"I have always had a passion for nature and I feel that, as I have this passion, this is what I want to capture in my photography. I enjoy shooting landscape but I feel that they can be quite standard so I want to shoot in a way that makes people question what they are seeing. I try to change the way I shoot and the way that people will perceive my images. As I feel like quite an experimental photographer I do this by using a variety of techniques such as double exposure, close up and mixed media. One artist that has inspired me to do this is Gerhard Richter. When I first saw his work I didn’t like it but the more I looked at it the more I liked it and I wanted to try and experiment with my images to make people question them."

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-Sophie Smith, 20

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