Extraordinary Photographs of Food Captured With an Electron Microscope
by Alison Zavos on July 6, 2011 · 4 comments
cake sprinkles
Caren Alpert is a food photographer based in San Francisco. Her commercial work stems from editorial jobs, catalog, cookbooks, advertising and agency work. For the last 18 months she’s been shooting food with an electron microscope. Of this work she writes, ‘Because I’m a science geek at heart, it’s not such a far leap to explore food in a way that no one else has. It’s been a way to combine my three favorite topics: food, technology and photography. At a time when so many people are hyper-obsessed about where their food is grown and its health and environmental impact, this is a particularly relevant subject’.
chocolate cake
sugar
pineapple leaf
blueberry
sun dried tomato
brussel sprout
vitamin c
table salt
shrimp (tail)
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Caren Alpert is a food photographer based in San Francisco. Her commercial work stems from editorial jobs, catalog, cookbooks, advertising and agency work. For the last 18 months she's been shooting food with an electron microscope. Of this work she writes, 'Because I'm a science geek at heart, it's not such a far leap to explore food in a way that no one else has. It's been a way to combine my t" data-image="http://www.featureshoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Alpert_terra_cibus_no_-12.jpg" data-site="Feature Shoot">
cake sprinkles
Caren Alpert is a food photographer based in San Francisco. Her commercial work stems from editorial jobs, catalog, cookbooks, advertising and agency work. For the last 18 months she's been shooting food with an electron microscope. Of this work she writes, 'Because I'm a science geek at heart, it's not such a far leap to explore food in a way that no one else has. It's been a way to combine my t" data-image="http://www.featureshoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Alpert_terra_cibus_no_-12.jpg" data-site="Feature Shoot">
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This is so cool! Congrats Caren on being featured on this photo site, and for your intense creativity! My dad forwarded me the article.
Your cousin,
Shari
Who knew Cake Sprinkles looked so delicious up close?!?
Love this! Beautiful work Caren!
Way to go teach !