Creative Cauldron - Charles Jones
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Artist inspiration and artist influences. No biographies, dates or scholarly research here - this is a personal response to the work of photographer Charles Jones by Australian artist Fiona Morgan.
![Charles Jones vegetable photography Charles Jones vegetable photography](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrP9EzYCS3DYWBv51Abk00sQZBfw1OOLw9ySWz7gif886XA22vusGRTyfp-WbHNx_Agr0YKkod4-R7tea40xK5xVoX0VddlFtR9mqMU82VyN3eMcMtqbY7rG9q7b8bCupR0W66QXveI2c/s320/Charlesjonesbeans1.jpg)
I love the simplicity of his photos. The inky blacks. The texture. The quietness. The stillness. The gravitas. The feeling I get from seeing his photos of vegetables is the same as I get from watching the Robin Williams film 'Dead Poets Society' and the phrase 'carpe diem'. Such ordinary subjects long gone made beautiful. Charles Jones was a gardener and I think it really shows how much he loved and knew the plants he worked with.
![Charles Jones vegetable photography Charles Jones vegetable photography](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIPmgZtPa8BqjWf_vKjAgZrIgPqRzrQgbH26f3Z0iwM2Jbf-XhcwFz2Bzigl6PdfhTcnULxUxG05VVmc0t9jRS3BQqsxfzKIdo6Gz6QP09d9G6cl_nf1mjrmZzaSJp5SuE3FNSXjwcmng/s320/CharlesJonesbeans2.jpg)
![Charles Jones vegetable photography Charles Jones vegetable photography](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDyT55Hn-RS2dS9waYC09bjpCz5pu3Ea-2st6RJvLQdDw5of62bwaFvlA0KjTBy1SNFMZoZPEmTLfv7i4aJiwj5w97NqJCmF4perOQ1WylZFRw5uElEAyESnx3PuMHlUn50mr1NW-MQf1/s320/CharlesJonesturnips.jpg)
![Charles Jones vegetable photography Charles Jones vegetable photography](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFlUJixdLj0J0SQ6bsPYtH-tanpA2MWn4K7WEt_ofs0ZdE_ppToly_WSjrqadBwDAvIMvWfwBy29srRZyeCEN8TshR2dI3HNFGJOfObc1FGJhmvoNGDmr7SQ_cswCvsPpEB2YrCSKDYsS/s320/CharlesJonescelery.jpg)
![Plant Kingdoms the photographs of Charles Jones Plant Kingdoms the photographs of Charles Jones](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSso7-dxYJOdHXmudkS05GSasApPIVreon0MKdIqhyNlzh8CH8OgEUfdiao9e0SX56fmBy0QwZy8ldm_P5aAlrSx25VVLXppUmIOXHMEoT-WZDRHi4bFVblzOo4C3ZD8_QGV_K49ws4E_w/s320/book.jpg)
![Charles Jones vegetable photography Charles Jones vegetable photography](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6WVHpF_eUXEhkOaR-Efe9aKEjUjFw9MGyUs4umQymLJBPBEm0nY2_7sEOQbRm3tbdugEDD19Fp8MHxP8G1mV0ltI_bActwlCun6cBhWvIXYh5uxSCVklviV1sD9NkALxd2o1YN0zBag5/s320/CharlesJonesbeets.jpg)
More Charles Jones links
Images have been collected from these sources, with plenty more to view:http://bintphotobooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/collecting-photograph-rudolf-koppitz.html
http://mealsathome.blogspot.com/2009/03/plant-kingdoms-photography-of-charles.html
http://lornasassatlarge.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/purple-vegetables-an-homage-to-charles-jones/
http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artist,show,1,171,0,0,0,0,0,0,charles_jones.html
http://www.theoldphotoalbum.com/2009/11/charles-jones/
http://www.theproletariangardener.com/2009/03/charles-jones-photographer.html
Galleries with Charles Jones prints for sale, and more images
http://www.davisandlangdale.com/Pages/CharlesJones.html
http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artist,show,1,171,0,0,0,0,0,0,charles_jones.html
About the Creative Cauldron series of posts
The rest of the series is accessible via the Creative Cauldron page. Have a meander if you please, and remember to check out my artworks on Flickr, and have an insider peek at life as an artist on Facebook.
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