Mexican Wine Cellar Bottle Pattern Sepia Still Life Photography
Dark Bottle Necks Rising From Repeated Circular Rack Supports
In a cool, dim wine cellar in Mexico, I worked with the available light and the repeated shapes of the bottle racks. Looking across the rows brought the necks and circular supports into a close pattern. I photographed that arrangement with sepia-toned monochrome in mind, giving the glass, dark caps, and rack surfaces a restrained warmth.
The bottles stand at slightly different distances from the camera, so the sharper middle rows emerge between softer forms near the edges. Pale shoulders rise inside dark circular holders, with the narrow necks creating a second set of repeated shapes above them. Light from below catches the lower glass and labels, leaving the caps much darker. The oblique view lets those circles overlap, turning an ordinary storage arrangement into a layered still life.
I wanted the repetition to remain strong without losing the differences from one bottle to the next. Marks on the glass and variations in reflected light keep the rows from becoming completely uniform. Working close also allowed the rack to become part of the subject, with its rough dark surfaces framing the brighter glass. The photograph moves between a recognizable wine-cellar scene and a more abstract study of curves, cylinders, and shadow. That shift is what interested me while I stood among the racks and followed the light through them.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2012
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