Someone described Banino’s work as “Pop-Renaissance” or “Pop-Baroque”, mixing popular culture and Old Masters. He has gained international recognition with his photos and has been published internationally in a variety of magazines including National Geographic, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan and many others.
His work resembles the style of famous Vanitas paintings.
The two images above are examples of Vanitas Paintings by Pieter Claesz.
Image Analysis:
The image uses little lighting except one spotlight that hits the objects, this guarantees the viewers attention will be on these objects.
I believe the photographer would have used a quick shutter speed to take this image as there is a cloud of smoke that appears still above the candle
The arrangement of the items in this image help tell the story of the person who owns them.
Dan Bannino’s ‘Niche of Wonders’ dedicates personal collections of items intended to reveal something about how their owner saw the world. His inspiration came from the historical items people owned in the renaissance era.
This provides the vanitas style without the meaning of death, however is personal to owner and reveals mysteries about them.