Feast for the Eyes

From basic sustenance to decadent feasts, food awakens the senses and touches both private and public life. Eating is one of the most mundane and profane acts, yet it is also central to our rituals, religions, and celebrations. Food reflects our desires and fantasies; it can stand in for sex, be a signal of status, or engage in our politics. As a subject that is commonly at hand, food has been and continues to be widely depicted. Today, photographing your food has never been more popular, and through photo-sharing on social media, photography has become part of the dining experience. And photographs of food—much like food itself—can raise deep-seated questions about issues such as family, tradition, domesticity, wealth, poverty, gender, race, pleasure, revulsion, and consumption.

 

Title: Feast for the Eyes
Publisher: Aperture, 2017
Author: Susan Bright
Photographer: Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Weegee etc.
Graphic Design: Atelier Dyakova
Format: Hardcover
Size: 29.5 x 25.5 cm, 304 pages
ISBN: 9781597113618
Edition: -