I gave the world of food porn a cursory glance and said, "Yeah. I got this all figured out."
In my head I had devised a food porn machine. You just check the box next to "make better" and set the glisten slider to 95% and there you have it. Pictures for the most discerning palate.
Operating on this false, bold assumption I posed the question to no one in particular: Can all food be porn'd? Can any food item be photographed to within an inch of its life and slapped on the cover of Bon Apétit?
My head said yes -- but my gut said yes.
I grabbed my digital picture machine and pointed it at the evening meal.
Nachos
This should be easy. Let's start with some golden sunlight streaming in on delicious ingredients.
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| Okay yeah, cheese. That looks pretty good. |
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| Tortilla chips. Good texture on these. |
So far nachos pass the test. Things are looking good and graphic so let's keep building our plate of nachos.
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| Ground beef. Kind of gross. |
Alright well the ground beef is unappealing - but it's got the hallmark contrast, glisten and bokeh of any glossy food-magazine centerfold.
At this point things are looking a little shaky but I think our nachos are still doing fine. Let's throw some beans on this and call it a day.
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| Let me help. "Plop." |
That's... really unfortunate. There's plenty of texture but it's all the wrong kind. If this picture could talk it would say, "I came directly out of a can."
Then it would croak "Killlll meeeeee" like one of the cocooned colonists from Aliens.
Conclusion
Based on the evidence presented I would conclude that no, not all food can be porn'd.
At least, not yet.
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