David Ondrik's Newest Project on Albuquerque Farming

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My friend David Ondrik has been shooting a new project on farms around Albuquerque, NM. Food photography has a particular interest for me as seen in The Un-Natural Nature of Food show I curated for Fraction. Here's a sample of a David Ondrik's work and much more can be found on his blog.

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copyright David Ondrik

copyright David Ondrik

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Nate Larson: Kirlian Photographs

Nate Larson

Soon after the online group show The Un-Natural Nature of Food was published on Fraction, I received a few emails from photographers who had related work. Nate Larson emailed me a link to his Kirlian Photographs of food. Larson introduces the process in his introduction:

"Kirlian Photography is a process that uses electricity rather than light to make contact images on photographic media. The Russian-born inventor Semyon Kirlian pioneered the process in 1939, which works by illuminating the electrical field around an object and recording the multi-colored emanations on photographic film or paper."

Check out Spam, Chunk Light Tuna, Banana and Chicken McNuggets at Nate Larson's website.

The Unnatural Nature of Food Group Show on Fraction Soon!

Cynthia Greig

Jason Demarte

Brian Ulrich

Thanks to Josh Spees at Fraction, the group show that I am curating titled The Unnatural Nature of Food looks great. I have to finish the curator's statement and we will publish soon (I hope by the end of this week). Thanks to all of you who allowed me to use your photos.

Food, Inc. Trailer

Unnatural Nature of Food: Orion Magazine Article

photo copyright Jamie Goldenberg

"The box from the dumpster gave me a clue: 'Product of Ecuador. Farm Raised.'

I am farm raised. I nurse a nostalgia for what those words used to mean. Holding that fetid box, I began to question my own clueless consumption. From a springboard both pure and naïve, I dove into all-you-can-eat shrimp."--Jim Carrier from All You Can Eat, March/April 2009 Orion Magazine

Call for Entry: June Issue of Fraction, The Unnatural Nature of Food

Group show for the June Issue of Fraction.

The Unnatural Nature of Food.

Food in our society has an interesting journey from, as the expression goes, "farm to table." Unknown farmers and hard working, often migrant laborers pick the food, package it and load it into trucks, ships and trains. It arrives at the supermarket where the average consumer is disconnected with (and often indifferent to) how their food got to his or her table. This call for entry is for work documenting all aspects of food, from production to consumption — from studies of agrarian communities, practices and lifestyles to exploration of how fast food has affected our culture and everything in between.

Specs: All images should be jpgs, 72 dpi, 1000 pixels on the longest side. Please email jpgs images titled lastname.firstname.image1 and so on to photographs@melaniemcwhorter.com. All images should be emailed with an additional document labeled lastname.firstname.text containing an artist statement about the project, if applicable, a title list and artist website address. Please list your name and email address at the top of the document.

There is no entry fee. The deadline is April 30th at midnight.