Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Jessica Bruah's No Lake This Summer

Jessica Bruah's MFA thesis project No Lake This Summer explores the intersection of tourism and history. As her project statement asserts:

"The Dells region in Wisconsin became a popular vacation spot in the late 19th century, largely due to H. H. Bennett, whose idyllic photographs of the surrounding natural sandstone formations were sold as stereographs and postcards. Jessica Bruah explores Bennett’s legacy today."

For anyone in the New York area, you can see Bruah's thesis show, as well as those of all her fellow SVA classmates here:

Thesis Exhibition
Up until June 27th
Visual Arts Gallery
601 West 26 Street, Suite 1502
New York, NY



"Shamrock Motel Resort and Suites" (From the series No Lake This Summer)
© Jessica Bruah





"Happy Hour, House of Embers" (From the series No Lake This Summer)
© Jessica Bruah





"Top Secret Inc." (From the series No Lake This Summer)
© Jessica Bruah





"Tourists at Boat Landing, Lake Delton" (From the series No Lake This Summer)
© Jessica Bruah





"H.H. Bennett Museum" (From the series No Lake This Summer)
© Jessica Bruah