A Raisin in the Sun

Smoked Banana

The whole time Ive been doing this project I had the idea that I wanted to photograph a gross banana.  The only hard thing about that was even though it gets old they still smell amazing.  Yes I know call me strange but sometimes I leave a banana out just because it smells good. On the other hand ones banana does hit a point where it doesn't smell or look good anymore and that's where I come in. In this shoot I had tried to shoot on a lighter background.  I'm really not too sure if its for me yet or how it works with the series.

Apples to Apples

The eyes are bigger than the stomach.  That comes into play with this set of photos.  I tend to take more than I know I need and it kills me that I waste so much. But once again the food that I had wasted had turned into something beautiful.  The way that the apple pieces had shrunken and warped was totally cool. I had forgotten about them on the plate on my desk and recently remembered they were there after about a week and this was the outcome.

The one left behind

Meal of Mold

Disgusting. Photographing this set was one of the hardest things I think I ever had to endure.  The smell from these pieces made me want to vomit the entire time, BUT it was totally worth it since Im really enjoying the way they had come out. I just find it sad that I can honestly say I waste food all the time and this time it was literally a full dinner portion. We have chicken parm, carrots and my favorite mashed potatoes. Bon Appetit

The Begining

The photo series I am pursuing would be on decomposition, and waste. What is left behind, what has a human touch but is quickly forgotten. I have recently realized how many things I take for granted that come easy for most of us but not to others such like food and other everyday items, things that we dont even give a second thought too.


To start off the series I was given flowers a while ago and taking care of them was something that never came to mind.  After a while I had realized that yes the flowers themselves had died but a new life force had taken over.  The growth of mold that had begun to grow over the flowers was so interesting and I wanted to see what could happen.  These photos were the outcome.