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April 4, 2008
Bejewelled Carcasses: Beauty Beyond Death
House Fly, from “bejewelled carcasses: beauty beyond death” © 2008 Patricia PastoreBejewelled Carcasses is "an excursion into the unseen microcosm full of aesthetic beauty that surrounds us," according to photographer Patricia Pastore. "Choosing a very shallow depth of field, I allow the subject to merge with the white background ... I try to create images that radiate with minimalist elegance, using the eye of the camera to reveal things that are otherwise invisible to, or not noticed by, the naked eye.
See the series, and read more of what Pastore says about her art, here in Lens Culture.
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In her description of this work, the photographer talks a lot about death and how these insects are beautiful even after death. She says the white background helps the insects to look like they're "vanishing" into the light--into another dimension. They definitely look ethereal, but I think the background helps to push the insects forward and really seems more to animate them than to reinforce their death. They are completely taken out of context and some of the poses are very beautiful--almost balletic in some cases.