From plate to lens: How photographers made food a cult

Now there are more than 35 million hashtags on the Instagram social network #instafood, demonstrating a real cult of food and all sorts of variations on the theme of dishes, products and the cooking process. Magazines have long chosen a delicious topic and tirelessly compete in the submission of "satisfying" materials. More and more photographers are experimenting in shooting goodies, doing food style.

Fashion for everything edible has become a very beautiful hobby even for simple housewives. Starting with the exchange of recipes on blogs and social networks, women are drawn into a curious process and draw others into it.

1. Mita K. Woolf, India, a blogger from India, Mita, became an example of one such story.

The woman was so fascinated by the cooking process that she decided to share her observations on her own blog.

2. Having plunged into this activity with her head, Mita realized that it was worth making a hobby a life's work. Mita mastered the art of photography and got into the publishing business. Now the housewife and businesswoman have an impressive audience of readers around the world in the piggy bank. And it all started with a simple hobby.

3. William Hondokusumo, Indonesia, you may be surprised, but among the photographers there is a kind of food-"Oscar".

This award is awarded once a year, and, as expected, there are several nominations. One of them is the "nomination of apples", the motto of which is the English proverb An apple a day keeps a doctor away (an apple a day — and a doctor is not needed). In this direction, photographers compete in the most original presentation of apples. The 2014 winner was 36-year-old Indonesian William Hondokusumo.

According to William, in order to shoot food, you need to love it (as well as work with light, be patient and understand well what, with what and how from the gastronomic diversity can be combined).

4. Anastasia Shadieva, Uzbekistanfood-styling is spreading around the world at the speed of sound.

Now it is not only an original hobby, but also a full-fledged profession. Anastasia Shadieva, a food stylist and photographer from Uzbekistan, has been doing this mouth-watering business for more than five years.

5. Nastya cooperates with Uzbek magazines and restaurants, and sometimes she is not averse to cooking something herself. Her passion for food styling has become one of Nastya's flagship activities as a photographer.

6. Olesya Kuprin, Russiaolesya Kuprin is a photographer from Russia.

The girl is fond of cooking and photography. Combining the pleasant with the pleasant, she leads several pages, telling about the preparation of her favorite and completely new culinary delights through light posts seasoned with humor.

7. Katie Queen Davis, Australiawardee of the "Best Food Blog" awards 2011 and 2012 — Katie Queen Davis is an Irish woman living in Australia.

Katie is a freelance photographer specializing in food and home. In the photographer's piggy bank, cooperation with such large and significant print publications as Vogue Weddings Japan, Vogue Australia, Delicious Magazine and others.

8. Cooking is Katie's real passion. Therefore, she tries to show it as attractive as possible, without being afraid to change the styles and ways of serving dishes. The girl shoots exclusively with natural light, using reflectors and mirrors.

In addition to all this, Katie publishes books on cooking, illustrating them with self-made photographs.

9. Helene Dujardan, Franciafrantsuzhenka Helene Dujardan has always loved to cook.

Helen was a chef in a restaurant, and after leaving her post, she decided to continue her favorite occupation, starting her own blog in 2006.

10. Starting in 2008, in Helen's photographs, preference was given to "green" food. The fact is that the photographer was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, which was accompanied by an impressive list of allergic reactions. But the Frenchwoman accepted this fact with a smile, expanding her horizons in the direction of healthy eating.