As the Spring 2017 semester rolled around, marking the time to begin my Departmental Honors Project, I couldn’t ignore what was happening in the world around me, begging to be captured: the political climate of the Midwest following the election of Donald Trump. I decided to use my camera to capture the political unrest and divide that was happening around me. Attending the Women’s March in Chicago is what really spurred this idea; as I walked along Michigan Avenue and State Street alongside citizens holding signs reading “Dump the Trump,” “No Human is Illegal,” “Black Lives Matter,” and more, I snapped candid photos of the largest protest in the city’s history; I realized that I was living in an important and pivotal moment in history – and that I wanted to help document it. From there, I expanded the project out to include portraits of people who live in the United States and their words about how they’ve reacted to the election of Donald Trump.
Thesis
Capturing the Political Climate of 2017
University of Iowa
Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Iowa
Winter 2017
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Capturing the Political Climate of 2017
- Creators
- Marissa Kelly - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Travis Vogan (Advisor)Kevin Ripka (Mentor) - University of Iowa, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Project Type
- Honors Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Date degree season
- Winter 2017
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- 18 spreads
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2017 Marissa Kelly
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Honors Program; CLAS Honors Theses
- Record Identifier
- 9984111227202771
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