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Photographer Reimagines Local Fruit (Level A1) — A pile of fruit sitting on top of a table

Photographer Reimagines Local FruitCEFR A1

25 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Janine Mendes-Franco, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by Anton Acosta, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
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  • Marlon Rouse is a photographer from Trinidad and Tobago.
  • He started his career in print media and news.
  • He now makes a series of close photographs of local fruit.
  • The pictures show fruit like scientific specimens and organisms.
  • Rouse uses light, scale and framing to change how fruit look.
  • Some images feel clinical, others feel sad or strange.
  • He shares the images online on social media and his website.
  • He wants to keep making pictures and hopes to publish a book.

Difficult words

  • photographer — a person who takes pictures
  • specimen — a sample used for study or example
    specimens
  • organism — a living animal or plant
    organisms
  • framing — the way a picture is cut or shown
  • clinical — calm, scientific, or medical in style
  • publish — to make a book or article public

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Discussion questions

  • Do you like photos of fruit?
  • Do you share pictures online?
  • Would you like a book of photos?

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