Glassware Still Life #1

“17th Century Dutch Still Life Paintings are unsurpassed works of art for me. The artists behind many of these paintings magically used common tableware objects and often food in seemingly informal arrangements, all lit by some window light to make a distinctively new worlds in miniature.

To make this picture I used the photographic technique of multiple exposure which has the capability of melding objects together when photographed repeatedly. The process of making this picture is as follows: I make one exposure of an arrangement of a still life with glass pieces, then I rearrange those same pieces to make another exposure without moving the camera. This is what creates the blurred borders between the glass objects. This image is made from two separate exposures. Of course if objects in the still life do not move they will appear solid. I love how this photograph evokes the feeling and mood of early Dutch still life art, while at the same time appearing to be at home with the more modern cubist glass transformations in the scene.”