The popularity of FoodSpotting, a self-described "community-driven visual potluck," and other such user-generated networks might suggest that food photography is the newest craze. To an extent, it is. But let's get real: People have always loved food, and artists have been serving up their interpretations for centuries.
A photo exhibition at New York's Robert Mann Gallery titled Food For Thought presents a wide-ranging visual feast of photos that have at least one obvious thing in common: Food. Even Ansel Adams took food photos! Post your favorite feast to our Flickr.
Untitled (Illustration for coffee advertisement), 1940
Paul Outerbridge/Estate of Paul Outerbridge/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Untitled (Still Life with Grapes), 1912
Edwin Hale Lincoln/Estate of Edwin Hale Lincoln/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Phenix Cheese (with apron & hands), 1924
Margaret Watkins/Estate of Margaret Watkins/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Cuisine (Kitchen), from the portfolio Electricite, 1931
Man Ray/Man Ray Trust/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Fish Platter, Brittany, France, 1935
Fred Stein/Estate of Fred Stein/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Rest for the Stomach, 1935
Leslie Gill/Estate of Leslie Gill/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Chicago, circa 1951
Harry Callahan/Estate of Harry Callahan/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Les Pains de Picasso, 1952
Robert Doisneau/Estate of Robert Doisneau/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
My Window, 1952
Josef Sudek/Estate of Josef Sudek/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
240 Sullivan Street, 1963
David Vestal/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
At the Chateau d'Artigny, Montbazon, France, 1981
Leo Rubinfien/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Still Life with Twist, Venice, Italy, 1995
Douglas Mellor/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Untitled (Valentina's kitchen), 1999-2003
Gail Albert Halaban/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Untitled (Kitchen, Memphis, Tennessee), 2001
William Eggleston/Estate of William Eggleston/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Abby, 2006
Holly Andres/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
Figs and Morning Glories, After G.G., 2010
Paulette Tavormina/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery
