Written and Photographed by Luiz Laercio

In This Still Life, we ​​can see the influence from the great masters of 17th century Dutch painting to the contemporary photographers of advertising, especially gastronomy. The details are a strong point in his work.

Artist

Luiz Laercio is a Brazilian photographer living in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. Through his photography he seeks to understand Light and Composition as forms of expression, using simple and available materials and seeks to transform everyday scenes into art. He makes this a way of expressing himself by bringing feelings into each photo and hopes that the observer, too, will perceive them and interact with the image presented. You can see more of his photos on his Instagram.

Gear and Film Stock

The cover photo was taken with the Hasselblad 500CM using the Zeiss 150mm lens. It was shot using Kodak Ektar 100 developed and scanned at home! It’s a great film stock which virtually no grain and saturated color cast to emulate oil paintings created in similar styles.

Development and Scanning

The color film was developed using C41 process, Kodak Flexicolor RA. The Black and White images were developed using Rodinal HC-110. Paterson System 4 tanks were used. Epson V850 wet mounts were used with the SilverGast8 film scanner.

This Still Life

Luiz Laercio uses both natural and artificial light as the main point in his photographs, creating the mood of the image. Even with the use of artificial means, his unceasing pursuit is to make his works as natural as possible.

Another important point found in his images is composition as a way of guiding the viewer's gaze and transforming simple objects into something harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

He chose Still Life as his main style of photography for its ease of work at home and its short production and execution time. Since Portraits and Landscapes require more time, logistics, and displacements are not as present in his work as he would like.

In This Still Life, we ​​can see the influence from the great masters of 17th century Dutch painting to the contemporary photographers of advertising, especially gastronomy. He considers the details as another strong point in his work.

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