The Mentor Project - Minor White    Minor White was an American photographer, poet and educator. He is a master of textural photography, a style that captures seemingly ordinary images that hold deeper meaning. Minor White was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1908. He attended the university of Minnesota for Botany, and worked various jobs before he concentrated

- Cyanotype - This was easily the most interesting process that i've attempted! I was given the opportunity to mix chemicals and paint them on as a green substance, which seemingly spontaniously changed into this deep navy blue colour once it's been sun baked. The picture itself was taken in a eerie abandoned car yard, with overgrowth surrounding and engulfing the

Rules we're meant to be broken. The rules of photography are no exception. These photos were all taken on the sight of an abandoned car field. The entire site was a scene of decay and nature enveloping the man made objects with overgrowth. This sight really interested me, giving me the feeling of a post apocalyptic world.

- Silk Screen - Creating a silk screen was something i've always wanted to do in the arts program and a large influence in me joining this course! I'm glad i had a chance to create one despite the turn out of this screen. I enjoy the use of two registes creating a layered effect on the image, and would even consider adding another layer to create a more indepth image.

- Photogram - I used salt and ripped shreds of paper with various thicknesses to produce this Photogram. The process itself was fun and a unique experience! despite being my least favourite process because I had to start over many times, spilling the delicate salt and accidentally blowing my paper away. The idea was inspired by the past months studies in my biology

  Mixed Lighting with my beloved mother  For these photos i've used both natural light and artificial lighting to create the two constrating light scales to illuminate my mother. The bright white light of the sun outlines the forefront of her facial features, and the yellow hue of the artificial lighting creates a contrasting underglow

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