The three-object photograph

Short journal · Original editorial · Originality through constraints

A still life has too many competing objects.

A constraint can make a choice visible. Limit one feature while leaving others open, then inspect what the limit made possible and what it blocked. Keep the experiment reversible; the constraint is a tool for this attempt, not a law.

Arrange three ordinary objects and compare two compositions.

You can stop after one small attempt. The purpose is to make a particular choice clearer, not to create a new obligation.