Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography

Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography

From basic sustenance to savory repasts, food awakens the senses and touches both private and public life. It can be political, religious, aspirational, commercial, creative, symbolic, national, and regional. Foodâ€™s complexity of form and meaningâ€•and the fact that itâ€™s often at handâ€•have made it a much-photographed subject throughout the history of photography. Interest in both food photography and food as a subject has risen in recent years, and this is the first book to cover food photographyâ€™s rich historyâ€•not only in fine art photography, but also in crossover genres such as commercial and scientific photography and photojournalism. Susan Brightâ€™s introduction and commentary accompanying the photographs bring insight and intelligence to this spectacular subject, and trace the progression of the genre from photographyâ€™s beginnings to present day, featuring artists from all erasâ€•Roger Fenton, Nickolas Muray, Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Stephen Shore, Laura Letinsky, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Martin Parr, to name a few. Through key pictures, Bright explores the important figures and movements of food photography to provide an essential primer.
Country USA
Brand Aperture
Manufacturer Aperture
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781597113618
ReleaseDate 2017-06-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781597113618

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