decay # 1 - you saw it here first
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 11:33AM 
4 day old pepper • click to embiggen
detail of decay #1 click to embiggenEven though I have been trying, I can no longer ignore or resist the siren song of my studio still life past. While everyone else is out and about making staged event pictures, it seems that I must stay indoors and return to my studio days of making 'constructed' still life pictures.
Of course, during my studio still life 'salad days', I was asked to picture things that were burnished to within a inch of 'perfection', the object of the exercise being to create an all-consuming lust for all of those most desirable objects in the world. Not so, my Decay series.
I am not about to give up my ongoing ku pictures, but I will definitely be focused for a time on my decay series. As many here know, I am very enamored of decay. My initial interest seems to be with the decay of things we eat but that will by no means be the extent of my investigation of decay.
Metal decays. Albeit slower, plastic decays. Fibers decay. Road-kill decay. The list goes on and on. The visual constants will be my kitchen counter top and floor, the plate, and the light that comes through my kitchen window.
The technical constants will be digital capture, ISO 1600, a Zuiko 11-22mm lens, and really big prints.
Stay tuned. I hope I don't lose the room but it's something I just gotta do.
decay
Reader Comments (8)
You cannot imagine how (un)thrilled I am at the thought of living with you during what will undoubtedly be referred to as your period of decay.
i don't think any one is going any where. i know i'm not. change is good. so are the pictures.
Just can't wait for the time you throw a flattened racoon carcass on the counter and dinner plate.
How will the wife react to that?
Rotten photography, OK.
Are you familiar with the photography of Steve Maka (http://www.makaphotography.com/)? His "Hereafter" and "Timelapse" work is interesting.
As much as I enjoy your ku stuff, I'm looking forward to this far more. It's sure to be a fascinating exploration of transition.
At ISO 1600, apparently pixels decay.
It is about time you made it official, Mark. Can't wait to see where this goes.