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Similarities between photography and cooking food

Jan 23, 2021 by Nicholas Goodden Add Comment
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There are many similarities between cooking food and photography.

I trained as a chef in a cookery school in France for five years and graduated aged 19 and cook more today than ever before, in fact my food is a lot tastier than my photography. Food is as important in my life as photography is. It’s all about the joy it brings me and others I cook for.

We use photographs as memory aids, they have the power to take us back to any given time in our lives.

Food’s the same. One bite of something I’ve not had for 30 years and transported back to my childhood.

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Photographer takes you through his wet plate collodion process

Dec 26, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Collodion process was invented over 160 years ago, and photography has gone a long way since then. Still, some photographers use this process even in the digital era, and they produce splendid images. Photographer Adrian Cook uses collodion process to create photos on aluminum plates.

Guardian Australia‘s picture editor, Jonny Weeks, joins Cook in his portable caravan darkroom as he shoots Sydney Harbour. Cook talks about his processes but also explains why wet plate collodion photography is so appealing to him even in the digital age.

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