Reflection: Other Related Research
Thoughts on Final Project
By Madison Wanamaker (05/20/13 12:23:08)
For the gallery exhibition next week I have decided to show my 10 pig portraits, along side a group of other non human portraits as two separate but related bodies of work. I am enlarging the prints to larger-then-life size to bring attention to the details of each face. I hope to use the editing of the photographs, the size of the prints, and the display to elevate my subjects, in a way that will provoke thoughts about these animals, and our relationships with them. In the second group I will similarly display another 10 various non human animals including, foxes, cats, dogs, and rats, who have participated in my portrait project. It is my belief that putting socially recognizable "pets" in the same light as a pig- something most americans eat- that the viewer will be forced to see the similarity in the many species while also seeing the uniqueness of the individuals.
I have not finalized my decision of which animals to include in the second group, however I will include several options below. One of my main concerns is that many viewers have their own opinion about which animals are "pets". I am trying to create a group of animals that are identifiable as elevated to a certain degree of companionship, to contrast the pot bellied pigs. Maybe some animals I consider pets, like a rat, may be as equally undeserving as a pig to others?
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By Madison Wanamaker (05/20/13 12:23:08)
For the gallery exhibition next week I have decided to show my 10 pig portraits, along side a group of other non human portraits as two separate but related bodies of work. I am enlarging the prints to larger-then-life size to bring attention to the details of each face. I hope to use the editing of the photographs, the size of the prints, and the display to elevate my subjects, in a way that will provoke thoughts about these animals, and our relationships with them. In the second group I will similarly display another 10 various non human animals including, foxes, cats, dogs, and rats, who have participated in my portrait project. It is my belief that putting socially recognizable "pets" in the same light as a pig- something most americans eat- that the viewer will be forced to see the similarity in the many species while also seeing the uniqueness of the individuals.
I have not finalized my decision of which animals to include in the second group, however I will include several options below. One of my main concerns is that many viewers have their own opinion about which animals are "pets". I am trying to create a group of animals that are identifiable as elevated to a certain degree of companionship, to contrast the pot bellied pigs. Maybe some animals I consider pets, like a rat, may be as equally undeserving as a pig to others?
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