Palladino, Simona and D'Ambrosio, Mariangela and Mitra, Paola (2024) Addressing Uncomfortable Emotions through the photo-exhibition Leaving and Waving by Deanna Dikeman. Photography and Culture, 17 (1). pp. 57-77. ISSN 1751-4517 (Accepted for Publication)
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Abstract
Photography conveys emotions. However, while a great deal of attention has been given to the artists’ point of view, only rarely these have been explored from the perspective of the viewers of photo-exhibitions. This study focuses on the photo-exhibition Leaving and Waving, which took place in three different Italian cities, over the course of five months, after the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected through a quali-quanti approach explored the viewers’ perspective on the exhibition and the emotions generated through this. Authors argue that visual art and the aesthetic of photography have the potential of engaging a general audience and generating dialogues on ‘uncomfortable emotions’, such as those derived from loss, detachment, aging, and death. Drawing on social sciences perspectives, this study contributes to raising awareness of the importance of photography in discussing loss in everyday conversation and articulating difficult feelings for individual well-being.
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| Additional Information and Comments: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Keywords: | photography; Visual Culture; Emotions; Loss; Detachment; Ageing; Death; |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Simona Palladino |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2024 09:49 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2024 11:12 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4156 |
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