzano-Nelson
Third Advisor
Constance J. Thalken
Abstract
Laura Aguilar, John Coplans, and Carla Williams explore, through photographic self-portraiture, the representation of unconventional bodies. Even though the images produced by these artists are quite different in style, they all reflect an interest in a representation of the nude human body that challenges the traditional concepts of beauty so prevalent in a Western society obsessed with physical perfection. Even though the three artists produced their photographic self-portraits at roughly the same time, using the traditional gelatin silver process and responding to standards of classical beauty, their divergent life experiences, education, and social backgrounds have led them to question an almost universal vision of the perfect body from a broad spectrum of perspectives.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1062136
Recommended Citation
Di Certo, Alice, "The Unconventional Photographic Self-Portraits of John Coplans, Carla Williams, and Laura Aguilar." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2006.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1062136