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This year we enter a competition for the FoodCulture Days 2020, the Art Biennale and platform of interaction for knowledge exchange based in Vevey (Switzerland) and with international reach. It explores the social, political, cultural and ecological manifestations of food in our society.

The work chosen for this submission is a collection of photographs that present a lighting style adopted over the years, a compilation of images with a Baroque lighting technique used in painting, what we are calling here ‘Caravaggio Light’. The images translate the idea that food is naturally a work of art, its forms, colors, and the way in which light affects them is an invitation to be portrayed with dedication and knowledge of these lights and shapes, either if it’s in an artwork painted by a great master of the Visual Arts, or photographed for personal or commercial purposes.

The work shows that either if the images depict a personal expression or a commercial image, we should treat food in the same way, as something that needs to be appreciated, admired and given the appropriate value. That brings strength and expression to the food being represented. From this perspective, we can’t even differentiate one or the other, as food in general is observed in the same way. The style is realistic with and emotion that invites the viewer to drawn the to look at it and to wonder how beautiful and exquisite this subject is. Some photographs were directly inspired by Caravaggio’s great works, such as Bacchus, Young Sick Bacchus and Boy with a Basket of Fruit.