Charles Nègre - Sidewalk Stills NYC As a child

As a child

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Charles Nègre - Sidewalk Stills NYC As a childFollowing the great tradition of a noble and ancient painting genre, French photographer Charles Ngre produced a series of ultra contemporary still lifes at the close of the Parisian markets. Taking his camera out into the city, Ngre sought out and captured the abandoned remains as they were, exploring the visual charge of seemingly innocuous or disposable subjects while creating images that at once shock and delight, and in turn exposing food waste