Photos by Guido Mocafico

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At a first glance, you do not see what these pictures are exactly of, then you see the pattern and recognise them as snakes. There are more than one snake in each photo and they fill the frame. The pictures are taken from above so they look flat/2D. They are out of context as there is no background in the pictures and they are not photographed in a way that snakes are usually photographed and the pattern of the snakes scales makes them look abstract. 

Photos by Irving Penn

                                                                                                                                                Irving Penn

 Irving Penn photographed old and used things found on the street, such as these old cigarettes and packet. They are photographed from above onto a white background. There is no scale to compare the cigarettes/packet to as there is nothing else in the pictures and they have been taken up close to the object so they look bigger than they really are. The background could also be plain because it contrasts with the objects and makes them stand out. The pictures could show us that things we throw away can still be visually interesting.

Photos in the style of Mary Kocol

 These are more of my own pictures, this time inspired by Mary Kocol. All these pictures have taken of natural, colorful objects. Some were taken with ice and some were taken with water. The pictures of the oranges are taken in water, fill with glass and is lit from a window behind.

These flowers weren't picked and in the background, you can see other plants with different shades of green and brown.

I left the bluebells on ice out in the sun and took a picture of them every 2 minutes as the ice melted. They don't have a lot going on in the background, its just the concrete paving slabs. 

 After the water was drained...

Photos in the style of Edward Weston

These are my own pictures inspired by Edward Weston. I took them in black and white of a natural object (an apple). Each different picture has a different scale and the light comes from different directions but all the light is natural. There are different things going on in the backgrounds of each of the pictures. Some have a window, a table, chairs, a game machine, curtains or trees outside. 

 This picture has a lot of lines going in different directions.

These pictures have light in the foreground and dark in the background.

The chairs in this picture, create a shadow onto the table and the apple is in the light between them.

This picture and the next are the same but one if light and one is dark.

These pictures are lit from natural light behind through a window.

Photos by Mary Kocol

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These pictures are taken of brightly colored and vivid  natural objects. Most of them are either in fizzy or frozen water. The freezing could represent trying to preserve life and shows us that nature is only temporary and doesn't last forever. Freezing could also be a way of trying to preserve the life. The Pictures are either back-lit or bottom lit.

Photos by Edward Weston

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These are pictures taken in Black & White by Edward Weston. They are all natural objects photographed in unnatural situations. The black and white contrast with each other. The objects are photographed in a way with makes them look surreal. They look smooth and waxy. The pictures are taken very close to the objects so there is nothing to compare the size of the objects to, there is no scale.

Still Life ~ Pins

                                                        Pins 

To start my still life project, i chose to photograph pins in different places. I used natural light in all the photos mainly coming through a window near by.