Painting meets photography: Nikon School goes to The National Gallery

Adriaen Coorte. Still Life with Strawberries, Gooseberries and Asparagus. 1703. © The National Gallery, London
Adriaen Coorte. Still Life with Strawberries, Gooseberries and Asparagus. 1703. © The National Gallery, London (Image credit: Nikon / The National Gallery)

Nikon is teaming up with The National Gallery for a free one-hour event that will see Nikon Ambassador Donna Crous and the National Gallery’s Curatorial Fellow Lucy Chiswell discuss the similarities and differences between two major art forms, painting and photography, focusing on still life. 

During the talk, Lucy will discuss the artistic qualities of Adraien Coort’s small but powerful 16th Century painting, ‘Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, a Spray of Gooseberries, Asparagus and a Plum’, part of The National Gallery’s permanent collection, whilst Donna shares how she drew inspiration from this piece, using it to inform the creation of her own photography work, commissioned especially for this talk.

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Adam Waring
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Adam has been the editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine for almost 12 years, and as such is one of Digital Camera World's leading experts when it comes to all things Nikon-related. 

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