This series of rotting vegetable
still-lives are captured with Edward Weston in mind. Weston states that his images of vegetables
carry no additional meaning but rather are beautiful studies of the forms
through his use of light. In contrast, the
rotting images create juxtapositions of the satisfying way light plays with the
forms while representing the repulsive, over-consumption of American
culture. The apparently overwhelming
desire to have promotes excessive purchasing of more than we need. Vegetables depict this idea well because of
the new forms they take on when they are left unused and inevitably rot. Capturing these images allows the food to
regain purpose after it has long been forgotten in the refrigerator and now
await their fate of the garbage.
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