Olivia Parker
Olivia Parker is a still life photographer who takes her photos in quite an orderly fashion, and uses soft lighting/high contrasts to enhance her imagery. The way her images are laid out is very man-made, but all of her resources are natural, or thrown away and no longer wanted.
I really like the way this photo is laid out, and the lighting used. I also like the way that the shiny box has been used, and the way the light reflects off the surface whilst still creating areas of shadow, contrasting the bones. The background is very dark, giving the whiteness the main focal point. It is also a very soft picture which is quite atmospheric.
Her pictures are very orderly, whilst using different sized items, like the shells above. They are pale white shells on a black background, separated into the boxes.
Irving Penn
Irving Penn uses grayscale photography to give his images more impact, often making them look like they have depths and giving them a more sketchy drawn look. The skulls all seem to have a theme to them, where they all seem to be from African origin. The blacks in the zebra skull are very dark, whilst it doesn't completely reach pure white, to stop it merging with the background.
This one is quite a busy picture, but it seems like he just got the cut bones and threw them down in a pile to give the picture a more natural feel. His pictures are very contrasting to Olivia Parkers, not very orderly.
There is some kind of purity about Irving Penns photography, where its very clean with no gimmicks with the lighting. He doesnt edit the pieces at all, just takes them as they are. Which in itself is quite a feat. He doesnt enhance the image at all.
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