OBJECT: Laura Letinsky

Laura Letinsky has developed her practice since the late 1990s through meticulously composed still life photographs influenced by 17th Century Renaissance painting. Using a large format camera in a controlled studio environment, her work resembles the aftermath of a meal, where stained tablecloths, spilled wine and squashed, misshapen fruit allude to mortality, frustrated desire and melancholy.

http://vimeo.com/36814050 I watched this video where she talks about her interest in still life painting and other inspirations for her photographs.