Documentary Still Life

Narelle Autio - "The Summer Of Us"

The exhibition layout of this series reminds me of how some people collect and layout memory photographs on their walls in their houses. It creates a more personal connection between me and the photographs because I feel I can relate to the connotations of a memory wall.

The minimalistic style of this work adds more aesthetic quality because they are visually similar so they all create focus on the objects rather than the location, I think if these had been taken with sand and other objects in the background they would lose some aesthetics because the focus wouldn't be solely on the object.


http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/autio/index.php?obj_id=series&nav=8



Raphael Dallaporta - "Antipersonnel" 

He has photographed different land mines as though they are a high end retail item; personally I think this gives a striking juxtaposition of the styling in relation to the object itself.  The lack of background in this series only highlights the object more. If this series had been taken differently (on location with background detail) I think it would have lost effectiveness of the juxtaposition however it would have been more effective in showing the destruction it can cause if it had been shown in the aftermath of the explosion.

The context of what the objects are give a deeper meaning to the photograph and change the perception and how we receive the photograph.

http://artblart.com/tag/raphael-dallaporta-antipersonnel/