Resumo

TOOMING, Uku. Aesthetics of Food Porn. Crítica (Méx., D.F.) [online]. 2021, vol.53, n.157, pp.127-150.  Epub 31-Jan-2022. ISSN 0011-1503.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2021.1248.

Enticing food photography which stimulates its viewers’ cravings, often given a dismissive label “food porn,” is one of the most popular contents in contemporary digital media. In this paper, I argue that the label disguises different ways in which a viewer can engage with it. In particular, food porn enables us to engage in cross-modal gustatory imaginings of a specific kind and an image’s capacity to afford such imaginings can contribute to its artistic merit.

Palavras-chave : food photography; imagination; art; still lifes; pornography.