기본적인 생계 음식에서 풍미 가득한 음식에 이르기까지 음식은 감각을 일깨우고 모든 생활에 모두 영향을준다. 그것은 정치
적, 종교적, 포부, 상업적, 창조적, 상징적, 국가적, 지역적 일수 있다. 음식 사진과 음식에 대한 관심은 최근 몇 년 사이에 증가
했다. 이 책은 사진 예술의 풍부한 역사뿐만 아니라 상업 및 과학 사진 및 포토 저널리즘과 같은 교차 장르에서도 음식 사진의
풍부한 역사를 다룬다.
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’s
complexity of form and meaning and the fact that it’s often at hand 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 photography’s rich history not only in fine art
photography, but also in crossover genres such as commercial and scientific photography and
photojournalism. 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 eras―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.