One person’s rubbish is another’s treasure: This folded photo series transforms trash into objects worthy of still life
When Studio.Salina, the collaborative design practice of Eugenia Luchetta and Marco Minzoni, reached out to AnnaSophiaJohn for its first issue of
Obsolete.Post – a periodical sent by post – the photographer was instantly drawn to the project’s focus on materiality and community. A printed mailer that “investigates objects that have exhausted their function, lost their purpose, been replaced or are simply no longer in use,” through image making, Obsolete was the perfect fit.
Each issue of Obsolete will feature a different photographer with a distinct theme and format, all sent by post with a simple stamp, and issue one opens the series with a visual exploration of “the juxtaposition of natural and artificial pieces of packaging,” Eugenia tells us. At its roots, the new publishing pursuit came from Salina studio’s love of printed matter and collaboration. Eugenia says...