SONIA MELNIKOVA FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
About this series:
... When the tide comes in, the seaside “still lifes” the ocean leaves behind begin to float and then drift back to the sea in a slow swirl. The very thing that brought them to life will bring about their death. But in Andy Goldsworthy's words, “It feels as if it's been taken off into another plane, another world.... It doesn't feel at all like destruction.” The STILL LIFES ON SAND series is my way of prolonging the life of these ephemeral fragments, which change before our eyes and disappear before we have savored all their beauty and mystery. I am learning not to be afraid of the destruction of things or their death and to accept that everything is ephemeral and subject to the ravages of time. And that the present moment is unrepeatable and precious even if all it leaves behind is an old photograph.
Available as archival prints on acid-free fine-art rag-textured paper in two standard sizes: 11"x14" image (16"x20" matted, framed or not framed), and 16"x20" image (framed without a mat).
STILL LIFES ON SAND is a series of digital high-resolution archival
photographs of realistic still life images of seashells, abalone,
corals, dry seaweeds, crabs, urchins, and other sea creatures and
interesting things found on the ocean beach during low tide
Keywords: artworks, digital photography, high resolution, giclée
prints, archival, realistic, still lifes, found objects, zen, nature,
seaside, beach, ocean, sea, tide pools, sand, rocks, seashells,
seaweeds, crabs, corals, feathers, dead birds
SEASIDE GEMS I
ZEN SAND GARDEN WITH A CRAB
ZEN SAND GARDEN WITH A BROKEN SHELL
STILL LIFE WITH CRAB AND CORAL
SEASIDE GEMS II
STILL LIFE WITH CRAB AND URCHIN
SINGLE SHELL FACE DOWN
SINGLE SHELL FACE UP
PURPLE URCHIN SHELL
A DOLLAR AND A HALF
BROKEN ABALONE SHELL
PURPLE URCHIN