This compelling baroque still life photography print stands as a definitive visual statement within the highly celebrated historical narrative collections by photographer Dora Franco. Relying on deep tenebrist shading, raw antique object juxtaposition, and meticulous historical food styling to map out an atmospheric environment, the artwork masterfully tracks a complex rhythm of domestic weight and luxury balance. The horizontal orientation anchors a powerful flat perspective across the single setup, using vibrant color pop segments from the red vine tomatoes and yellow citrus to turn an intense black background and a fallen bronze candlestick into an elegant topographic scenery of pure visual balance and quiet luxury.
The still life photography are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer recreated the images inspired by paintings and images from these eras, also finding inspiration from artists such as Leonardo DA Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, and others.
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Baroque Still Life Photography - Tomates con Limones, 2021. By Dora Franco
Tomates con Limones, 2021
From The Bodegones series
Giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta paper
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Dora Franco began her artistic career as a fashion model in her country, Colombia, work that continued in Europe and New York, where she posed for artists such as Salvador Dalí and Richard Avedon, among many others. Her interest in the arts led her to study Fine Arts at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota and at the Art Institute of San Francisco, where she began her career as a fashion, beauty and interior design photographer. While in San Francisco she studied film and worked on a Francis Ford Coppola production and in 1972 appeared in Fellini's “Roma”. Franco's work has been published in Hola, Vogue Spain, Harper's Bazaar, Vanidades and many other publications. Two of her photographs are part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Colombia.
