University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 1992 Journals of a stranger: documents of a life John David Storey University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Storey, John David, Journals of a stranger: documents of a life, Doctor of Creative Arts thesis, School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1992. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/952 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository Services:
[email protected]. JOURNALS OF A STRANGER: DOCUMENTS OF A LIFE. A written submission in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of DOCTOR OF CREATIVE ARTS from THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG by JOHN DAVID ROY STOREY BA SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS 1 992 JOURNALS OF A STRANGER: DOCUMENTS OF A LIFE. Book One. 3 Contents. Book One. Abstract. 4 Introduction. 5 1. Overview to the DCA program. 7 2. Contemporary Practice: Writing and Photography. 22 3. Diaries, Journals, Biographies: Evidence of a life. 49 4. Intimacy. 67 5. Gender. 87 6. Landscape. 102 7. Journey. 112 8. Exhibition Documentation. 126 9. Swimming with sharks: Nine Stories. 133 10. The Daybooks of Eddy Avenue. 201 11. Images of Manhood. 222 12. Tests in Large Format and Type-C Prints. 226 13 Specifications. 228 14 Conclusion. 230 Book Two. Bibliography. 4 Illustrations 20 4 Abstract. journals of a stranger: documents of a life, is a fictional diary of an unknown and unnamed person. The work is a discontinuous, dual narrative. Within its six parts the reader is given clues and insights to the nature of the diarist.