Veg noire
Black & White Photography
A collection of vegetables in their best film noire poses!
Brussel sprouts: much maligned, but cheeky little devils. Great with prosciutto and onion, or dipped into cheese fondue, or even add some pomegranate seeds and molasses.
Brussel sprouts: much maligned, but cheeky little devils. Great with prosciutto and onion, or dipped into cheese fondue, or even add some pomegranate seeds and molasses.
Savoy cabbage: one of nature’s sculptural marvels
Savoy cabbage: one of nature’s sculptural marvels
Bok choy: wonderful sensuous curves and sweeping lines
Bok choy: wonderful sensuous curves and sweeping lines
Bok choy: wonderful sensuous curves and sweeping lines
Artichoke: a complete marvel. Like something other worldly, it has fascinating layers of complexity. A bit of a mystery to many cooks but worth the effort whether it is stuffed or served in a salad.
I don’t often work in black and white because the joy of the food I generally work with is it’s vibrant colours. This project was really stimulated by the beautiful savoy cabbage, it was sitting on my worktop and I couldn’t take my eyes off the incredible structures and textures. I saw the light creating paths and gullies and decided I wanted to photograph it in black and white.
I then moved on to a number of other vegetables trying to capture them in their best film noire poses!
