Abandoned Abundance

David Welch

Artist’S Statement: “These still life photographs of gleaned objects take influence from the Dutch Golden Age and 17th century artists like Willem Claeszoon Heda and Pieter Claesz. Theirs, as with the work of many other still life artists, evidences a reverence for objects and the celebration of bounty. Having recently read that an estimated 120,000 pounds of edible food is discarded every minute in the USA, bounty now translates into excess, and with excess comes considerable waste. For these still life photographs, I assemble these perfectly edible and gleaned items to serve as a reminder of the veneration from centuries ago as well as a point of reflection and contemplation into the unsustainability of our contemporary consumptive habits.” — David Welch

David Welch

David Welch

David Welch

David Welch

David Welch

David Welch