Waxy skin and vibrant colors provide inspiration in this new set of images from Christian Werner. To mark the United States’ National Grapefruit Month and the annual Lemon Festival in the French Riviera town of Menton, NOWNESS commissioned the German photographer to put his own spin on the oranges, lemons and abundant limes shot earlier this month at Fruit Logistica, the Berlin trade fair that was also the focus of a 2012 book by the renowned photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. “I’m familiar with that work and of course it would have been absurd to attend the fair and photograph the machines and surfaces in the same way as he did—the smooth, coldly digital, globalized world of commodities—so I looked for a different approach: appealing, interesting and humorous details which would form unexpected, witty still lifes,” explains Werner, who studied graphic design and has shown his work throughout Germany. Werner’s introduction to the world of produce fairs provided an opportunity for an unexpected get-together. “The funniest thing for me was the fact that my uncle Christoph attended the fair as an exhibitor—he invented the automatic peeling machine for asparagus, which is sold worldwide today. So we had this little family reunion.”