Miles Aldridge, Photographer, London

Description

This Polaroid photograph by photographer Miles Aldridge captures a surreal studio scene featuring a man lying inside a white satin-lined coffin. The subject wears a dark graphic t-shirt and is positioned amongst delicate floral arrangements including blue hydrangeas and small white flowers. Plates of food and glassware are arranged near the base of the coffin against draped white satin fabric. Handwritten marker inscriptions frame the top and bottom borders of the instant film square, including text and a sketched ghost motif. The high-contrast flash lighting emphasizes the theatrical composition and glossy photographic surface.

Style

Artistic, Square, Moody, Raw

Techniques

Polaroid, Flash

Color

Background

Set-dressed

Context

Fine Art / Personal Project