Still Life: Andreas Rentsh

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While Still Life's are an easier technique, creating a visually interesting image requires a lot of compositional technique. For this project, I focused on Andre Kertesz, who was a Hungarian photographer whose work is still recognized. Some of his more popular works were his still life's, which are described as "ethereal and poetic"(The Art Story). 

While simplistic, his image of the fork is technically very well done; your eyes are immediately drawn to the shiny fork and followed by the strong shadows. The lines from the fork handle also create nice shadows and lines, adding more composition to the make of a simple fork/still life image. This image helped me realize that what made a still life better was the depth that an image has, at any other angle or different lighting, this image would not have the same feeling. 

For my still life project, I attempted multiple different techniques, subjects, and lighting trying to find what looked the best. Ultimately, the image that I ended up choosing for this assignment was a simple statue image, but with the placement of the spotlight, I created a beautiful shadow on the background that formed a silhouette of the object. Considering that my still life object was a neutral color all around, I was able to play around with color gels to create the best image and shadows that I could add depth to the image. 

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