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Negative Space Photography: Whitely Community

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As part of the community service aspect of our multicultural education requirement, our cohort traveled to an enclave in Muncie, Indiana named the Whitely community.  The unofficial leader of the neighborhood is Mrs. Mary Dollison, a quiet force for good in her community and well beyond.  Our group was assigned two work shift duties to help beautify the neighborhood: Day One included scraping and painting a wooden garage structure while Day Two  involved painting a house front and reclaiming a family’s yard and green space.  During our time in Whitely, I took photographs with an emphasis on the notion of negative space, hoping to demonstrate that the place that we visited and worked in is anything but negative.  Here are the results of my efforts. Continue reading Negative Space Photography: Whitely Community