History of Photography Fall 2019

Food photography is influential as the pictures are used to be seen by people that would want to go to a place to it. The pictures usually convinces people to eat at the same places where the picture is taken. Also, the idea of getting paid to take food pictures sounds fun especially through apps like Instagram.

Food photography on social media is something I am fine with. The tasty foods make it much more interesting when you scroll through social media and helps you explore the restaurants that might be near you. In my opinion, the reason there is profit for posting food is you are advertising especially when you have a lot of followers. The followers might also go get the food you post or go to a specific restaurant.

When looking at what the soldiers diets were in the civil war I was not surprised at the lack of food in which they were given. I don’t know how they lived off of just basically a big cracker and some coffee. I would have not been able to be fulfilled or even have energy with only that source of food or those small rations. A food I cannot live without personally is steak and potatoes. It’s an addiction to me at this point and is my favorite dish to eat if I am out.

I was honestly surprised by the fact that soldiers were forced to eat hard tacks biscuits in order to stave off hunger. I personally couldn’t possibly have survived very long on such a treat, it’s a bit terrifying to think about. From what I read, Hardtack’s was made of unleavened flour & water and all I could think about is how unappetizing that sounds. Like, if I had to choose between giving up food or coffee I would 100% give up on coffee. I only have a particularly bad memory that sticks with me forever when it comes to coffee. I like Iced Coffee and some other types, but I can definitely live without it. And when it comes to food, I’m a hard sucker for Lasagna, I love the way it taste and I’m pretty addicted to it. I don’t get to eat it very often, so when my family cooks or brings some home I’m quite ecstatic about eating some!

It is amazing how soldiers can maintain enough strength and stamina to continue fighting on the battlefield while having little rations of food. Hardtacks are good too. I find it every interesting that they can live off eating a large cracker. Also, coffee on a soldier’s diet seems very reliable as it helps them stay active during the war as they would get tired. It is kind of crazy how coffee plays a big role during the war for the soldiers during the Civil War.

I can’t live without eating dessert. I enjoying eating lots of different dessert but mostly cake since it is the most common dessert that I eat. Cake has been around for me a lot since I sometimes end up being at parties where cake is served and also since my family enjoys cake as much as I do.

What I found most interesting about the Civil War soldier diet is the hardtack. It looks like a giant thick cracker.  It was so cheap and easy to make which made it made more popular and reliable. I was shocked on how long the cracker has survived as it is. If I had to choose between food or coffee I would choose food and give up coffee. I personally don’t like coffee as it is. I drink water a lot. However when it comes to food, I love food and trying new things. I can’t live without a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich from a corner store. It is like the crown jewl of NYC. I been eating it my whole life and it so quick to have made, cheap and the perfect breakfast sandwich. Sometimes I like to make them myself and when I do I add more stuff in my sandwich then what they people do at the corner store. A bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich is the one thing I can always eat and never get tired of.