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Vanitas

BY KATHRYN OSGOOD

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Kathryn Osgood, a San Francisco-based freelance photographer, has always had a strong interest in photographing the natural landscape. Her fascination with the technological developments of photography has led to her current exploration of digital montage.

This photograph is part of a series of images that interpret the still-life vanitas paintings of the late 16th- and 17th-century Flemish artists. Typical elements used were skulls, clocks, decaying food or flowers, books, maps ...

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