Iriving Penn photographed a series looking into the still life of cigarettes that he found on the streets. Penn found his subjects on the street, and brought them into the studio to photograph using a minimalist lighting and layout technique. His work is described as having "transformed one of the most widely consumed and discarded products of consumer society from that of pure detritus into a symbolic representation of contemporary culture." (Hamiltons Gallery, 2015)
http://www.hamiltonsgallery.com/artists/27-irving-penn/series/cigarettes/
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