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“The photographs in this album are breathtaking. Renowned food photographer Nelli Sheffer visited 20 countries around the world to put outdoor food markets together with his rare sense of composition, color, movement and light, as well as his curiosity and his sense of humor.” - Nira Rousso - April 1, 1998 |
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“The best photo marketeer we have seen in years, perhaps ever, is Nelli Sheffer. His technique and equipment are astonishingly straightforward, but a great eye for pictures! Admire, learn and enjoy.” - Herbet Keppler - Popular Photography - May 1998 |
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“The Photographs border on the lascivious. You got to gaze lustfully on gorgeous peppers; you get to see the way they do it in strange and foriegn places. Gastro-porn!" - Robin Clements - San Jose Mercury |
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One of the most vibrant memories of most travellers are markets, and this beatifully illustrated book will relive those memories for you. The authors travel to six regions of the world, detailing the recipes and the produce you find at their market places. Highly recommended. New Book Reviews - October 1998 |
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Visually, this is like Family of Man goes to the market place. Except Sheffer doesn't give into pat sentimentality. (No photos of cute little pets with winsome children.....although there is a picture of a cute little pig with a cute little boy; but this pig is on his way to slaughter.) Sheffer knows how to be a colortful without getting arty. When he does focus on the food, he shows the glory and the grit. (No pristine Edward Weston-esque close-ups of peppers.)
Sheffer captures the tumult and humanity of the marketplace. There's the woman whose arm is up to her elbow in the radish display, expressing that univeral hunch that the best is buried at the bottom. There's the Vietnamese fish merchant hurrying over a bridge with a huge block of ice (already starting to melt) hoisted on his shoulder. There's the dramatic close-up portrait of five market porters in the Delhi market, hooking us with their unflinching gazes. Marilyn Weight Ford, Carvings - 1998
(Clich here to view the the full review by Marilyn Wright Ford) |
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