Lori Nix captures a Chinese Take-Out restaurant with moss taking it over. The piece includes a motorbike that a delivery person would drive, a typical takeout window, and a lit up screen for the menu. The dirt or moss on the ground is slowly taking over the abandoned restaurant as Lori tries to highlight how humans destruction leads to nature’s regrowth. What makes this work strong, knowing it is a tabletop photo, is the attention to detail. The motorbike looks so realistic that makes the piece seem even more attention grabbing. The debris on the ground and the tiling make the setting look like a real take out place. The menu has a clear image of what the food looks like. There is a real photograph of a building on the left wall. The use of props that are created to scale makes the work strong.
Nix, Lori. “Chinese Take-Out 2013.” Lorinix.net, 2013.
Good observation of the tiles (vinyl floor and drop ceiling?) and backlit menus as well as the architectural print on the wall.