Topic: Recommend a still life photographer ....

[Nigel]

Yesterday I was feeling fed up with either not having the time or when I did have the time the weather to get out and shoot, so I decided to set up a little still life studio in my workshop (shed). As it happens this didn't quite work out as I couldn't focus close enough with my Hassy - but that's another story.

So I thought I'd look on online for some still life inspiration. I've done some Googling but without too much success, I looked in Flickr and, errr, lets just say it wasn't to my taste. So are there any recommendations for good still life photography?


 

[Late Developer]

If you Google "still-life fine art photography" (without the "....") there's loads appear. That said, a lot of it is commercial, digital and foodie photography. Nothing wrong in that, but it depends on what you have in mind.....

[les dix]

Try these....

Abelardo Morrel
Trevor Ashby
Andrew Sanderson
Jefferson Hayman
John Chervinsky


And this video .. by Colin Wilson (there is nothing else on the web regarding his work that I can see, which is a shame).

http://www2.derby.ac.uk/dmarc/researchers/colin-wilson

[charles binns]

How about looking beyond photography and looking at some of the still life paintings from the  18th and 19th century?

[Paul Mitchell]

John Blakemore
Caroline Hyman

or on Flickr....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manyfires/sets/72157619203465914/ and she uses a Hassy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sue_h/ Sue uses a mixture of film and digital

[artobest]

+1 for John Blakemore. His book Black and White Photography Workshop is wonderful.

And for that Old Master look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevsyd/

[Andrej K]

Have a look at large format photography forum, there are wonderful threads dedicated to still life.. (They have one long thread for every year, so you'll have to dig a bit for the previous years.)

[LT]

Seamus A Ryan did some interesting polaroid stuff, but it looks like he has gone to the digi side now.

http://www.seamusryan.com/

[Nigel]

Try these....

Abelardo Morrel
Trevor Ashby
Andrew Sanderson
Jefferson Hayman
John Chervinsky


And this video .. by Colin Wilson (there is nothing else on the web regarding his work that I can see, which is a shame).

http://www2.derby.ac.uk/dmarc/researchers/colin-wilson

Thanks everyone, that gives me plenty to start with. The only one of the above I was aware of was Abelardo Morrel, I've got his retrospective book which is highly recommended. http://www.abelardomorell.net/books/books_m01.html

Nigel

[movielvr]

first thing, hi to all (noob here,) I like the still life work of Robert Mapplethorpe, all large format. Please don't let his more...uh...personal work dissuade you, he did some lovely work.
best K

[Francois]

Welcome K