STILL LIFE is a series made in the artist’s family home, as is Project Family. All of the photographs depict the dining table at dinnertime. Home-cooked meals prepared by the artist’s mother, food bought at supermarkets, commercially packaged sweets, and household items appear together on the table. They are not arranged according to a single order, but placed within the same frame.
All of the photographs are shot from directly overhead using flash. The light flattens the objects and emphasizes their colors and forms. Expiration dates and product information printed on food containers also remain visible in the photographs, connecting the objects in the frame to the concrete setting of everyday life.
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