Laura Letinsky - Aftermath
The Artist
Laura Letinsky photographs crumbling, half-eaten cakes and tablecloths stained after a raucous meal. Dirty spoons, empty cantaloupe rinds, half-eaten lollipops and clumsily cut slices of bread are her subjects. Her pieces, she says, explore “the problem of the illusion of perfection.”
Her book “Hardly More Than Ever,” which features photographs taken from 1997 to 2004, presents images of scattered cake crumbs; rinds of a blood orange whose juices have caked onto porcelain; and a chocolate bunny whose turquoise wrapping has been peeled off and his head bitten off.
They are incomplete stories, and viewers are left longing to meet Letinsky’s missing revellers.
Laura Letinsky photographs crumbling, half-eaten cakes and tablecloths stained after a raucous meal. Dirty spoons, empty cantaloupe rinds, half-eaten lollipops and clumsily cut slices of bread are her subjects. Her pieces, she says, explore “the problem of the illusion of perfection.”
Her book “Hardly More Than Ever,” which features photographs taken from 1997 to 2004, presents images of scattered cake crumbs; rinds of a blood orange whose juices have caked onto porcelain; and a chocolate bunny whose turquoise wrapping has been peeled off and his head bitten off.
They are incomplete stories, and viewers are left longing to meet Letinsky’s missing revellers.
André Kertész
André Kertész, born Andor Kertész, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his ground-breaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition.
André Kertész response:
I am happy with how both of these images came out, and I believe that they are a good imitation of the artists work.
Fractured, flipped, warped and stretched, food and plants act as props in 'Perspective' — an ongoing series by NYC-based photographer and art director, Suzanne Saroff. Using water-filled vessels in a variety of shapes and sizes, Suzanne's photographs are intriguing in their distortion of reality.
Suzanne Saroff
Suzanne Saroff - First Response
We were asked to use natural lighting, but it was very dark and cloudy and not much light, so I used the lamp on my desk for light.
With this picture, I was not happy with how it came out. The fruit doesn't make a particularly interesting shape in the glass, so I think that I should maybe add another glass or maybe another fruit or just change the angle of the camera or the glass to get a more interesting image.
Suzanne Saroff - Second Response
I was much happier with how these two pictures came out, I think that the addition of the glass helps to break up the banana and create a different shape. In the first image, I used only natural lighting as it was much brighter that day. And in the second image, I had natural lighting and I turned on the light on my desk to see if that made the image better, but i prefer the image without the lamp.
Suzanne Saroff - Third Response
Sequences
Luke Stephenson Artist Page
Luke Stephenson graduated in 2005 and has worked as a freelance photographer since. The same year he was awarded the Jerwood Photography Prize and in 2006 was selected as one of ten photographers to showcase their work at the International Festival of Fashion and Photography at Hyeres, France.
His work has been published in a variety of publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Dazed & Confused, Foam, Art Review and Wallpaper*.
Luke has published three photo books to date, his first was a series of Show Birds published in 2012 and the second published in 2014 is a series exploring the wonderful world of the 99 ice cream. Most recently in 2019 he produced a book looking at the beautiful English Rose.
His work has been published in a variety of publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Dazed & Confused, Foam, Art Review and Wallpaper*.
Luke has published three photo books to date, his first was a series of Show Birds published in 2012 and the second published in 2014 is a series exploring the wonderful world of the 99 ice cream. Most recently in 2019 he produced a book looking at the beautiful English Rose.
Lockdown Sculptures
Edward Weston
Edward Weston First Response
I like these images, and I think these came out quite well.
The black and white really compliments the artist.
The black and white really compliments the artist.
Distortion
Steve Purnell work is inspired by Op art a movement of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. Major exponents of this type of art were Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. In these images he uses striped backgrounds and also projected images that are then distorted through water that is placed in bottles and glasses.