#FMP Still life photography

I’m thinking to do 2 – 3 still life shoots in 24 Solar terms, show the theme in a different way.

I did some research about Olivier Richon and Wolfgang Tillmans, they have very different styles, and I thought it might help me with my next shoot idea.

Olivier Richan

Olivier Richon. Portrait of a tortoise in motion, 2008. C – type. 90 x 74 cm

Acedia, 2013


Madeleine Penitente, 1991, Analog photography. 67 x 83cm

Les Exercices Spirituels, 1991, Analog photography. 83 x 67cm

Kani, Tokyo, 2016, Color Photography, silver print. 117.5 x 95.3 cm

 

Wolfgang Tillmans

“astro crusto, a,” 2012

 

Pear, passion fruit & lychee, 2000

#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Oct’

九月

Cold Dew (8th Oct):

  • Dew starts tuning into frost
  • Chrysanthemums bloom

寒露

一候鸿雁来宾

二候雀人大水为蛤

三候菊有黄华

 

Frost’s Descent (23rd Oct):

  • Appearance of frost and descent of temperature
  • The leaves are withered and yellow
  • The insect is in hibernation

霜降

一候豺乃祭兽

二候草木黄落

三候蜇虫咸俯

#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Aug’

七月

Start of Autumn (7th Aug):

  • Cool wind
  • Fod in the morning
  • The cicadas began to sing

立秋

一候凉风至

    二候白露生

    三候寒蝉鸣

 

Limit of Heat (23rd Aug):

  • The end of the hot summer
  • The eagles began to hunt for birds in great numbers
  • All things in the dying

处暑

一候鹰乃祭鸟

    二候天地始肃

    三候禾乃登

#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Jun’

五月

Grain in Ear (6th Jun):


  • Awns (beard of grain) grow
  • Abundant rainfall
  • Rising temperature

芒种

一候螳螂生

二候鹏始鸣

三候反舌无声

 

Summer Solstice (21st Jun):

  • Summer extreme (of sun’s height)
  • Some shade loving creatures began to appear
  • The positive ones start to decline

夏至

一候鹿角解

二候蝉始鸣

三候半夏生