once upon a murder

And so wraps up my interesting first year of university life, more specifically as an art student majoring in photography. I may or may not go back to it, but I present here my final production series. Shot on large format 4x5 film, I explored quite simply a series of homicides involving familiar fairy tales.

I was inspired by my interests: love for props, fairytales, murder mysteries and Criminal Minds. Offering you a glimpse into five separate, but related, crime scenes, the photos take on the original dark nature of fairytales.

No Princess and No Pea

Hansel and Gretel Meet a Sweet Demise

Cinderella's Murder After

Run, Little Red, Run

Goldi without her Locks

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Michelle, who was an amazing assistant and model

OSAP, for providing the funds for me to purchase all these things

Oakville, for providing such an amazing location

Some guy on craigslist, who sold me his mattress

The police officer who pulled up, concerned by our 401 mattress mishap

My classmates, who I cried and whined to about the assignment and helped me decide things

Mother nature, for offering the amazing weather during the Easter weekend (except for that bit of rain)

Toronto Image Works, for messing up my film. I am willing to move past it.

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balanced

the final product for my (lighting) still life assignment. i have an inexplicable fascination with food still lifes. also, this idea spawned from the ruined (a.k.a. over-boiled) eggs pictured. then i found a rotten avocado in the fridge, and made it my goal to achieve an unappetizing, but balanced, breakfast platter. it's balanced because it consists of all four food groups :)

snaps from my cell phone + film camera.

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