Millie Amies is one of our extremely creative lower 6th pupils; she studies both fine art and photography. Here she shares with us her most recent photographic project, inspired by Steven Crane’s text “The Open Boat” her images are haunting yet beautiful.

“ I was inspired by Steven Crane’s The Open Boat to create these edited photographs. I took the idea of Humans vs. Nature and decided to capture four of my friends submerged in watered down milk. I used milk to make the water opaque and to give a sense of unknowing. I decided to lower the saturation of the photographs to give a dull and pale colour to the skin, making the viewer question whether the subject is dead. I also edited their hair back to its original colour to exaggerate the cold, lifeless skin. I also added a transparent white layer to the eyes to give the effect of misty, zombie-like eyes “ - Millie Amies L6