The exhibition brings together photographic still lifes from the second half of the 20th century, in which objects lose their static nature and acquire their own "biography." The authors focus on the texture, form, and hidden aesthetics of everyday objects. The exhibition features original prints by domestic and foreign photographers from the museum's collection. Among the presented authors are Alexander Slyusarev, Andre Fage, Peter Miller, Boris Smelov, Sergey Rogozhkin, Alexander Kitaev, Alexey Titarenko, Mikhail Garus, Alexey Zelensky, and other masters. Their works reflect the evolution of the still life genre: from stable composition to a dynamic image of the material environment, where objects exist in time and space. The photographs demonstrate different ways of "reading" objects - through their form, surface, mutual arrangement, and connection with the surrounding environment. Alexander Slyusarev was one of the first to approach still life as part of urban and domestic everyday life, viewing it not as an interior or landscape, but as a dialogue between objects. Boris Smelov, on the other hand, constructed compositions and waited for the moment when time - dust, light, traces of use - would change their state. In his works, objects from the past become carriers of the atmosphere of Leningrad at the end of the 20th century and acquire new meaning. Despite the differences in methods, the authors are united by their interest in texture and materiality. Thus, the photograms of Alexander Kitaev resonate with the works of European photographers, where glass and transparent surfaces, through cropping, turn into abstract images. Striving to capture the variability of the object world, the photographers invite us to see beyond the utilitarian nature of things their independent aesthetic value. Find other exhibitions in St. Petersburg on KUDAGO.