Final Dissertation Submission Deadline today

It is such a relief to say that I have completed my dissertation and that I handed it in at 2.30pm today. As I neared the end of my writing, I felt that I was actually beginning to enjoy it, and understand the theory. I have done the best I could, and I am quite proud of my achievement. Eight thousand words is no mean feat. Reading theory that takes time to digest and understand, knowing how to structure an essay of that length is something of an art, and finding appropriate quotes to emphasise a point, or continue an argument, takes time, concentration and some determination.

My dissertation title is "The Role of Vision in Landscape Photography Today." I used Descartes theory of linear perspective as the basis of my argument, discussed other theories, and explored the work of artists and photographers to discuss the role of vision in traditional and contemporary painting and photography, past and present.

Here is my final paragraph of the dissertation, it is a precis of the whole ....

Visual perception today has developed from the traditional view of the colonial and the real, into meaningful narratives that capture the imagination. Traditional photographers extolled the virtues of the landscape as a place with a view, but the role of vision in landscape photography today, is an emerging intimate relationship between land and artist.