Andrea Bricco

Meaning

Andrea Bricco's work has a variety of subject matter: food, people, travel and lifestyle. Her photographs are mainly used in books and magazines. In her commercial work she tries to make food look stylish, colorful and tasty. From looking at her photographs on her website, I found out she usually experiments with color and composition in her personal work. 

Aesthetics

In the images I've chosen to analyze the composition is definitely planned. The notable thing about them, and a couple of other illustrations she's done in the style, is that there's a drawing in the background. The drawings are always related to the particular food.  They're drawn with chalk, pastels or pencil. The drawings add to the photo because they're meant to compliment the object, and not take your attention away from it.

Context

Andrea works mainly for magazines and books. Her illustrations fit in very well, especially in the format shown above: the photo takes a bigger space on the page, and the text is in a smaller font on the side. The photo is the focus.

Personal Response

I like her work, especially the way she uses composition. Her photos are interesting to look at - aside from the main object, there's different things scattered around, like cutlery, spices and bits of food. It makes her work look very unique.  

Henrik Bonnevier

Meaning

Henrik Bonnevier is an interior and still life photographer. He works mainly for magazines, photographing cosmetics, modern interiors, clothing, jewellery and more. The most eye-catching qualities to his work are his compositions and use of color. The image I've chosen to analyse is part of a series which focuses on both those elements.

Aesthetics
Henrik intentionally uses a limited palette of colors. In the picture I've chosen the main colors are cold - blue and green, with accents of gold and silver from the jewlery. The image fits well together because objects stand out - there's no green on green and blue on blue. Each item has a different, distinct shape and texture. The composition can be described as a pyramid.

Context

Henrik's work gets published mainly in fashion and interior design magazines. The images above can be used to sell various items in a catalogue for a store like IKEA - which is actually one of his clients. His photographs look very stylish and colorful, which makes them perfect for fashion magazines.
The picture I've chosen is part of a photoshoot for BON magazine.

Personal Response

I think Henrik's use of color is nice and his photos will definitely look nice on a magazine page. I like his choice of objects. The focus of the photoshoot is jewlery and other girly things, which there is a lot of, but he also throws in some plastic figurines of horses and dogs. And they fit in quite well.