This thesis makes explicit how the viewer’s interpretation of a photograph of the American road trip is affected when the car is used as an explicit impact on the photograph’s frame or blurredness....Show moreThis thesis makes explicit how the viewer’s interpretation of a photograph of the American road trip is affected when the car is used as an explicit impact on the photograph’s frame or blurredness. The thesis focuses on photographs of the American road trip specifically as the road trip carries particular significance in American culture, as do both the car and the road. The research done establishes that the viewer’s relationship with (a) the photographer, and (b) the photograph can be affected by the use of the car. In each case, the photographic styles discussed link the road and the car, as two connecting and connected objects that are important for the American road trip. By using the car to either create an additional frame, or to create two contrasting images within the photograph, the viewer, among others, becomes more aware of the presence of the photographer. By using the car to blur the surface of the photograph, the viewer can no longer look through the photograph, but looks at it before he/she can consider the object photographed, the American road.Show less
