Bryan Colombo BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Damage and Grace: Beauty and Despair in the Contemporary Landscape

I am not sure how anyone can look at the landscape they live in, or travel through, and not see the impact that humans have had on the land. My process of making this body of photographic work has been my attempt to better understand the places I have lived in and traveled through around and between Walla Walla, WA and Portland, OR. We are all connected to the land because we need resources from it to live. My work visually documents the impact our resources and waste production have had on the landscape as a result of living the lives we choose. The images I have made are meant to bring up a series of questions for the viewer. I am arguing however that modern technology has allowed us to become disconnected from how these resources translate into the modern lifestyle we take for granted. I want to provoke the viewer to recognize the effects of human alteration of the landscape and consider the negative effects it has on us both mentally and physically.

Heather Lee Birdsong BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Casey Brown BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Miles Browne BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Malissa Canez BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Tara Burkhardt BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Bryan Colombo BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Patrick Cruzan BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Danielle Dumouchelle BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Chris Freeman BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Benjamin Heiken BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Adriana Lenarczyk BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Amanda Langston BFA Thesis Fall 2010

James Pereira BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Cherish Prado BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Morgan Reedy BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Will Schneider-White BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Hannah Stitzlein BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Robert Burns BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Finn Paul BFA Thesis Fall 2010

Heather Zinger BFA Thesis Fall 2010