Still Life.
Still
Life?
Oh Great. Here we go again.
Nothing
in that photographic 'Still "Life"' is Alive.
What
should I call it?
Dead
Life? nah. Zombies will get pissed off, no blood.
Still
Dead? Nah, some smart ass will ask 'are you sure?'
Photographic
Composition involving the arrangement,
conscious or otherwise, of intimate objects.
Yeah,
that’s the ticket.
We all
have our heroes and mentors,
upon
occasion,
I find
they influence ones work, without knowing.
I never thought about why still life is often not really living. I think originally it was meant to be pictures of food, fruit, game, etc. Not that I'm sure that's alive either, really. The game certainly not!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenny for your thoughtful response. It's a word I learned very early on and never challenged it until the influence of George Carlin.
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