Published: by eduardogege |
permalink Since the 1950's fast food has become so global that its icons are often as
recognizable as popular historical figures—its image heavily absorbed into
the public unconscious. "Fast Food" is a typology of the food on its own.
Hamburgers, French fries, chicken nuggets and "specialty" sandwiches are
scanned on stark black backgrounds, isolated from their common context,
without name recognition, nearly floating in space. Under austere, uniform
lighting; stripped of branding, packaging and iconography, the food takes
on a disgustingly scientific, yet ethereal quality. These photographs
investigate the love/hate relationship that many Americans have with fast
food, and, like many other aspects of popular culture, its ability to be
simultaneously seductive and repulsive.
