March 26th - March 30th, 2012
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Fred Mitchell
Road Test
Closing Reception: March 30th, 6pm - 9pm
These
images stem from an interest in traditional documentary photographic practices
as well as pixel-based manipulations. My photographs begin as a record of
mark-making from automobile accidents upon Las Vegas' topography. Then the negatives
are scanned into the computer where I digitally explore the images’ subject
matter through repurposing tools originally intended for commercial
photographic retouching. Such methods are inversely applied to accentuate, and
often times compliment the mistakes. As a result the images draw comparisons
between digital technology, fine art, photography, and social practices.
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