We've been discussing food photography a little bit and how it can be both amusing and repulsive--slyly appealing to the same place inside of our minds where we get urges for other kinds of hungers to be satiated as well.
In keeping with the photography theme, and also in honor of all the sinfully delicious "fair foods" that will be at Tulip Fest today (which I fully intend to gorge on) I wanted to show you guys this collection of food photography that was on NPR this morning. This is food photography done WELL. It actually makes me hungry, rather than making me feel like I have to go take a shower. I think this photo collection is to the Ihop set as a Vogue photo shoot of a naturally beautiful girl would be to a
Hustler magazine shoot of Tara Reid or someone with massive plastic boobies and a fake face, haha. Food for thought!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/05/07/126610610/food
Oh, and by the way--I went to Friendlys yesterday, and BOY are they guilty of pornographic food advertising! I was looking over the menu and laughing my ass off. "Happy Endings?!" For visual reinforcement of what I mean, go to the website and take a look at the
Mango Raspberry Swirl Sorbet on the left hand side. Ummmm...Was it really necessary for them to position a mango in the picture right next to a scoop of identically sized sorbet? The mango even has a little nub on it like a nipple! Needless to say, I did get the sorbet and it was pretty amazing...
