This blog stuck me as inspirational as we continue into the still-life coding section of the class. Her work surrounds household items which makes sense given the context of the time period of her work which was created during the COVID pandemic. Emotions of loneliness and death fuel her work as it was a commonly felt emotion of the majority during the global crisis. It is interesting how emotion, historical relevance, and personal experience influence the composition of her work simultaneously. She uses a variety of styles within her series of “Fat Strawberries” including, still life composition, flash photography, portrait, and writing/letters.
Furthermore, it is interesting to see how the pandemic inspired more categories for art. I know that personally, when researching film festivals to submit films into, I found a lot of new categories surrounding COVID-inspired content. In this way, art tries to stay relevant with the historically occurrences of the time.
Link to “Fat Strawberries”: https://www.booooooom.com/2022/04/08/fat-strawberries-by-photographer-grace-ann-leadbeater/
Link to artist’s website: https://www.graceannleadbeater.com/
Some of the images in the series (more on fat strawberries link)
