Date of Award
Spring 5-22-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Photography
First Advisor
Steven Smith
Second Advisor
Anne West
Third Advisor
Nelson Chan
Abstract
The eye is often regarded as the primary sensory organ of the human body, and the ocular system as our most reliable means of perceiving the world.
With vision, we travel across vast distances through telescopes to expand our knowledge of the observable universe and peer into the hidden world of atoms through microscopes. At the same time, we seek divinity from apparitions in the clouds, broaden the range of colors visible under closed eyelids, and catch a brief glimpse of the future in clairvoyant dreams.
My photographic practice oscillates across this spectrum. Between reason and intuition, between the measurable and the felt, between the external and the internal, between what my retina transmits and what my mind and body sense.
You may blink now.
Recommended Citation
Dong, Kyle Gyumin, "FLOATERS" (2026). Masters Theses. 1690.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1690
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