Potato-based photographs of the Progressive Era
Earlier this week I dropped in to see The Artist’s Garden at PAFA, an exhibit I’ve been excited to see since I worked on the exhibit catalog for my previous […]
Category Archives: Photography
Link Buffet: Processing and progressing
Readers and friends! I’ve missed connecting with you on this platform. January has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I wrapped up my responsibilities at the university press […]
Ain’t Jokin (about watermelon, among other things)
At the National Book Awards last month, author and ceremony host Daniel Handler soured the proceedings by making a racist joke at the expense of the author Jacqueline Woodson, whose […]
The flight of the kiwi
Via Mashable, I’ve been enjoying these food maps by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. (They are also the duo behind a photo of a deep-fried iPad that astonished me in […]
Link Buffet: Cooking the Books
Dinah Fried is shortly releasing a book called Fictitious Dishes, which features photographs of meals she has styled after notable meals from literary classics: a pretty tea set from Alice […]
A palette to appeal to the palate
Colossal had some fun fruits-and-vegetables images up last week. These are by Florent Tanet. The linear arrangement of green tints and tones reminded me a little bit of those swatch […]
Inside Out: Medical Students Play With Food
When we epicureans and food culturists talk about food, we’re not really interested in talking about digestion. While other bodily mechanisms may be considered fascinating or elegant–the runner’s fine machine of bone […]
Two food artists you can see for yourself
These two artists recently popped up in my feed reader (no pun intended), and I was struck that for each, an intent to make the art accessible to the public is built into […]
Food Art Opposites
At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of the most popular books for children is called Art Museum Opposites. This book juxtaposes some of the museum’s well-known pieces that illustrate […]
The Faces of Food
Some time ago, an in-flight magazine presented me with the fanciful foodscapes of Carl Warner. Warner’s Food Landscapes are scenes built out of edible materials, mostly in their own shape: […]
