1. Minor White's Images of a Spiritual Journey
By: Dylan Hensley

2. “Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'” (White 82).
this statement was Minor White's dogma

3. White's concept of "equivalence" was developed from Alfred Stieglitz's original idea
Stieglitz coined the term, but White developed it more fully, photography as an equivalent for human emotion
White's approach to photography was spiritual, combining Eastern philosophy and meditation as ways of accessing creative expression

4. Double Navel 1947 example of theory of equivalence
the framing of the rock formation creates an image of a woman's torso

5. Sandstone Eye Number 1
1950
eroded rock surface with depression in raised ring in bottom foreground

6. Crockett, California 1952 with painted white arrow, circle forms
Weathered Door
Crockett, California
1952
with painted white arrow, circle forms

7. Outstretched Form Moving Up
dark connected globular forms on rock

8. when he was teaching at The California School of Fine Arts, some say that White's real strength lie in his teaching skills. A guru-like, meta-physical presence, many students lived with and studied under White's mystical tutelage (Waltze 1).
the students were more like his assistants, in that his classroom was like a laboratory where they experimented with new ideas (Comer, Klochko and Gunderson 82)
The more conventional students were surprised to find that what photographs obviously convey is often meager compared to what they convey by suggestion

9. 1955 Naples & Danseville, New York leading lines
Road With Poplar Trees
1955
Naples & Danseville, New York
leading lines

10. 1959 San Francisco, California
The Golden Gate Bridge
1959
San Francisco, California

11. Snow on Garage Door
1960
Rochester, New York

12. Capitol Reef
1962

13. Moon and Wall Encrustations
1964

14. Work Cited
Comer, Stephanie, Deborah Klochko, and Jeff Gunderson. The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts. San Francisco: Chronicle, Print.
"Minor White". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., Web. 04 Dec < >.
Waltzer, Garie. “Minor White” Focal Encyclopedia of Photography 4th edition. Ed. Peres, Michael. Focal Press. Luminous Lint for Connoisseurs of Fine Photography. 2013