inspiration:food and photos

i have made some great photo discoveries lately. take a look at this great set on flickr.

here is a description of the project behind the photos:

"The idea is simple, take one of the gray and eerie government meal packets (we found a surprisingly wide variety on ebay) unpack it, arrange it, light it and shoot it to look as scrumptious as it could ever hope to be. The work is a metaphor for wringing beauty out of tragedy and finding rays of hope amid grim misfortune.We are planning to put the photographs into a 2007 calendar. Money raised would go to help in the continued aid in rebuilding the region devastated by hurricane Katrina."

i don't know if they ever made a calender, but some of the photos are quite lovely. my favorites are these {by roland bello and manuel rodriguez}:

another recent flickr discovery: bijou. i am loving this and this. and i love her rotating gallery.

enjoy your wednesday!