Jeanette May

“Tech Vanitas: Fiber Optics” Space Age Still-Life Photograph of Vintage Tech

2017

“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 devices in this photograph include a rotary dial phone...

“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...

“Still Life with Robot” continues my exploration of vintage tech begun in my "Tech Vanitas" series. Surrounded by rich silks and patterned wallpapers, playful still lifes of familiar...

My “Tech Vanitas” still life photography series embraces our love for beautifully designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still...

“Green Instamatic,” from my “Tech Vanitas” photography series, embraces our love for beautifully designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the same time, my carefully disheveled compositions of record players, cameras, and clocks allude to slick advertising imagery. Finally, these contemporary still lifes reflect our nostalgia for obsolete tech and yearning for the latest enchanted objects. My colorful photographs appeal to a broad audience and look fabulous in living rooms, offices, and public spaces. The PalmPilot, rotary dial phone...

“Reel to Reel,” from my “Tech Vanitas” photography series, embraces our love for beautifully designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the same time, my carefully disheveled compositions of audio equipment, lamps, and clocks allude to slick advertising imagery. Finally, these contemporary still lifes reflect our nostalgia for obsolete tech and yearning for the latest must-have gadgets. My colorful photographs appeal to a broad audience and look fabulous in living rooms, offices, and public spaces. The opera glasses and reel to reel tape deck...

Dark Flora #6 – Horsetail: Foraged from a damp, boggy area of woodland in mid-summer. It includes Horsetail (Marestail), buckthorn, mallow, tutsan berry, blackberry and heather. I s...

Even in deep mid winter there still stands, in sheltered places, the bleached skeletal remains of the summer past - delicate and intricate memories of the verdant life that just months before stood lush and green. * Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas...

Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas, 'Dark Flora' is a series of photographs using wild plants and flowers in a curated yet naturalistic arrangement. The plants are foraged ...

"Drift 38" Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly Digital print on Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper Unframed - ships rolled in a tube DRIFT Behind the scenes of the natio...

"Drift 07" Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly Digital print on Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper Unframed - ships rolled in a tube DRIFT Behind the scenes of the natio...

NY fine art print, limited 10, signed.