Cafe Still Life
Paris, France
2013
It’s four o’clock in the morning here in Bozeman, but part of my body anyway still recognizes that it is noon in Paris. I didn’t want to be up but couldn’t sleep, so here I am up and at it. Maybe I’ll shoot for a nap later–which should really screw up the jet-lag thing.
I took this photo one day while we were eating lunch at a brasserie on St. Germaine Blvd. It was probably right after visiting a museum with lots of old Dutch still life paintings which I admire a lot and of which this arrangement has some passing similarities (albeit without the usual collection of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and dramatic side lighting).]]>
Cafe Still Life
Paris, France
2013
The other missing element are the carcasses of dead fowl and rabbits! 😉 Welcome back to Montana, where the requisite bodies could be obtained for your own still life, if you so chose! 🙂
Kathy, don’t forget the skulls, hour glasses, and other memento mori as well. I got some steer and deer skulls, but have only mostly seen human ones in those old still life paintings. That might be harder to come by.
I really like the colors in this photo.
Thanks Constance!