The production, the techniques and the conventions of actual
porn have strong resemblances to that of food porn.
Carefully positioned close up shots of artfully decorated
food, artificial perfection, choreographed to create a masterpiece of pure food
porn. The Skinny Gourmet, a food blog site, provides a clever analogy when they
comment “the production of the photograph may involve aesthetic styles borrowed
from the pornography industry”.
Whilst there have always been elements of pornography in
food itself, whether phallic or suggestive, the ‘pornographic’ feel is enhanced
by the presentation and construction of the food. The elevation of images,
photographers zooming in on the food, so much you can see every fine detail,
makes you feel as if you are having a special experience with it. Nothing is
left to the imagination.
The photographer is drawing us in to tease us, provoke our
emotional senses, and connect us with the food, providing an intimate gaze.
The tantalization begins now!
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