I've always admired the sensual photographs of fruit and vegetables by Edward Weston. He did a number of lovely photos of nudes and rocks, but nothing quite beats his peppers and pears. Apparently he got in trouble once because one of his stilllifes looked far too much like the backside of a woman so that his photo was removed from a show...
Be that as it may, I was delighted when two red peppers that I roasted in the oven in order to use them later as
pimento in cooking turned out to look so much like Weston peppers that had aged. The slightly sagging bottom, the wrinkled skin, the age spots--I can relate to that these days. But beauty and pleasure is where you find it, one must remember...
Be that as it may, I was delighted when two red peppers that I roasted in the oven in order to use them later as pimento in cooking turned out to look so much like Weston peppers that had aged. The slightly sagging bottom, the wrinkled skin, the age spots--I can relate to that these days. But beauty and pleasure is where you find it, one must remember...
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