What is more “American” than apple pie and baseball? As my hometown San Francisco Giants enter the MLB season as the reigning world series champions, it seemed apropos for this month’s infographic to be on…baseball and hotdogs! CouponCabin.com Thanks to the ingenious folks at Coupon Cabin (http://www.couponcabin.com/blog/baseball-infographic-every-hot-dog-has-its-day/), I now know that there is not […]
YANC
I am very excited to share the Young Audiences of North California with you, as I have recently been elected to service as a board member. As a commercial photographer, I can trace my foundation in the arts back to my solid public school education, where I was able to explore and begin my […]
Academy of Art University
Last week, I had the pleasure of reviewing portfolios at the Spring Graduation for Academy of Art University, where I’ve been teaching for 10 years now (oy!). The school had some other amazing reviewers on-site, so I feel the students are very fortunate to get such quality feedback from this caliber of reviewer: Gregg Lhotsky […]
Atelier Foods: Still Life
One of the things that allows the “arts” to be accessible to anyone is the fact that “art” can be made from virtually anything. Art can be your classic forms of paintings, sculptures or photography…or it can be a living display, or even an edible one.
Combining my two loves: food and art (okay—two of my many loves, chocolate and science are up there too!) is this body of art made from food! This project Still life for the Swedish food lab •Atelier Food, is a collaboration between a chef, an art director and a photographer – all individual artists in their own right.
Petter Johansson, art director and designer on the project, wanted to show the connection between food and society. Different foods has been laid out in a colorful grid, creating a 3 dimensional foodscape or city map. I wonder if it were photographed from the side, if the topography element would be present? Like shooting down a busy Manhattan street with tall skyscrapers and box buildings…
Then photographer Henrik Petersson documented the collaborative project that seeks global innovation and solutions through food.
You can read more about Atelier Foods and their projects here: http://atelierfood.com/.
Infographic: Eating and Drinking on the Go
For this month’s infographic post, I came across this one on eating and drinking while on the go. As a food photographer with ties in the private labeling and consumer packaging goods field, this infographic caught my eye. The English researching group GFK has put together this infographic that explores the trends in the […]
Silo City Workshop
Mark Maio is a colleague of mine, who has been intrigued by silos for years and has quite an extensive portfolio of them.
All six acres of the Buffalo River’s Silo City is owned by Rick Smith, who hopes to convert the compound into a multipurpose facility for the arts, entertainment, design and industrial heritage.
There are a number of abandoned elevators, rich in architectural history and industrial design, and the perfect place to hold a workshop on shooting this type building.
Thus the inception of the “Silo City Workshop”, to be held on May 16, 2013 in Buffalo, NY. To find out more information, or register for the event, visit this link:
http://www.visualarchaeology.com/Visual_Archaeology/Silo_City_Workshop.html
Cindy’s Waterfront Restaurant at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Copyright Caren Alpert Photography This week is the soft opening of the new Cindy’s Waterfront Restaurant at Monterey Bay Aquarium. The culinary partner in this restaurant is Cindy Pawlcyn, who is a pioneer in sustainable gastronomy and author of numerous cookbooks. I know readers enjoy behind-the-scene photos from time to time, so thought I […]
Pantone and Food Pairings
David Schwen created a fun project for his Instagram page called Pantone Pairings. Pantone is a system for matching colors, used in specifying printing inks. You might recall that I wrote a blog post a couple of months ago about Pantone choosing the color of the year, Emerald Green. What a unique and […]
Street Food Revolution
This month’s infographic post is on the skyrocketing street food trend. Even though it’s part of my business to know about food trends, I was surprised by some of the information gathered by the clever folks atThe Food People in Chichester, southern England. For instance, the #1 country for searching the term “street […]
The many meanings of symbolism
I recently sent out my quarterly promo piece, this one highlighting my travel photography. The images were taken in Vietnam, during a recent trip, and I hoped to transport the viewer, even if only visually, 8,000 miles away. I learned many things during my trip and met wonderful people that moved me in […]
Best Business Practices for Photographers
As a photographer, it is crucial that one protects their artistic work. I have recently had to look back on some images that I filed for copyright protection with the Library of Congress, so it’s on the top of my mind these days. I understand how daunting and valuable this process can be. For photographers […]
New York Public Library Archive Project
The New York Public Library has been collecting restaurant menus for more than a century, and have embarked on a project to get the menu information out of the Rare Books Division and online for public consumption (pun intended). They have over 45,000 unique menus, and have digitized nearly a quarter of them. […]
A New Trend in Period Rooms: Food!
Some museums are taking a page from Ivan Day’s book and having more success in getting patrons to visit their period rooms. Mr. Day, a former botanist turned food historian/curator, has had great success when working with museums to help them capitalize on the public’s growing interest in all facets […]
The Cartography of Kitchenware
Bill Brandt at the NY Museum of Modern Art, my fish porter cousin...and a guest blogger!
Iconic photographer Bill Brandt has a new exhibition by curator Sarah Hermanson Meister at the New York Museum of Modern Art called “Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light.” While I could wax poetic about Mr. Brandt’s use of composition and light for most of the 1900s, I’m actually more excited to showcase one of his […]
Functional Chocolate?
There is a growing public captivation between food and art, and here’s an interesting twist on this: a lampshade made of chocolate! Artist Alexander Lervik created a chocolate lamp, and unveiled it during Stockholm Design Week. He was interested in exploring the idea of light, and darkness. Ultimately he created a […]
An homage to butcher shops!
Ashton Kutcher’s Thrash Lab has created an homage to the craft of butchery, and has filmed three Bay Area butcher shops for “The Subculture of Butchers”. The video artistically highlights the revival of the butchery renaissance. One butcher shop that I absolutely adore is called the Fatted Calf, also located in San […]
Pantone names color of the year!
Pantone recently released it’s annual “color of the year”…and the color is Pantone 17-5641. What is unusual about this year’s color is that for the first time in the 14 year history of naming colors, Pantone felt it necessary to give 17-5641 a real name: Emerald Green. […]
Infographics and the Ad Agency Name
If you follow my posts on this blog or on my Facebook page, you will know that I love infographics. Infographics are an interesting way to communicate information that is normally hard to understand, but becomes accessible in a visual form. I fell in love with them when I worked for business magazines as […]
A Deeper Look for Better Results
Each January millions of Americans look at their lives over the last year, and try to emulate what worked, and maybe look to other avenues for improving what could be better. While there is a tradition for this annual self-inspection, the truth is that we could all take time for a check-in when it’s […]