Momento Mori means "Remember you must die," or "Remember death", While Vanitas is a branch out of the theme Momento Mori, It's different stylistically and it's meaning, 'Vanity' is mean't to show how meaningless our posessions become once we die.
Philippe de Champaigne's Vanitas (c. 1671) is reduced to three essentials: Life, Death, and Time
My theme for photography this is is my own branch out of Momento Mori just like how Vanitas branches out from the main theme of Momento Mori to show its own theme and message.
"Momento Mori... Amo Anima" (Roughly Translated) ... "Remember (death) you must die...(so) Cherish life"
'Momento Mori' artwork is easily recognised as it usually always involves "Skulls, Hourglasses, Clocks, Flowers and candles"
'Vanita's' usually involves "instruments, wines, gold, treasures, candles, skulls and hourglasses"
'Amo anima' is going to show the joys of life, weather it be with staged flowers and fruit or two friends hanging out laughing, even with the presence of death,
Staged / Portrait / Nature - Influences and inspirations for how I want to format the photos and the convetions I want to use
Margiret Smulder - Photographer
Sharon Core - Photographer
Hayao Miyazaki - Artist
Almost, From Eden, Wasteland Baby!, Work song, Would that I, Like Real People Do, Dinner and Diatribes, Someone new,
Hozier - Musician / Singer
Online Aesthetics like Cottagecore, Hobbitcore, Romantic acadamia, Naturecore, Corecore,
Using these influences I am going to start out with staged photography more strict - Starting my photos with 'Momento Mori...' and evolving them into 'Amo anima' which will then can be more experimental with its conventions and what it conveys. With my portfolio you will be able to see the passage from Momento Mori to Amo anima in the photos, wordlessly conveying the change of tone and evolution of the theme while keeping the central ideas.
