Remember That Feeling: An Investigation on the Importance of Analogue Photographic Processes in Personal and Creative Expression

Abstract

This exhibition dissertation investigates the effect of the inherent tactility of analogue photographic processes on the user. Specifically, this thesis explores this user primarily as the artist but acknowledges the user as a member of the general public. This thesis aims to understand why the specific processes of analogue photography have such a profound influence on the user experience, and therefore, the product of the artwork. Upon examining these artworks closely, it is evident that a lingering sense of the artist remains within them. This sense is readily apparent to viewers, prompting the investigation of why and how this happens. Curating a range of analogue photographic process-based artworks, this thesis explores concepts deeply and emotionally relatable to the viewer. The resulting proposed exhibition is a significant contribution to the discourse surrounding the validity that analogue photographic processes hold within contemporary art spaces.