Sunday, June 14, 2009

food + photos




































































Yes, I'm a 4-year-old at heart.
Yes, I occasionally play with my food when I'm done with it.
And yes, lots of people take pictures of random crap.

But this collection of images goes beyond simply feeling childish or playful.

And it's certainly not random crap. (Well . . . not crap, at least.)

And it's not just another fabulous photographer (with all due respect).

For a brief moment, I'm suspended from the realms of a pleasant Amsel Adams and Martha Stewart wizzardry to a world of fantasy, possibility, life and energy. And it's a fantastic world to live in. Even if it's just for a few seconds.

An interesting world, to say the least.

"Akiko Ida is Japanese. Pierre Javelle is French. They met studying photography," says their Web site, minimiam. The site itself is set up to bring you through a dream they had, but they levetate you so well. You truly believe you're in the whipped frosting hoping to sled to the bottom of the bowl. It's the confusion over what's actually happening that keeps you clicking.

We might all be able to inspire people more easily if we not only combine different arenas of interest, but also suspend all assumptions people might have for what these arenas ought to yield.

Just a thought.

pictures c/o Inventor Spot

1 comment:

ebruno said...

you have even asked to play with my food! hahahahahahah