Wyneveen

Work / Photography

Wyne Veen

Words by Alex Bec, Tuesday 22 July 2008

Originally guest posted by Jennie Hancock

Yesterday I came across the work of graduating photographer Wyne Veen, her minimal yet arresting images posses a certain strange and beautiful quality that I find particularly enchanting. I’ll be excited to see what she does in the future!

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