In the tradition of memento mori, still life photography uses static objects to explore composition, light, and the passage of time. Luminous-Lint traces the genre from the arranged botanical studies of the 1840s to the sleek, minimalist aesthetics of contemporary advertising and art.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Still life: Introduction |
| 2 | Still life: Understanding the term |
| 3 | Early still life photographs |
| Techniques and processes |
| 4 | Daguerreotypes: Still life |
| 5 | Salt prints: Still life |
| 6 | Albumen prints: Still life |
| 7 | Stereoviews: Still life |
| 8 | Cartes de visite: Objects |
| 9 | Cabinet cards: Objects |
| 10 | Gelatin silver prints: Still life |
| Pictorialism and the still life |
| 11 | Pictorialism: Still lifes |
| Food |
| 12 | Martin Parr: Real Food |
| Fruit and vegetables |
| 13 | Apples |
| 14 | Pears |
| Objects |
| 15 | Still life: Arms and armour |
| 16 | Still life: Basketry and baskets |
| 17 | Still life: Books |
| 18 | Still life: Chairs |
| 19 | Still life: Eggs |
| 20 | Still life: Glassware and cut crystal |
| 21 | Still life: Hung game |
| 22 | Still life: Kitchen |
| 23 | Still life: Ceramics, pottery, china, and porcelain |
| 24 | Still life: Fabric, textiles, lace and embroidery |
| Photographers |
| 25 | Henry Fox Talbot: Bust of Patroclus |
| 26 | Ludwig Belitski: Collection Minutoli (ca. 1854) |
| 27 | Andreas Groll: Die Vorzüglichsten Rüstungen und Waffen der K. K. Ambraser-Sammlung (1862) |
| 28 | Juan Laurent: Arms and armour |
| 29 | Charles and Jane Clifford: Armour |
| 30 | Adolphe Braun: Flower studies |
| 31 | Roger Fenton: Still lifes |
| 32 | Ferdinand Küss: Still lives |
| 33 | Emmanuel Sougez: Still lifes |
| 34 | Edward Weston: Shells |
| 35 | Edward Weston: Vegetables |
| 36 | Josef Sudek: Glasses and bread |
| 37 | Jan Groover: Still lifes |
| 38 | Olivia Parker: Still lifes |
| 39 | Marian Drew: Still Life - Australiana |
