Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Botter, Jacob Croft
Author's Email Address	jbotte1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-08202007-121603
Title	The Land - A New Topographic Study of Home
Degree	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Department	Art
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Michael Book Committee Chair Edward Smith Committee Member Kelli Scott Kelley Committee Member Melody M Guichet Committee Member Tom Neff Committee Member
Keywords	topographic land photography home
Date of Defense	2007-05-15
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The photographs in my thesis sit between these two movements, leaning more towards the contemporary ideas that were generated by the New Topographic Movement. On one hand, they are similar to the traditional photographs of the landscape, in the way they depict a place of organic beauty. They present a panorama that serves as a poignant reminder of the natural world that demands our respect and appreciation for what it has to offer. At the same time, this cannon of imagery contains man, or a visual representation of man, and his efforts. My pictures are not an outsider's observation of man's influence on the topography, they are all directly related to me and my experience on this nearly 500-acre space. This is a study of my family's home, of my family's existence, of my family's influence and of altering the land. Moreover, it shows how the land tilted our actions. It is meant to suggest the idea of man and nature coexisting in some kind peace. These photographs are new topographic landscapes that document the history of my family, our land, and how the two, like a river winding, have organized the treatment of the other.
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