Baccalaureate

ICONIC

North Dakota State University’s 2022 Baccalaureate show featured six unique, individual installations, reflecting an individual’s academic pursuits and interests. ICONIC is a fusion of photography and graphic design, where objects once ignored photographically are transmuted into eye-catching iconography, giving these objects a new life— shifting these objects from what they are to how they are, exploring their shape and color.

The idea was created and executed within 4 months.

“ICONIC explores how we understand imagery and shape by deconstructing and reinterpreting what we recognize in both. Photography has become a universally accessible and instantaneous way of experiencing our reality. In this digital realm, the difference between remarkable and mundane is often indistinguishable. The photographs in this series show common structures and inconspicuous objects we often don’t notice. This collection takes photographs and translates their imagery into a new graphical representation of shape and color that may elevate its status from unseen to iconic.”

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