I am looking forward to reading your reflections.
Dining Room
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Week 1 Discussion Topic: Taking Pictures of Food
My own example of food photography: Duck confit and potatoes at Brasserie Mollard in Paris
I usually begin the blog in the History of Photography class with a New York Times article by the art critic Roberta Smith who is dismayed with the increasing use of cameras, especially cellphones by viewers when interacting with art. I ask my students to share their opinions about taking pictures of pictures but for our Art of Food learning community, I want to know what you think of the more prevalent practice of taking pictures of food. Read the NYT article âFirst Camera, Then Forkâ on people who take pictures of food and then display them online. Taking pictures of food is so common nowadays that the comedian Adam Sacks produced a spoof commercial when the iPhone 5 was released that highlighted food photography. There are numerous tumblr and flickr groups dedicated to food like the flickr âI Ate This.â
Read the âFirst Camera, Then Forkâ NYT article here.
Watch a parody ad of the âiPhone 5â for Food Photography
Share what you think about taking pictures of food, you may post an image if you wish.
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See instructions on how to “post” and “comment” under “Blogging Guidelines” above.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR POSTS BY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2014.
Looking at Food, Looking at Photography
Hong Yi, cucumber landscape
Welcome! If you’re here, then you’re probably enrolled in “The Art of Food” Learning Community. We are three classes that will go through the Fall 2014 semester together. All students are enrolled in Prof Cheng’s History of Photography ARTH1100-D401 class and either Prof Garcelon’s Culinary I HGMT 1203-D422 or Prof Jacus’s Baking & Pastry I HGMT 1204-D428 class. This website is where you’ll submit much of your discussion and work for my History of Photography class. Although I’ll be grading your work here, Professors Garcelon and Jacus will be looking in too, as well as commenting and participating. You will get many opportunities to think about what you produce in Culinary I and Baking & Pastry I in artistic terms, and better understand the history of an ever-changing medium.
I look forward to meeting you in class. Look around, and check back frequently as I develop our class site, and please do  not hesitate to contact me.
What is “The Art of Food” Learning Community?
Join the Learning Community with students from Baking & Pastry Arts I, Culinary I, and the History of Photography
This learning community explores the âartâ in the culinary arts. Can we look at food in aesthetic terms of art, beauty, and taste? Can we appreciate food like a work of art? Our learning community is comprised of first-year Hospitality students in Culinary Arts I or Baking and Pastry I, join together in the History of Photography with a focus and a lens on food as art.
Increase the scope of your learning by enrolling in this exciting and ground breaking learning community. Meet and connect with faculty across disciplines. Discover the interconnectedness of disciplines within the college and the worlds you will work in. Gain a new ‘lens’ from which to view your chosen course of study!
To become a participant in the FYLC students are required to register for:
Either HMGT1203- Culinary Arts I OR HMGT1204 Baking & Pastry I
PLUS
ARTH1100 – History of Photography *
(* ARTH 1100 fulfills a Creative Expression course, Liberal Arts course, or Open Elective )
