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Tech Vanitas

Photographs by Jeanette May

by Jeanette May

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About the Book
Jeanette May’s “Tech Vanitas” photography series embraces our anxiety over new technology and love for beautifully designed, obsolete machines. This book is a catalogue of the New York artist’s stunning still life photographs. She clearly references 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and personal wealth. At the same time, the carefully disheveled compositions of familiar objects allude to product photography and advertising imagery. The sheer quantity of gadgets collected suggests mass production, waste, recycling, and the passing of time. Finally, “Tech Vanitas” reflects our nostalgia for anachronistic technology and yearning for the latest enchanted objects.
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Jeanette May
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Jeanette May is a photo-based artist using a critical, sometimes playful, approach to investigate representation. Early training as a painter is evident in her carefully arranged compositions and rich color palette. May received her MFA in Photography from CalArts and her BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has been awarded grants, fellowships, and residencies from the NEA Regional Artists’ Projects Fund, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and Ms. Foundation. Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Milan, Athens, Barcelona, and Shanghai. May lives in Brooklyn.

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