Still Life

[Jim P]

I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,
flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
this kind of photography; especially in black and white.

[Adam]

Jim P <7323...@CompuServe.COM> writes: > I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,

> flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
> this kind of photography; especially in black and white.

Sure have, although I don't think you would call a picture of hunting animals a still life.

Adam

[fredc...@aol.com]

In article <5cqaja$g03$1...@mhafc.production.compuserve.com>, Jim P
<7323...@CompuServe.COM> writes:

>I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,
>flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
>this kind of photography; especially in black and white.
>
>

Try Don McCullins still life work.

Fred

[TMamatas]

Irving Penn has done some fine work in this "genre". See also Edward
Weston's infamous peppers.

[Hank Seidel]

Jim P wrote:
>
> I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,
> flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
> this kind of photography; especially in black and white.

Jim,

Edward Weston's vegetables, pots, baskets, and shells are classics. All
were done in B&W (as was almost all of his work) with and 8 x 10 inch
camera.

Hank

[Tony Cekolin]

In article <5cqaja$g03$1...@mhafc.production.compuserve.com>,
7323...@CompuServe.COM says...

>
>I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,
>flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
>this kind of photography; especially in black and white.

Yep and I do that kind o photography. I don't shoot hunting animals, but
flowers, oil lamps, eggs, screws, pretty much anything that will fit on a table
top is fair game. It is relatively easy photography to start with and the
creative aspects are infinite. I especially like the evolutionary process -
start with one setup and modify it over a series of exposures. It is fun to see
what you end up with.

tony

[Peter Marshall]

Among many, many photographers of still life whose work is worth seeking out I
would suggest you look at Roger Fenton for an early example (around 1850's)
and at the work of Sudek, one of the greatest Czech photographers of the
century and a master of the still life.

A search in a reasonable library would find both.

Peter Marshall

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In reply to: <32F635...@eorann.tamu.edu> from Hank Seidel
<sei...@eorann.tamu.edu>>

> Jim P wrote:
> >
> > I have enjoyed old still life paintings (hunting animals,
> > flowers, fruit, cheese etc) and am wondering if anyone has seen
> > this kind of photography; especially in black and white.
>

> Jim,
>
> Edward Weston's vegetables, pots, baskets, and shells are classics. All
> were done in B&W (as was almost all of his work) with and 8 x 10 inch
> camera.
>
> Hank

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