Placing the City: An Exploration of John Paskievich’s Photographs of Winnipeg's North End as Visual Cartography

Produced over a forty year span starting in 1976, John Paskievich's photographs of the North End of Winnipeg occupy a distinct space in the photographic history of the city. Ranging from local streetscapes to portraits of community members, this diverse grouping of images take on qualities similar to the 'New Documents,' and use irony and the snap shot aesthetic to construct a renewed topography of his community. Taken during his many walks around the North End, these photographs are phenomenologically local. Drawing from Henri Lefebvre's notion of "the social production of space," and Ariella Azoulay's framing of the photograph as an encounter, this thesis argues that these images engage in a practice of 'placing.' Considering the photograph as an active object with the capacity to both produce space and incite citizenship, this project aims to reframe how we conceptualize photography, urban space, and the agency of the spectator.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art History

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Lydiatt, Katie

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2020 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2020-14024

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/41151