A Briarcliff Document: Photography, Place, and Atlanta History Público
Davis, Brian (2015)
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Abstract
A Briarcliff Document: Photography, Place, and Atlanta History By Brian McGrath Davis In 1998, Emory University acquired a 42-acre plot of land less than a mile west of the main campus. It was called Briarcliff Campus and, beginning in the spring semester of 2009, it became a place of interest in my research. Briarcliff's known historical record begins in the early nineteenth century and includes several unique periods of use: industrial farm, aristocratic estate, public recreational park, mental health facility, and collegiate campus. This dissertation documents a moment in that history through archival research and original photographs made by the author over several years. Those photographs are the foundation of the study, serving as both documents and entry points into a wider theoretical discussion about the photography of place and the recent popularity of ruin photography. As such, the project serves as a contextualized photographic document of a particular place, and it contributes to the photography of place, as influenced by documentary photography and humanistic geography.
Table of Contents
SEQUENCE 1. BULLETIN BOARDS 1
CHAPTER 1. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION 19
SEQUENCE 2. THE MANSION 46
CHAPTER 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIARCLIFF 93
SEQUENCE 3. THE POOL AND GROUNDS 193
CHAPTER 3. PLACE: YI-FU TUAN AND ROBERT POLIDORI 217
SEQUENCE 4. THE COTTAGES 252
CHAPTER 4. RUIN PORN 271
SEQUENCE 5. GEORGIA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE 343
CHATPER 5. CONCLUSION 379
SEQUENCE 6. THE GROUNDS 399
BIBLIOGRAPHY 431
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