Mindmap - Everyday Objects

My above mind map explores the exam heading of 'everyday objects', I chose this theme out of the others as it would be interesting to explore everyday objects in surreal, or ambiguous situations. Irving Penn is one photographer I explored who photographed still life in a studio, he used vegetables and fruit to explore everyday objects in strange set outs. Another photographer I explored was Peter Keetman who explored everyday, structured objects and explored patterns within these, his images were interesting as they have the viewer questioning what it is they're looking at. Andre Kertesz explored everyday objects such as forks, and plates and explore their shadowing form, and how this shadowing of the object would change shape when projected onto different objects. 

This image is photographed by Irving Penn in a studio, and is of frozen fruit and vegetables placed into blocks on top of each other, almost as though they're bricks. Bricks are considered sturdy and strong, whereas vegetables and fruit are commonly thought to be weak and easy to break; therefore by combining the image of fruit/vegetables in a brick-form this challenges the viewers idea of the objects. The asparagus which is in the bottom left of the image is standing upright, this is interesting to the viewer as usually they cannot stand up vertically. This image is interesting as a whole as there's no real meaning behind the image, therefore the viewer can make up their own meaning, as to what they think the image may symbolise. Many of Penn's other images are too shot in a studio and are of fruit/vegetables placed in strange positions, I find his images interesting as they cause the viewer to look at everyday objects in a different way to which they're used to.

This photograph was taken in 1955 by Peter Keetman, many of Keetman's other images photograph patterns in industrial-like objects; however this is one of his softer images, as feathers are considered light and dainty objects, there's also a single drop of water placed on the end of the feather, questions then arise in the viewers head as to why this water droplet is there. The everyday object of a feather is shown to be holding up a water droplet, despite the feather itself not being completely solid, as it has gaps between each hair which sprout form the central line; therefore this image is slightly surreal and creates questions in the viewer surrounding the water droplet being held on the feather's surface. The feather takes up the whole of the frame of the image, whereas the droplet is central to the image showing that this is what needs to be focused on, as it's in the centre of the image. I don't like many of Keetman's other images, however I do find this image (above) interesting despite finding the rest of his images repetitive. 

This image is photographed by Andre Kertesz, and includes two individuals standing in a position which makes them appear as though they're trying to be a table. This image is significant as it shows how humans are trying to become everyday objects, the shape the two men are holding is ambiguous, and it is not clear this is a table, the research I conducted on the image was the only way I found out what shape they were trying to hold. no clothes=no decorations