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Big Appetites is a series of fine art photographs by artist Christopher Boffoli. The series presents tiny, meticulously detailed figures posed in real food environments, referencing both a cultural fascination with tiny things as well as an American proclivity for excess, especially in the realm of food. http://bigappetites.net/

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Brilliant, some of the comments are hilarious
I'll have to check out Pauls link now, hopefully for more of the same
 
Just Dave said:
Big Appetites is a series of fine art photographs by artist Christopher Boffoli. The series presents tiny, meticulously detailed figures posed in real food environments, referencing both a cultural fascination with tiny things as well as an American proclivity for excess, especially in the realm of food. http://bigappetites.net/
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Off-the-shelf model railway figures by Faller with no obvious extra detailing by the photographer.

antihero said:
Although totally food based, it looks like he's done a fine job of ripping off slinkachu's original idea
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The use of Faller figures and their poses is an obvious nod to Slinkachu, but he was in now way original when he did it. Although he was probably the first to market it so extensively as a style and brand the look. Having said that, two or three in the Boffoli series stand out as almost direct clones of Slinkachu shots - the tethered crayfish and the crime scene blackberry for starters.
 
Gee, thanks for the kind and generous comments guys. Actually, my work was NOT at all inspired by Slinkachu. I began my series in 2003 and only became aware of his work late last year. It is more a matter of artists doing parallel work, which isn't all that uncommon. Just because you might have become aware of one photographer first, I think it is unreasonable to assume that every other photographer who might be doing similar work is derivative.

Slinkachu is hardly the first person to work with scale figures. Audrey Heller did work in this area in the 90's and apparently others have been doing it as far back as the 70's (which incidentally was when I was first exposed to these figures as a model railroader).

Though I try not to look at the work of others, principally because I want to keep my ideas clean, from the handful of images of Slinkachu's that people have shared with me I think his whole street installation concept is brilliant and I wholly support him, as well as the other artists that are working in this genre.

Cheers,

Christopher
 
cjboffoli said:
Gee, thanks for the kind and generous comments guys. Actually, my work was NOT at all inspired by Slinkachu. I began my series in 2003 and only became aware of his work late last year. It is more a matter of artists doing parallel work, which isn't all that uncommon. Just because you might have become aware of one photographer first, I think it is unreasonable to assume that every other photographer who might be doing similar work is derivative.

Slinkachu is hardly the first person to work with scale figures. Audrey Heller did work in this area in the 90's and apparently others have been doing it as far back as the 70's (which incidentally was when I was first exposed to these figures as a model railroader).

Though I try not to look at the work of others, principally because I want to keep my ideas clean, from the handful of images of Slinkachu's that people have shared with me I think his whole street installation concept is brilliant and I wholly support him, as well as the other artists that are working in this genre.

Cheers,

Christopher
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Well, all i can do is apologise. I should be more aware of the facts before passing judgement. Now you'll have to excuse me while i go and find a hole to crawl into.

Btw...just wondering how you came across this thread?
 
cjboffoli said:
Gee, thanks for the kind and generous comments guys. Actually, my work was NOT at all inspired by Slinkachu. I began my series in 2003 and only became aware of his work late last year. It is more a matter of artists doing parallel work, which isn't all that uncommon. Just because you might have become aware of one photographer first, I think it is unreasonable to assume that every other photographer who might be doing similar work is derivative.

Slinkachu is hardly the first person to work with scale figures. Audrey Heller did work in this area in the 90's and apparently others have been doing it as far back as the 70's (which incidentally was when I was first exposed to these figures as a model railroader).

Though I try not to look at the work of others, principally because I want to keep my ideas clean, from the handful of images of Slinkachu's that people have shared with me I think his whole street installation concept is brilliant and I wholly support him, as well as the other artists that are working in this genre.

Cheers,

Christopher
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Hi Christopher

Welcome to TP :thumbs:

And thank you for joining up on here, :thumbs:

I thought your work very inspiring, thats why I linked to it, as Ive just being doing some food shots, and wish Id seen these before :thumbs:

its a shame that some members comments arent as I expected, I think that members were just saying that they may be inspired by him, Im sure they werent being derogative in their comments about your actual images, just discussing their thoughts about inspirations

As said I found them really inspiring pieces of works, Im really sorry and hope that it hasnt caused any ill feeling to you, I wish I hadnt posted a link now,
 
Actually, this thread came back through a Google alert and one of my studio assistants flagged it for me because she thought it was funny. We're doing a lot of press these days to promote two London exhibitions (one of which is currently running at Liberty Department store) and a big New York solo show coming up in two weeks. So we're watching coverage more closely than we usually would.

I'm glad if my work can inspire other photographers to go out and try their own macro shots. This kind of stuff looks simple but it is actually a bit tricker than it seems, especially when shooting only with available light as I do.

I've been really fortunate to have such an incredibly enthusiastic response to this series since they went viral around the world last year. But they're not for everyone and some dissent is healthy too. So thanks for the commentary and follow-up. C

http://bigappetites.net
http://cjboffoli.500px.com/
 
antihero said:
Well, all i can do is apologise. I should be more aware of the facts before passing judgement. Now you'll have to excuse me while i go and find a hole to crawl into.
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Get out my hole!

My apologies as well Chris.. slinkachu has done such a good job of branding the concept that he's always the photographer first thought of when you see something similar. I know a couple of others doing very similar things as well before he popularised the notion. I think convergence is more appropriate that running in parallel as that suggests simultaneous works, whereas you make it clear you're one of several that were working before.

The first shot on your page with the dark and white chocolate, it reminds me of photographs of marble quarries in the very early years of C20. The pieces of chocolate are very like marble blocks being smooth top and bottom (the orientation of the bedding plane) and fractured on the vertical faces.
 
Love those pics, Found myself thinking of real life situations depicted by them if you get me. e.g. I was saying to myself what a stupid woman, on the edge with her child and baby in arms...Mental!

Great stuff, very imagintive, funny and sometimes thought-provoking. Makes a change from the usual lego figures we see a lot of.

Thanks for posting.
 
Just closed a group show on Connaught Street in London. A selection of images are being shown and sold at Liberty At Home in Regent Street. And the work will continue to be represented by the Flaere gallery in the UK: http://www.flaere.com
 
Just Dave said:
Hi Christopher

Welcome to TP :thumbs:

And thank you for joining up on here, :thumbs:

I thought your work very inspiring, thats why I linked to it, as Ive just being doing some food shots, and wish Id seen these before :thumbs:

its a shame that some members comments arent as I expected, I think that members were just saying that they may be inspired by him, Im sure they werent being derogative in their comments about your actual images, just discussing their thoughts about inspirations

As said I found them really inspiring pieces of works, Im really sorry and hope that it hasnt caused any ill feeling to you, I wish I hadnt posted a link now,
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Dave, just because a couple of members questioned (wrongly, I might add) Chris's originality, I don't see why you should be apologising. His images are excellent and that was never in question, but as Chris is an established artist i'm pretty sure he is thick skinned enough to brush off any derogatory comments or take on board non-favourable critique just as sure as gushing compliments will make him feel all fuzzy inside :D

Posting the link has brought Chris's, as well as slinkachu's, work to people that where never aware it existed, so just because a couple of us questioned his originality, don't take it so personally :shrug:

and Chris, congratulations on the exhibitions, if one comes my way i'd be sure to try and catch it. Your work is an inspiration, and once again i'll apologise for slagging you off without knowing more about your work. As they say "Knowledge is power, ignorance is bliss". :thumbs:

oh, and i'm glad this thread brightened up your minions tea break :)
 
i tried to have a go at this.. but it's bloody hard working with ice cream.. that believe it or not melts :bonk:


It's A Small World by leftcurl, on Flickr

only had my 50mm and should have shot at a much narrower aperture. idiot :bonk:

certainly food for thought though for a future project.

see what i did there :lol:
 
Hi Christopher, love your work and find it very inspiring to do something similar myself. It's great to see more than one persons take of a similar subject, and the fact that they are probably doing such similar work without knowing of each other doesn't detract the uniqueness of the work. Will be looking out for an exhibition in the future, meanwhile keep up the great work.
 
antihero said:
Dave, just because a couple of members questioned (wrongly, I might add) Chris's originality, I don't see why you should be apologising. His images are excellent and that was never in question, but as Chris is an established artist i'm pretty sure he is thick skinned enough to brush off any derogatory comments or take on board non-favourable critique just as sure as gushing compliments will make him feel all fuzzy inside :D

Posting the link has brought Chris's, as well as slinkachu's, work to people that where never aware it existed, so just because a couple of us questioned his originality, don't take it so personally :shrug:

and Chris, congratulations on the exhibitions, if one comes my way i'd be sure to try and catch it. Your work is an inspiration, and once again i'll apologise for slagging you off without knowing more about your work. As they say "Knowledge is power, ignorance is bliss". :thumbs:

oh, and i'm glad this thread brightened up your minions tea break :)
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I just felt responsible as I posted the link to Chris's work, Im please it has brightened up

leftcurl said:
i tried to have a go at this.. but it's bloody hard working with ice cream.. that believe it or not melts :bonk:

only had my 50mm and should have shot at a much narrower aperture. idiot :bonk:

certainly food for thought though for a future project.

see what i did there :lol:
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Like it Leigh :thumbs:
 
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