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Washington University in St. Louis

Transmutation

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

<p>My artistic practice is about change itself. I am inspired by the doubling and layering effects that came out of Surrealist Photography. Scale, fracture, and doubling are intentional components of my process. I combine those methods to create complex works of art, focusing on the untamable light that I hope to capture when making my images, which often are self portraits. Poetry is an integral element of this thesis text as well as my art making process. Through my poetic work I hope to offer my audience a glimpse into how I see and experience the world. This thesis text takes readers on a journey through several key elements of my practice: from the importance of chance in how I make photographs, to my use of scalar confusion, to the role of fracture and fragment, and finally, to my focus on doubling effects.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Graduate School of Art
Year dc:date.available
2025

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Berger, Sam
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Patricia Olynyk
  • Meghan Kirkwood

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/28
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:mfa_visual_art-1030

Chain of custody

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Washington University in St. Louis
Base URL
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Last updated
2026-07-24
Source record
OAI-PMH GetRecord
citation

Berger, Sam. Transmutation. Thesis thesis, 2025. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/28