Imprints
A spoon. An eye. A fig. Beauty interpreted through the lens of the still life photographer Adam Friedlander.
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To reflect the subjectivity of beauty, the influencer of the photographer is evident in each frame of this photo essay. Distortion, blur, and obscure crops recreate how we experience beauty and how it overwhelms the senses.
Subjects in the images — details of landscapes, memories of close friends, trinkets collected during travels or passed down from relatives — portray beauty as a lasting impression rather than an ephemeral experience.
The temporal qualities of beauty are further touched upon in images such as the oyster shell and painted spoon (beauty that comes with age) or the lily (beauy which lasts only as long as the flower lives) and the broken teacup. The beauty of these objects is preserved and transformed through the photographic process.
