Ian David BLÜM

I am an amateur photographer currently taking a Neuroscience degree at Carleton University. I've often considered and contemplated what truly makes a great photograph. Is it emotional impact, geometry, perspective, familiarity, or maybe something a bit more ethereal. I attempt to produce photographs with a view that no one has taken before, I would like to show my viewers something familiar but foreign. Perhaps just to show people what they often miss. I truly believe that if you stare at something long enough you will see beyond it's form and function to find the true magic and natural beauty contained within. It's a bit cliche but then again don't cliches represent idea that are so familiar we take them for granted.