Carl Warner is a British photographer known for his "foodscapes" - landscape photos composed entirely of food items found in a typical kitchen. His series depicts scenes like forests, beaches, and submarines using fruits, vegetables, cheeses, pastas, and breads. Warner spends hours selecting food pieces to realistically represent landscapes in three-dimensional compositions on large tables. He creates the photos in stages to prevent wilting. Warner hopes to promote healthy eating for children with a book of his foodscapes, which are also being used in an advertising campaign for a UK supermarket chain.

1. “FOODSCAPES”
The British Photgrapher Carl Warner
created a series of landscape images utilizing
basic food ingredients found in a typical
Kitchen.
The images "foodscapes" (made up of the
words Food and Landscapes) show scenes
including, Caverns, Submarines, Forests,
Beaches etc. using fruits, Legumes, Cheeses,
Pastas, Breads among others.

2. The Forest of Dean or the Forest of Greens? The road is
paved with cumin, peas hang from broccoli trees and cauliflower
clouds adorn the sky with bread for mountains.

3. The photographer, is known in his
neighborhood of Kent in England, as he spends
hours in stores looking for the best pieces of
brocoli, peppers, fruits etc. to compose the
landscape scenes.
To achieve depth, To give a realistic
three-dimensional feel to the photographs,
each still life is composed on a table
measuring 8ft by 4ft. The foreground is only
about 2ft across. In addition, they are taken in
stages so the fresh foods do not get wilted or
stale before the photo is finished.

4. Edible ingredients in this Italian-inspired rural scene include a
lasagna cart, fields of pasta, a pine nut wall, mozzarella clouds, trees
of peppers and chilies and a parmesan village.

5. “I like to the way small aspects of nature
look a lot like the larger counterparts. ", says
Carl Warner.
He also confeses that up to now, he has not
been able to convince his four kids to eat their
vegetables.
“At least I cannot say that they enjoy eating
fruits and vegetables as much as I do”, says
Carl.

6. This Cavern is made with fruits of the sea. The “rocks” are
made of bread, but, the ones on the bottom of the sea are
cauliflower. To give the dimension of depth, the landscape is on a
3x3 foot table.

7. Rice, coconuts, several grains, and a sky made
of cabbage make up this pastoral scene.

8. This one is made from lettuce leaves, rocks of sweet
and red potatoes, canyon walls made of bread, and the sky
of red cabbage...

9. This reddish sea on this beach scene at sunset is made up of
salmon filets. The rocks are of potatoes and bread. And the small
boat made of a green pea pod complete the scene.

10. Several types of Grains and Mushrooms.

11. This plate makes the perfect the rainbow behind a
forest made up of legumes and potatoes.

12. Houses made of cheese, crates and baskets made of
various pastas. The street is made up of legumes, and grains.

13. This Italian kitchen has many vegetables and pastas.
The houses seen through the window are made of cheese.

14. At first sight, it’s hard to notice that the mountains are made
up of bread...

15. The creativity is impresive: balloons made of fruit and
legumes, trees of broccoli, rocks of poatoes, fields of corn
and peppers, and a town made of cheese with a carrot
tower... Wow!

16. In this mountain
scene, bread
sticks and cured
ham slices are
transformed into
a carriage to be
pushed down a
path made of
salami bordered
by trees made
bacon.

17. In this scene, the main
components are:
Ham for the sky,
mountains and the river;
Bread for rocks;
Bread sticks for the
house;
And Salami for it’s roof.

18. A winter landscape for
carnivores –
Parma ham and
breadsticks are
fashioned into a sled
which is pulled across
a snow-covered road
made from a selection
of cold meats.
While the trees are
made up of wrapped
bacon, and the house
in the background is
of breadsticks and
more cold cuts.

19. Finally, this
“thinking man” is
made up of various
legumes including
broccoli, red
cabbage, green
peppers and a
cucumber for the
nose.
The thought
balloons are made
up of potatoes.

20. The photographs will be used for a
and advertisement campaign for
supermarket chain in England.
Warner also plans to put these together
in a coffee table book to promote healthy
eating for children.
Carl’s Website is at:
http://www.carlwarner.com/

21. This campaign should be a
great success as anyone that sees
these impressive foodscapes
yearns for all the delicious foods
pictured in this wonderful
exhibition...
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