Meghan L E Kirkwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 6811264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meghan L E Kirkwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meghan L E |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkwood |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKWOOD M L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kirkwood Public Library |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alternative methods in contemporary South African landscape photography
This paper examines the work of three contemporary South African photographers whose adaptations of landscape photography support inquiry into themes such as agency, identity, and belonging. None of these artists self-identifies as a landscape photographer, but each has taken up the genre to address topics of social concern such as: colonialism, under-documented histories, and the geographical imagination. Jean Brundrit adapts high-resolution sur…
Between social documentary and a global aesthetic: The use of landscape by early-career South African photographers
This article examines work from three South African artists—Vincent Bezuidenhout, Renzske Scholtz, and Jabulani Dhlamini—and argues that they use landscape images to find alignment or clarity between themselves, the social and political history of their country, and its land. Caught between a generation of activists who immersed themselves in views of a contested landscape, and another generation who did not experience life under apartheid, these…
Land as Natural Resource: Representations of Mining in Contemporary South African Landscape Photography
Photographic explorations of mining have an extensive history within South Africa. Late nineteenth-century postcards produced by commercial studios celebrated views of industrial sites. In his 1973 social documentary project On the Mines, David Goldblatt challenged the positive narrative of mining in South Africa. Recently, contemporary photographers have explored the industry through landscape images that present multiple narratives, encourage d…
Social documentary and personal investigations in contemporary South African photography: Tracey Derrick's "One in Nine" series
A shell of white gauze floats against a split background in Tracey Derrick’s 2009 photograph, Inhabit – Habergeon – middle English, piece of armour to protect the neck and chest (Inhabit), both autonomous and materially frail. The shadowed wall lifts the calcified gauze towards the viewer, as its lithe body hovers above the vertical divide that separates light from dark. This position apart from the edge may be read as a passage missed or overcom…
Alternative methods in contemporary South African landscape photography
This paper examines the work of three contemporary South African photographers whose adaptations of landscape photography support inquiry into themes such as agency, identity, and belonging. None of these artists self-identifies as a landscape photographer, but each has taken up the genre to address topics of social concern such as: colonialism, under-documented histories, and the geographical imagination. Jean Brundrit adapts high-resolution sur…
Between social documentary and a global aesthetic: The use of landscape by early-career South African photographers
This article examines work from three South African artists—Vincent Bezuidenhout, Renzske Scholtz, and Jabulani Dhlamini—and argues that they use landscape images to find alignment or clarity between themselves, the social and political history of their country, and its land. Caught between a generation of activists who immersed themselves in views of a contested landscape, and another generation who did not experience life under apartheid, these…
Social documentary and personal investigations in contemporary South African photography: Tracey Derrick's "One in Nine" series
A shell of white gauze floats against a split background in Tracey Derrick’s 2009 photograph, Inhabit – Habergeon – middle English, piece of armour to protect the neck and chest (Inhabit), both autonomous and materially frail. The shadowed wall lifts the calcified gauze towards the viewer, as its lithe body hovers above the vertical divide that separates light from dark. This position apart from the edge may be read as a passage missed or overcom…
Land as Natural Resource: Representations of Mining in Contemporary South African Landscape Photography
Photographic explorations of mining have an extensive history within South Africa. Late nineteenth-century postcards produced by commercial studios celebrated views of industrial sites. In his 1973 social documentary project On the Mines, David Goldblatt challenged the positive narrative of mining in South Africa. Recently, contemporary photographers have explored the industry through landscape images that present multiple narratives, encourage d…
Between social documentary and a global aesthetic: The use of landscape by early-career South African photographers
This article examines work from three South African artists—Vincent Bezuidenhout, Renzske Scholtz, and Jabulani Dhlamini—and argues that they use landscape images to find alignment or clarity between themselves, the social and political history of their country, and its land. Caught between a generation of activists who immersed themselves in views of a contested landscape, and another generation who did not experience life under apartheid, these…
Alternative methods in contemporary South African landscape photography
This paper examines the work of three contemporary South African photographers whose adaptations of landscape photography support inquiry into themes such as agency, identity, and belonging. None of these artists self-identifies as a landscape photographer, but each has taken up the genre to address topics of social concern such as: colonialism, under-documented histories, and the geographical imagination. Jean Brundrit adapts high-resolution sur…
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