Food has been a much-photographed subject throughout the history of photography, across genres, including art and advertising. \u201cFeast for the Eyes : The Story of Food in Photography\u201d, is the first book to survey the rich history of food in photography, and the photographers who developed new ways of describing food in pictures. Through key images, Susan Bright explores the important figures and movements of food photography to provide an essential primer, from the earliest photographers to contemporary artists.<\/p>\n
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. Food\u2019s complexity of form and meaning\u2014and the fact that it\u2019s often at hand\u2014have 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 photography\u2019s rich history\u2014not only in fine art photography, but also in crossover genres such as commercial and scientific photography and photojournalism. Susan Bright\u2019s introduction and commentary accompanying the photographs bring insight and intelligence to this spectacular subject, and trace the progression of the genre from photography\u2019s beginnings to present day, featuring artists from all eras\u2014Roger 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.<\/p>\n
About the author: Susan Bright is a curator and writer. She has taught extensively in the UK and convened major international conferences and seminars on many aspects of art and photography. She was formerly Assistant Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Curator at the Association of Photographers and Acting Director for the MA Photography (Historic and Contemporary) at Sotheby\u2019s Insitute of Art, London.<\/p>\n
Author: Susan Bright
\nPublisher: Aperture, 2017
\nLanguage: English
\nFormat: Hardback – 320 pages
\nDimensions: 244 x 289 x 30.48 mm – 2,170 g
\nISBN: 9781597113618<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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