Photographer Beth Galton and food stylist Charlotte Omnes have collaborated on something new - that's about to blow you away. The Cut Food photo series gives a different look into the food we see and eat on a daily basis.
When Beth Galton and Charlotte Omnes were deciding on which kinds of food to feature, the duo "realized that pairing various foods together would be more efficient and visually appealing," as per Business Insider.
"Shown together, they create a stronger statement about their symbolic nature," explained Beth Galton. In fact, the photo series takes a lot of effort and time to make, but it's definitely worth it given the unconventional beauty the photos behold.
"Each item had its own set of issues that both Charlotte and I tried to solve," Galton said with regard to the difficulty of slicing the food in half and shooting accordingly.
Some foods were easier to cut than others. As for the more difficult ones, the pair had to resort to using Photoshop to piece together multiple photos.
Charlotte Omnes has long been a food stylist, so her knowledge and experience was able to help them find solutions to different problems they would naturally face. For instance, Omnes added gelatin to soup - pictured below - to keep the liquid in place.
There's no denying that retouching was needed to make the photos even more beautiful - Galton and Omnes worked with two digital retouchers on the project.
Galton said, "When our ideas could not be created realistically, they would help guide us with creating enough images for them to assemble the image we wanted."
"They both added their creativity as well as their technical expertise to the process," Beth Galton added.
The photo below actually was finished with retouching. "[Digital retoucher] Daniel helped create the cup of coffee cut in half, Ashlee had to rebuild the bottom of the chicken bucket and work on the pour shot of the gravy," explains Beth Galton.
Talking about the cereal box, Galton recalls: "Charlotte's first pour was almost perfect." For this particular shot, it took only a few tries to get all the factors they wanted to come out the way they intended it to be.
The photo of the turkey was one of the most difficult ones to shoot; the team had to use a band saw to slice the poultry the right way, after a failed attempt to cut it frozen with a hacksaw.
Selecting which kinds of food to use for the photo series were indeed difficult - they had to choose which ones would be visually appealing and stimulating (and that's why there's no cake!)
