Sculpture
A photograph of sculpture translates three-dimensional form into a two-dimensional interpretation. It can convey form, material, scale, emotion, context, and time through light, viewpoint, and framing, often revealing structure and surface more clearly than direct viewing. The photograph becomes a collaboration between sculptor and photographer, shaping meaning rather than merely recording it.

The Photography of Jon Rendell


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The personification of the Nile in Bernini's 'Fountain of the Four Rivers' (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) in Piazza Navona (Rome) has its head covered because the source of the Nile was unknown in 1651.

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The 'Atlas Slave' by Michelangelo, Florence

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The last project Isamu Noguchi worked on before voluntarily entering Poston War Relocation Center in the Arizona desert in 1942 was a portrait of Ginger Rogers in pink Georgia marble.

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Rodin's 'Three Shades' circling a barman at an exhibition opening at the Legion of Honour museum, San Francisco.

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Bronze lion by Roland Hinton Perry, 1898, De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park.

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Laughing Buddha

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Rodin's 'The Thinker', Legion of Honour museum, San Francisco.

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, carved by sculptor Lei Yixin, is located in West Potomac Park, Washington, DC.

 

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Jon Rendell was born into an auteur/photog family in Melbourne, Australia, in 1957 and grew up around cameras and film. He honed his craft under renowned photographer Athol Shmith at what is now Swinburne University (Prahran Campus, Melbourne). He was always captivated by shadows and finds himself hard -wired to focusing on the transitory, abstract shapes that come and go with the available light. For more of his photography in Scene4, check the Archives.

©2026 Jon Rendell
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