Focus On Food Photography for Bloggers (Focus On Series)

PART 1:THE NUTS AND BOLTS

Chapter 1:A Brief History of Food Photography

For thousands of years, people have been documenting their food through art. The ancient Romans painted beautiful still-life images while artists throughout centuries have been painting markets, hunts, and religious ceremonies all centered around food.

The invention of photography changed the way people looked at food. No longer only painted in oils on canvas or sketched with pen and ink, food began to appear in photographs at the beginning of the 19th century. As reported by the New York Times, the first reported photograph of food was created by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1832. His black-and-white still life of a bowl, bread, and goblet set the stage for a new world ...