The Camera Eats First

Published: Jan. 25, 2020, 12:35 a.m.

b'From still-life bowls of fruit and pastel paintings of cake \\u2013 to sensually photographed peppers and iconic Campbell soup cans, food is one of our favorite things to portray and observe through the visual arts. It also plays a role in some of the earliest known artworks \\u2013 where the animals painted on cave walls may have represented sources of food for early humans.\\n\\nThis week, we look at the evolution of how the culinary and art worlds have become tightly intertwined. Stories focus on food sculpture, bread as art, the iconic works of Wayne Thiebaud, and how instagram has changed the way we share and consume food.'