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FIGURE 13.1 Kelli. © Tyla Levesque

CHAPTER 13The Tyranny of Borders

The Fractured Elements

Featuring work by Tyla Levesque

THE EXPECTATION FOR most two-dimensional art pieces is that the frame is fully filled, whether that is based on applying paint to the last square inch of a canvas or filling the frame with photographic information. With drawings and graphic design we are more likely to accept negative space, “paper white,” as part of a finished piece. This is not so much the case in photography, though I think this too is being challenged; more interdisciplinary works are being created by a combination of painting or drawing and photographic ...

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