“It’s been said many times that still-life photographers don’t take pictures, they make them – an obvious and striking fact when you look at these works.

Each is carefully constructed to maximize the possibilities of color, texture, light, and space in order to counteract, however briefly, the hurried and distracted age in which we live – to make us pause and look.

They do so not by turning the familiar alien and strange in that process known as defamiliarization, but by treating every object with an intense, fresh focus – a careful and extreme lucidity – that seems to remove a patina of dust that we never registered until this moment, when it’s cleared away, and simple things – a flower on a windowsill; the dusky, purple skin of a fig; or the folds of a silk cloth – appear before us as they’ve never done before.

At times these objects and their careful arrangement before the lens evoke dramatic life events and hint at complex narratives; at others, they immerse the viewer in a simpler contemplation of the here-and-now.”

— Graham Hettlinger

Apricots and Silk Cloth

Gold Fish on the Windowsill

Pewter Jug and Vegetables

Rainy Day

Pumpkin on White Silk

Pumpkin on White Silk

Bottles on White Table

Bottles on White Table

Hyacinth and Cranberry Vodka

Tangerines in Chinese Bowl

Tulips and Figs

Bright Stripes

Crayfish and Asparagus

Sunflowers and Apples

Autumn

Venetian Mask and Old Books

Harvest

Irises and White Tulips

Violin and Mirror

Roses and Gerberas

Fish on Silver Plate

Herring and Beer

Green Glass and Black Candle

Plums and Magnolia Leaves

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Christmas Cactus and Red Onion (Gallery Only)

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Tulips and Old Scissors (Gallery Only)

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New Year Tree Decorations (Gallery Only)

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Orchid and Garland (Gallery Only)

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Pickled Tomatoes (Gallery Only)

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Just Moved (Gallery Only)

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Gourds and Red Wine (Gallery Only)

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Lilies in Blue Vase (Gallery Only)

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Sunflowers (Gallery Only)

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Russian Caviar (Gallery Only)

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Tea and Letters (Gallery Only)

Tulips in Blue Bucket.jpg

Tulips in Blue Bucket (Gallery Only)

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Tete-a-tete (Gallery Only)

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Pumpkins and Bugle (Gallery Only)

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Rakhat-Lukum (Gallery Only)

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Grains and Scales (Gallery Only)