Still life photography

Lighting and framing are important aspects of still life photography composition.

or natural objects like plants, fruits, vegetables, food, rocks, shells etc.

The art in still life photography is often in the choice of objects that are being arranged and the lighting rather than the skill of the photographer.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, mounted the exhibition “In Focus: Still Life” in 2010.

[3] The exhibition included works by still life photographers such as Paul Outerbridge, Paul Strand, André Kertész, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Josef Sudek, Jan Groover, Sharon Core, and Martin Parr.

Apache still life. c.1907 by Edward S. Curtis .
A modern-day still life photo with red tomatoes