April 5, 2010

NYC
Elevation: 80m

I will be a panelist for at “Picturing Food” hosted by Zocalo Publication at The Getty Center in Los Angeles on April 8th, 2010. Come out and hear her about photographing meat markets and her adventures in and out of the meat isles.

Photographers have turned their lenses on food since the invention of their art. Early images captured simple, soft arrangements that showcased seasonal bounties — fruits and vegetables in vases and bowls, like still-life paintings. Photographed table settings — whether elaborate or bare — evoked not only taste and appetite, but the experience of a meal, the process, the drama, the company. Shots of markets captured commerce and abundance. Decades later, technological and aesthetic advances transformed the food photograph into its own art that set off all the senses: images seemed soaked in color, close-ups clarified individual grains, and the food — even as it was coated in chemicals — seemed more palatable than ever. As the Getty opens its exhibit, “Tasteful Pictures,” featuring food photographs from the Getty collection, Zócalo invites a panel of experts — including Artbites’ Maite Gomez-Rejón, photographer Charlie Grosso, and Gastronomica founding editor Darra Goldstein — to explore the origins of food photography and why we like to look at what we can’t eat.

For more info on the event:
http://zocalopublicsquare.org/upcoming.php?event_id=362

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