The Photographer's Cookbook

THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S COOKBOOK

Published by Eastman Museum & Aperture, 2016
Book size 17 x 22 x 2 cm
Pages 48 pages
Hardcover

This book starts from the singular idea of ​​​​Deborah Barsel (who then worked at the George Eastman Museum) at the end of the 1970s, to compile in a book images and recipes of photographers.

In 1977, Barsel therefore launched a call for proposals to photographers so that they could send them their favorite recipes and their culinary images. To his surprise, many respond to his call. However, the project is put on hold when Barsel leaves his post, and it is Lisa Hostetler who will finally fall 35 years later on a box labeled "photo cookbook". She then discovered Barsel's correspondence with the photographers (ranging from the great names of the time like Ansel Adams and Brassai, to emerging photographers like Eggleston and Stephen Shore) and decided to give shape to the project with the publishing house Aperture.

We find in this book, in addition to the fun and humor of the photographers who slow themselves to the game, the recipe for the omelette with cactus by Ed Ruscha, the cheesecake by Barbara Crane or even the poached eggs with beer by Ansel Adams.

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This book is based on the unique idea of ​​Deborah Barsel (who was then working at the George Eastman Museum) in the late 1970s to compile photographers' images and recipes into a book.

In 1977, Barsel put out a call for submissions to photographers asking them to send him their favorite recipes and food images. To his surprise, many responded. The project was put on hold when Barsel left his position, and it was Lisa Hostetler who would eventually stumble upon a box labeled “photo cookbook” 35 years later. There, she discovered Barsel’s correspondence with photographers (ranging from the greats of the time like Ansel Adams and Brassai, to emerging photographers like Eggleston and Stephen Shore) and decided to give shape to the project with the publishing house Aperture.

In addition to the fun and humor of the photographers who took part in the game, this book includes the recipe for Ed Ruscha's cactus omelette, Barbara Crane's cheesecake, and Ansel Adams' beer-poached eggs.