Feed the Eyes
Food

Feed the Eyes

Texture before ingredient, ingredient before dish

Macro food photography at the threshold of recognition. At this proximity the subject stops being food and starts being material. The appetite it generates is for looking, not eating.

19 images
Extreme close-up of glistening pomegranate seeds, each one a jewel 1 / 19
Surface of aged parmesan, crystalline and fractured, lit from a low angle 2 / 19
Fresh pasta dough mid-fold, flour caught in motion 3 / 19
Cross-section of a blood orange, pigment concentrated at the rim 4 / 19
Honey dripping from a spoon, thread catching the light 5 / 19
Macro detail of caviar, spheres individually distinct 6 / 19
Freshly cut herbs on a dark surface, green almost electric 7 / 19
Whipped cream in motion, the structure just before it settles 8 / 19
Sliced fig, interior texture warm and complex 9 / 19
Cured meat in cross-section, fat marbled through the muscle 10 / 19
Steam rising from a bowl, caught in backlight 11 / 19
Cracked chocolate surface, temper lines running across the break 12 / 19
Olive oil pooling in a white plate, catching ambient light 13 / 19
Fresh truffle surface, texture between bark and stone 14 / 19
Burst tomato, seeds and liquid caught at the moment of rupture 15 / 19
Ice crystals forming on the surface of a chilled glass 16 / 19
Pasta in boiling water, motion frozen by a fast shutter 17 / 19
Sourdough crumb structure, open and irregular, lit to reveal depth 18 / 19
Final image: a single ingredient unidentifiable at this proximity, form only 19 / 19