Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597113611 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Susan Bright is a curator and writer. She co-curated How We Are: Photographing Britain (2007), which was the first major exhibition of British photography at Tate. . She currently lives in Paris. She has authored numerous books including Art Photography Now (Aperture, 2005), Face of Fashion (Aperture, 2007), How We Are: Photogr
Five Stars Great book with some classic food photos and an interesting history of the subject.
"For the first time ever, images of, about, and reimagining what we eat have been compiled into one comprehensive, mouthwatering tome."Food & Wine“A gorgeous new coffee table book is an historical and artistic look at what we eat.”Food & Wine"This is one of the most exciting food books I've seen in years."Amanda Hesser, Food52
Through key pictures, Bright explores the important figures and movements of food photography to provide an essential primer.. Susan Bright’s introduction and commentary accompanying the photographs bring insight and intelligence to this spectacular subject, and trace the progression of the genre from photography’s beginnings to present day, featuring artists from all erasRoger Fenton, Nickolas Muray, Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Stephen Shore, Laura Letinsky, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Martin Parr, to name a few. Food’s complexity of form and meaningand the fact that it’s often at handhave made it a much-photographed subject throughout the history of photography. From basic sustenance to savory repasts, food awakens the senses and touches both private and public life. Interest in both food photography and food as a subject has risen in recent years, and this is the first book to cover food photography’s rich historynot only in fine art photography, but also in crossover genres such as commercial and scientific photography and photojournalism. It can be political, religious, a