If for some reason I could only have one meal a day it would most
definitely be a cooked breakfast. When it's good, it's by far my
favourite meal of the day to both eat and cook. That's one of the
reasons why I immediately warmed to Californian photographer John
Huck's
Breakfast project. For the project, Huck chronicled the eating
habits of more than 100 of his friends by photographing both them and
their food at the beginning of their days and collating them into a
large collection of images. It's actually really interesting and insightful to see how
some people choose to start their day.
His website also
showcases a more recent project entitled Couples, where he once again
used his friends as subjects. At the time he happened to be part of a
particular group of friends who had broken up and gotten together with
once another at some point over the last few years. The project was
initially conceived as a cynical look into the nature of relationships
but as it developed he began to realise that some people are actually
happy together. Of the 70 couples photographed about 20 percent have
broken up since the photos were taken.
“One friend had a
horrible breakup with her girlfriend a couple of days after I shot them
and immediately begged me to take her out of the exhibit,” he says. “I
tried to convince her to change her mind, but she said, ‘I do not want
to be in any way associated with that woman for the rest of my life.’
Who we choose to partner with is immensely personal, and we don’t
always make good decisions.”
To see more of his work visit his website
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