Still Life

This is photograph really caught my eye! At first, I couldn’t really understand why a small bottle of the Heinz Ketchup was going through a jar of Miracle Whip. This photograph was taken by Glen Gyssler. The image went along with an article for Chicago magazine called ‘What the Kraft-Heinz Merger Means for Chicago.’ I really admired the fact that this photograph showed the literal merging of Heinz Ketchup with Kraft’s Miracle Whip. On his website, Gyssler showed how he “illustrat[ed] the merging of [two] food giants.” It’s really cool how he approached this still life. He called it Condiments of Fury! This image does emit a sense of anger and wrath and goes along swimmingly well with the article’s tagline of, “Local jobs are at stake as Kraft merges with Heinz. But the payoff could be sweet for investors,” as well as the whole article’s content. I’m just blown away with how this still life photo was taken! This photograph is bold, amusing, and thought-provoking.

Check out how Glyssler took the photo here! See his other works here!

Photograph taken from Glen Gyssler’s website.

This photograph series is aptly named Fruit Explosions. They were taken by photographer, Timothy Hogan, for the late shoe designer, Vince Camuto. I first thought that these photographs were part of a fruit juice advertisement/campaign. But wasn’t even close! They were taken originally for a shoe campaign concept, but they weren’t used in the end. I honestly don’t understand how these photographs relate to footwear. I can’t even find anything else about the concept in order to understand the relationship between the exploding fruit and Vince Camuto’s shoes. Aside from that, I found images to be really cool, and what was even cooler was how he took them. He first took the fruit and basically hacked the heck out of it. He then stuck them on what seemed to be a screwdriver. After that, he threw the juice of that particular fruit with their seeds, too. I’m assuming he timed his camera in order to take the photographs nicely, without any shakes. I really like these photographs because they make the fruit look so juicy and succulent. It makes you thirsty. It would’ve been interesting to see how these images would pertain to shoes.

Watch this super short video to see how he took these photos! It’s only 13-seconds!

To see more of Timothy Hogan’s work click here.

Photographs taken from commarts.com