The Egton Show, North Yorkshire, England, 2006

In the late 1970s, the George Eastman Museum asked a group of photographers for their favorite recipes and food-related photographs to go with them in pursuit of publishing a cookbook. Playing off George Eastman’s famous recipe for lemon meringue pie and former director Beaumont Newhall’s love of food, the cookbook grew from the idea that talent in the darkroom must also translate to the kitchen. Published now, nearly forty years later, The Photographer’s Cookbook is a time capsule of the 1970s. It includes recipes and photographs from Robert Adams, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, William Eggleston, and others. Aperture commissioned contemporary photographers to submit a recipe and food-related picture in this spirit. The resulting works reveal a fascinating look at how today’s photographers depict food, home, and ritual, raising questions about consumption, desire, pleasure, and, in the broadest sense, the taste itself.

Pigment Print
Image Size: 20 x 30 inches
Paper Size: 20 x 30 inches
Edition of 3
Signed and numbered by the artist

Martin Parr (b. 1952, Epsom, England) is a crucial figure in the world of photography, recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. He is the author of over thirty photography books, including Common Sense, Our True Intent Is All for Your Delight, and Boring Postcards. His photographs have been collected by museums worldwide such as the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; New York’s Museum of Modern Art; and Tate Modern, London. His retrospective toured major museums around the world since opening at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 2002. He was featured in Cruel and Tender, the Tate Modern’s major survey of photography in 2003. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos.