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A MENDO publication is a well-designed book with visually stunning creative content, browsed by people to be amazed and inspired. The subject-matter is one of our pre-defined curated categories, fashion, photography, interior, sport, lifestyle, food and traveling. In general, a MENDO book is a piece of furniture in itself.
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In contrast with the immobility of the objects it depicts, still life has been speedily making a comeback onto contemporary platforms—from glossy magazines to Instagram feeds. This book showcases new directions in product portraiture by some of our time’s most imaginative photographers, designers, and stylists. Still life staples such as dead game and fruit bowls can still be seen in today’s of-the-moment arrangements, but they are now presented alongside the latest fashion accessories or luxury gadgets. The elaborate tabletops, collages, installations, and photographic illustrations featured in The Still Life bridge past and present, and skillfully meld elements of scenography and sculpture with the art of selling.
About the book
The Still Life is a 288 pages hardcover book published by Gestalten.
All images tell visual stories of expressive power that celebrate imagination
Imbued with unexpected liveliness, the richly set tabletops, collages, installations, and photographic illustrations featured in The Still Life unleash their inanimate subjects’ innate urge to communicate. Some examples speak subtly, others scream, but all tell visual stories of expressive power that celebrate imagination.
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