The use of tiny figures and food as a backdrop force us to view that which we consume in an entirely different light. Photography team Akiko Ida (from Japan) and Pierre Javelle (from France) have created a phenomenal gallery at their site, minimiam. Workers jackhammering watermelon seeds, dads moving their kiwis, a safety crew perplexed over a cracked eclair, rugby atop eggs, hiking up Ben and Jerry’s…
The photos are similar to (I believe, California-based) Matthew Carden’s amazing photography. Carden’s prints are available at his website, www.350degrees.com (as in, preheat to..). The “small world” collections feature figurines posed in seemingly-gigantic food settings, meant to highlight the “essential nature of food and the action surrounding its growth, preparation, consumption and disposal.” (from www.350degrees.com) See a marshmallow construction site, housekeepers cleaning Asian pears, scuba divers in vanilla sugar, workers excavating a mound of coffee beans, monks filing through mushrooms, moutaineers scaling cheese, and more.
I could spend hours investigating the minutiae. Enjoy!
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