Martin Parr’s “Real Food” photographed foods from all over the world during his travels, from hot dogs to candy and meat pies. He uses close up photographs to uncover the statement of “we are what we eat”. However as an audience grew up in China, I kept thinking about” is this what you call real food?” When I first saw these images.I would like to contribute to a conversation when someone with western culture background says:” is this what you call real food?”
“The images are essentially my view of the world. This is very subjective and I use language as a photographer to create it. I am happy to let people find their own agendas in my work and they can either take or leave my interpretations. But I am very fortunate—a lot of people seem to also take my viewpoint.” Martin Parr