Photographers Who Can’t Get to the Studio Are Posting These Delightfully Creative Homemade Still Lifes on Instagram

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Apr 2, 2020

artnet

When life gives you lemons, make
lemonade. Or use those lemons, and all the other random stuff you
have lying around your house, to make still life
photographs.

That’s been the motto for many a
photographer in this, the age of social distancing. Out of their
studios and off the streets, young photogs have trained their
lenses on clever, ad-hoc scenes in their own homes, breathing a
little life into their lazarettos—and into a genre that often gets
overlooked.

The result is a variety of inventive, delightful images, lit in
the way only skilled photographers can, united by the increasingly
popular hashtag #quarantinestilllife on Instagram. Toilet paper
becomes origami; household objects ranging from a papaya to a
perfume bottle are juxtaposed to look like a glossy ad. These
snapshots are genuinely comforting in the way they make domestic
scenes into something beautiful, strange, or funny at a time when
we may be struggling to see our homes as anything other than
confining spaces.

“Shooting at home, as opposed to in the studio or out in the
world, is refreshing because you’re forced to deal with your actual
belongings and your actual self,” says David Brandon Geeting, a
photographer who straddles the lines of art, editorial, and
fashion. “You suddenly see the potential in things you
have overlooked or taken for granted over the years.”

Geeting had just opened a
show of new pictures at
Janet Borden Inc. in New York when the city’s lockdown began.
Ironically, that body of work was about scenes the artist came
across while walking around his neighborhood—something he is doing
quite a lot of right now (while maintaining proper social
distance).

Here are some of our favorite
examples of #quarantinestilllifes on Instagram.

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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self-quarantine residency / 03.20.20 — toilet roll
crafts by @oo0000oo0

A post shared by David Brandon Geeting (@davidbrandongeeting) on
Mar 20, 2020 at 10:29pm PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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82/366 . . . Things that echo has chewed
up.

A post shared by Sweet Lu (@lukesmk) on Mar 22, 2020 at 2:37pm
PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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took a little afternoon stroll around the
house

A post shared by Tonje Thilesen (@tonjethilesen) on Mar 29, 2020
at 8:28am PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Today in my apartment in ny Sending
love to all

A post shared by Suzanne Saroff (@hisuzanne) on Mar 30, 2020 at
2:47pm PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Working from home, photographing s

A post shared by Gregory Gentert (@gregorygentert) on Apr 1,
2020 at 12:33pm PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Quarantine, day 16 Enjoying listening to Nicolas
Jarr morning new album Cenizas. Saw Larry Brilliant· Incredible TED
talk from 2006 My wish: Help me stop pandemics. #nicolasjarr
#larrybriallint

A post shared by Peter Funch (@peterfunch) on Apr 1, 2020 at
9:46am PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Bounty in the time of corona. . No food
or supplies were wasted in the making of this photo. #stilllife
#dutchmasters #humor #rolledgold #selfquarantine #priorities
#bounty #coronavirus #whatdidyoudotoday #juststayhome
#provisions

A post shared by Traer Scott (@traer_scott) on Mar 20, 2020 at
12:11pm PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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learning how to use protective glasses

A post shared by Jeff (@che.yeh) on Mar 24, 2020 at 7:28am
PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Doing a @davidbrandongeeting inspired
self-quarantine residency I guess! Taking the time to appreciate
the cute objects at home

A post shared by Logan Jackson (@_loganjackson) on Mar 16, 2020
at 5:32pm PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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WE BROKE UP ON APRIL FOOLS DAY, SO I TOOK IT AS A
JOKE. – # # #quarantinestilllife – @alexknex –
#stilllife #editorial #photography #photoshoot #photolife

A post shared by Alexander K. Silva (@alexknex) on Apr 1, 2020
at 8:46am PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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idk what’s up n e more

A post shared by bobby doherty (@blobbybloherty) on Apr 2, 2020
at 11:15am PDT

"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">

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Home has new meaning, now more than ever.
#quarantinestilllife

A post shared by Chi Nwosu (@itschinwosu) on Apr 1, 2020 at
10:42am PDT

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