I continued to print some of the cutlery but got bored so explored a bit of monoprinting – making plates for the cutlery rather than making an etching.
- thinking about composition and what to put on the plate and used white spirit and string and marks
- Tom reminded me of the burning of the spagetti onto a zinc plate and etching
- Went off on tangents and we started to look at a photo series of people on death row and their last requests – last suppers (made me think of the religious connection and what people would choose to eat
- religion, fairytale, death, nun, priest, last supper, communion, blood, wine, bread, body
Henry Hargreaves created a series called, “No Seconds” s capturing the haunting images of death row inmates’ last meal requests. He believes food preferences speak volumes about a person’s character and personality in any setting. Death row choices are an extremely powerful example of that theory.
Victor Feguer was put to death in Iowa by hanging at the age of 28. He was sentenced to death for kidnapping and murder. For his last meal, Feguer requested a single olive with the pit in it.
Of all his “No Seconds” photos, Hargreaves says this is his favorite.