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Hester Blankestijn

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Reality is an important topic in my still life photography. These series of still life consist of multiple photos. The essence is not to hide the fact that it is a constructed narrative but to allow the viewer to create their own story.
In the bird still lives it is important that you can see their character and motives, as birds have very different personalities. Also the chosen food, flowers and objects always have a seasonal or personal motive. Materiality, form and color are also important, they have to match and compliment each other.

This materiality and my love for construction is also visible in the series organic vases. Here the historic motive of a still life with vases (ie Morandi) is visually leading but the objects themselves are a constructed fiction of an ideal reality where object and purpose playfully come together.