"Space pictures" of the bottoms of old pots and pans from photographer Christopher Jonassen
Photographer from Norway Christopher Jonassen, who specializes in art photography, has created a very unusual and interesting photo project called Devour ("Absorption").
Devour is a collection of Christopher's photographs, which is a series of shots of the bottoms of old pots and pans. The uniqueness of this project lies in the fact that, despite the familiarity and banality of the subject, the author manages to touch (literally) global problems.
He photographed hundreds of pots and pans for several years, all the while improving his technique and skills. Work on the project continues, Christopher is so carried away by it that he still continues to shoot.
All the pots used in the project were not subjected to any specific processing, the photos fully reflect their natural appearance.
The only thing Jonassen did was rub in oil to improve the texture. Otherwise, the master relied only on well-installed lighting.
Perhaps the most striking thing about these photos is that the kitchen pots that we see every day can look like planets and the moon. As the author of the works himself says, this effect was created unintentionally. "I found that each pan is more or less similar to a planet," says Jones— "This similarity was originally, I did not use graphic methods to create such an effect."
In one of the photos we see red Mars, in the other — cold and desolate Neptune. Everyone, looking at the images, can dream up and come up with which of the planets this or that model will look like…
Jonassen started working on the project, just interested in different patterns on the surface of the dishes, but gradually it turned into his lifestyle.
The photographer discovered deep philosophical thoughts that he was inspired by frying pans in the process of work: "Our daily life resembles a metal frying pan — one small scratch remains forever."