During our first seminar on documentary photography we were shown several different photographers who document still life objects. This genre of photography is something which i had never really considered or really been introduced to. The style is something which i find incredibly interesting. For the small brief we have been asked to produce up to 3 still life images, as a series. We have been asked to use natural light when photographing the objects which i am so pleased about as it makes the project more flexible as to where we chose to photograph.
Stephen Gill
A series of images produced by Stephen Gill which has inspired me hugely is a project called "A series of disappointment". In this series Stephen Gill captures images of used betting slips which have been chucked away by people whom have lost their bets. The objects them selves are incredibly interesting to see as a series as Gill choses to photograph them exactly as they've been discarded of. The pieces of paper are folded and scrunched in many different ways.
The images are created by the objects being placed on a plain, simple, grey background. They are all lit in the same way with a light to the right hand side, creating a shadow on the left. Its hard to tell whether the objects have been photographed in a natural light or using a studio light, however the use of the same lighting and background for all of the betting slips works very well. The diversity of the shapes and folds of the betting slips are tied together with this same lighting and same coloured background, representing the fact the objects are all the exact same thing, but made different by whoever had previously been in possession of it. The betting slips almost work as self portrait, as we as the viewer look at the way in which they've been folded and assume a lot about the persons personality.
I personally think this idea is so well thought out and I would like to be able to create something like this myself. Its just difficult trying to think of a different object which would still represent so much about a person like these betting slips do.
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