Task
. In still life photography, a photographer creates an image with almost full control over lighting, mood, and composition. Because photographers directly influence the image creation process, still life photos reflect the creativity and style of the photographers themselves.
Jenny van Sommers is an award winning still life photographer who lives and work in London. Her creative advertising images have gained her considerable recognition.
Photographer Robert Sulkin has created countless beautiful and intriguing still life images. "Still life most reflects my interest in Modernism and were constructed to be about perception and illusion".
Jan Groover often photographs everyday objects in close-up.
Using the photographers above as a starting point produce your own response to Still life. Subject matter for your collection should be wide ranging. You will be required to make your own light box.
Your initial photographs must be presented as contact sheets, which should contain between 100 – 150 photographs.
Select 25 – 30 images for each of the themes Still life which will represented a series of successful photographs showing clear evidence of your initial collection.
From your initial collection develop a series of photographs, which show evidence of selection, cropping, enhancing and editing.
Produce a final piece/s, which shows clear evidence of your research and design development. The format for your final piece/s is your decision. This will depend on your design development. You can present a series of related pieces, which form a whole or you can present singles images.