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Organic vs. Nonorganic

These two images were part of an organic and nonorganic assignment that I shot during my senior year of AP.

This is my organic on organic piece that I shot using color film in a medium format, Hasselblad camera. Using a double exposure, I combined two organic objects: a plant and my hand. I exposed for the plant first, then I put my hand in front of the plant and took another exposure on the same frame. Apparently, the camera moved slightly before I shot the second exposure, so the plant looks like a shadow of itself which I believe made the image come out even more interesting than I had expected it to. That is the beauty of film photography. You never know what you’re gonna get! I call this image Embryonic because, like embryos, the branches of the plants and the fingers on my hand reach out and cling to life to advance development.

This image is my organic on nonorganic piece that I shot using black and white film in the Hasselblad. Shoutout to my sister for letting me photograph her consistently: thank you for complying when I made you slide underneath dad's GTO to get under the hood and into the cavity where the engine was supposed to be. I used a little bit of studio lighting in this image to lighten her skin and increase the contrast between her and the rich black of the engine cavity and to ensure that there was still detail in the dark spots of the photograph. I call this image Engine not only because it shows where the engine of the car is supposed to be, but also because the human being is like an engine: “converting energy into useful mechanical motion,” that which creates and sustains life.