Per Johansen’s thought provoking food photo series squeezes food into plastic bottles and pushes the line on gluttony, consumerism and what it really means to be “Full”.
While we’re still curious on the impact this guide will have, the team certainly did a great job piquing our, er, interest.
There was a time when saying grace was a standard, pre-dining ritual. Now nobody eats until the plates are photographed. Instead of blessing food, we document, catalog, upload, tweet, and post it.
The digital age has brought with it many strange things.
Creamed cabbage boobs, gushing grapefruits and one arrangement which looks like it could be a male strip club
Intentional vulgarity is one thing. These, thankfully, are quite another.
Then it went to stalking the cookbook section of Barnes & Noble where I would spend hours running my hands tenderly over endless photos of sumptuous layer cakes, luscious maple bacon topped burgers and succulent rainbow colored salads.