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Jeanette May
“Still Life with Clock Radio” Contemporary Still-life Photo with Vintage Tech

2022

About the Item

“Still Life with Spy Camera” continues my exploration of vintage tech begun in my "Tech Vanitas" series. Surrounded by rich silks and patterned wallpapers, playful still lifes of familiar gadgets suggest 17th Century Dutch paintings. My photographs display a fascination with dated merchandise, industrial design, and scientific ingenuity. The tech in this photograph include a Kodak Brownie camera, touchtone phone, oil lamp with electric candle, 8-track tape, hard drive, pliers, battery, and a vintage clock radio. What becomes of the beloved tech that stops working or becomes obsolete? My still lifes examine the present and the past of technology without easy answers but rather with a sense of wonder and trepidation. This photograph is an Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Fiber Paper, printed in a limited-edition of 10 +1AP. The framed photograph shown in situ has an image size of 18 x 12”. Also available are 24 x 16” and 36 x 24” prints. The photograph is signed and numbered on the back. Prints are sold unframed unless framing is arranged during purchase. Free shipping maybe available from 1st Dibs - apply code: FREESHIP. This image is also available in a separate limited-edition of 22 produced by F22 Fine Art Prints as a 9.25 x 6.5” image printed on a letter-size sheet (11 x 8.5”). The letter-size prints are only available through F22 Fine Art Prints.
  • Creator:
    Jeanette May (1963, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    24 x 16"Price: $1,00036 x 24"Price: $2,000
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Brooklyn, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2422212076172
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