Emily Larsen's Chaotic Still Life Photography
Emily Larsen creates still life photographs that blend cut paper, real produce, and found objects against patterned backdrops, exploring disconnection from nature, womanhood, and life's absurdity. Her series include Beastly, Memento Mori, Consumption, and Color Studies. Larsen holds a B.F.A. in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, and a B.A. in English, Psychology, and Philosophy from Flagler College. Her work rejects perfection, celebrating variation and possibility.
Key facts
- Emily Larsen's photographs mix cut paper fruit with real produce and fabricated elements with natural forms.
- Her work is influenced by collective disconnection with nature, non-digital reality, womanhood, and the absurdity of life.
- She earned a B.F.A. in Photography at the School of Visual Arts, NYC.
- She also holds a B.A. in English, Psychology, and Philosophy from Flagler College.
- Her series include Beastly, Memento Mori, Consumption, and Color Studies.
- Larsen's images create a joyful tension between reality and artifice.
- The artist's hand is ever-present in her constructed photographs.
- Elaborate patterned surfaces flatten and complicate pictorial space.
Entities
Artists
- Emily Larsen
- Kimberly Witham
Institutions
- School of Visual Arts, NYC
- Flagler College
- Lenscratch
Locations
- New York City
- United States