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Asparagus Still Life I

Date

1967

Medium

Polaroid Polarcolor 58 instant print

Culture

American

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Cosindas was among the first photographers to embrace the potential of Polaroid color film during the early 1960s. She varied her use of camera filters, exposure times, lighting temperature, and development times to achieve portraits and still lifes that resemble paintings in their vibrant use of color. For Asparagus Still Life I, Cosindas created an elaborate assemblage of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and vessels to evoke the luxurious bounty of 17th-century Dutch banquet paintings.

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