See Them Eat: October 2008

Why oh why?

See Them Eat is a photographic collection of people caught in the act of enjoying food.

Eating is pretty fundamental, intrinsically pleasurable and kind of gross. So let's document it !

I started taking pictures of people eating when I set up my table to sell my jams and stuff and I found the concept completely fascinating. To me, the best picture of someone eating is a picture which conventionally would not seem like a good picture at all. Typically, it is not very flattering, the mouth is all contorted or hanging open mid-bite. Yet, I find these shots compelling because they convey a certain basic kind of sensual experience.

People's relationship with food is so complex. It can be a source of bodily nourishment, psychological love, emotional comfort or physical punishment. And to see a moment of that captured mid chew is, in my opinion, an intimate curiosity.

See Them Eat

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Venumadhava Das, Eating Pomegranate, Tampa

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Kalyani Eats Cake, Dallas

Sunday, October 12, 2008

"See Them Eat Love," Starving Artists Lunch. Ohio University (Athens, Ohio), 10.10.08

Thursday, October 9, 2008

LaTannia, Kisori Radha, Saibya @ Kid's Birthday Party, Spotswood, New Jersey (Part Deux)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

NJ Crew (Govardhana Lal, Kisori Radha, Palani, Kadamba Mala) Scarfing Vegan Twinkies @ Kid's Birthday Party, Spotswood, NJ (Part 1)

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