Artist Inspiration for Lichen Photography

Given that I have changed part of my final project to focus on lichen and moss, I searched for some inspiration in the work of other photographers. I came across a piece by Lisa Blount Photography that reminds me of a Jackson Pollock painting. See https://www.lisablountphotography.com/products/shell-canyon-lichen. This image features a flat plain covered with lichens of different colours and textures. They are rather uniform in distribution, which is what makes it appear like a Jackson Pollock painting. I went into the woods hoping to find a blend of lichens like this, but unfortunately I never came across a photogenic bunch. Instead, I took a shallow depth of field photo trying to emphasise the patches of small lichens beginning to grow on the otherwise bare rock.

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