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26 March 2008

Advertising Against Reality: Photographs of 100 prepared food products and their packaging.

post by: cmonkey at: 09:09 | 16 comments

The camera does not love packaged salads.

posted by BoringPostcards 26 March | 09:18

That is awesome.
I reccomend to post to metafilter : Stat!

posted by seanyboy 26 March | 09:29

What the Hell?!

posted by ufez 26 March | 09:34

It was on Metafilter yesterday, with a bonus American fast-food ad-to-reality comparison link.

posted by mullacc 26 March | 09:51

That's why I never post to MetaFilter - I can't keep up with all the links, and I'm not cool enough to see something first.

posted by cmonkey 26 March | 10:16

Also, there's something quite similar to a Bifi in the vending machine here and it kinda scares me. Who eats hot dogs from vending machines?

posted by cmonkey 26 March | 10:21

Hey man, if you take the risk of buying canned herring filets in tomato sauce you deserve whatever it is you get, regardless of package design.

;)

posted by Miko 26 March | 10:46

oh, yum! Mit blattspinat, indeed - heavy on the blatt.

This is brilliant.

posted by taz 26 March | 11:51

You said it, taz!

posted by Specklet 26 March | 12:00

Who eats hot dogs from vending machines?

Lots of people where I work, since we now have one of these puppies.

posted by mrmoonpie 26 March | 13:07

I am insanely jealous, mrmoonpie. It must be like living in the future.

posted by BoringPostcards 26 March | 13:13

A friend of mine actually did food photography for a while. In the US at least, the actual item you're selling has to be real in the picture. Doesn't mean they can't make 400 chicken patties and pick the very, very best one for the sandwich, and select the finest leaf of lettuce from the field, but it has to be real food.

posted by kellydamnit 26 March | 13:47

Actually, some of the images on the packages match the food inside pretty closely. Although if I ever bought the shrimp salad based on the picture on the bucket, I'd be pretty disappointed.

posted by deadcowdan 26 March | 13:57

Oh that's a riot./
Hacksteaks, beautiful. Obviously, the photographer's using different lighting in the opened packages, heh, heh.

posted by alicesshoe 26 March | 14:29

I dinnae care about packaged foods! I do care about you!

What's up Cmonkey Laundry Room Fish Packet Ambrosia sir?

posted by Lipstick Thespian 26 March | 22:06

That's a good question, Mr. LT. I have a bed to sleep on, a table to eat on, and a floor to track dirt on. Life is good when you such things.

posted by cmonkey 27 March | 04:12

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