Food Porn How Far Will It Go?

The

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Food porn is short for: this is a delicious thing that I am about to eat and I think I am a pretty

good photographer

“Food porn allows us to lust after taboo things” -Psychologist Susan Albers

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“FOOD WEBSITES USED TO BE RECIPE DRIVEN... BUT NOW THE INTERNET ALLOWS US TO SEARCH FOR ANYTHING WE DESIRE.

ONLINE, WE CAN ENLARGE THE IMAGES OF FOOD THAT WE FIND AND LINGER AS LONG

AS WE WANT”-THERESA O’BOURKE

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Food porn images are the fastest growing

category on Pinterest…generating over more than 50% of re-pins

Chefs are saying NO! No Cameras allowed at the table. No Photographs.

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

“Before, they used to take photos of their family, of their grandmothers and

grandfathers…

But now, it is photos of dishes” Quoted by:

Chef Alexandre Gauthier

Cuisine that is creatively photogenic is meant to be eaten, not bastardized by a badly lit photo

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Food is becoming central in our minds because of the influence of social media

“I see clients for whom food has become very problematic. They struggle to go out and not have food be the key element

of all social interaction”

– Psychologist Valerie Taylor  

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? How is Society Effected?

Weight Gain/ Preoccupation with Food

Weight Loss/ Eating Disorders

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Looking at photos of food online also reduces the enjoyment and taste of REAL food

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50%  50%  

BYU  Professors  Ryan  Elder  and  Jeff  Larson  recruited  232  people  to  rate  pictures  of  food  

Salty  Food  (116  people)   Sweet  Food  (116  people)  

Sweet Food Examples

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Salty Food Examples

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At the end of the rating period, all the participants were fed peanuts....  

People who observed the salty foods the whole time were not so excited by the

peanuts, even though the specific food never appeared in any of their salty food photos

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Results showed that the salty foods made the specific participants all “salted out”- satiated on the experience of saltiness without orally consuming any salt

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WHY DO PEOPLE POST FOOD PORN?

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1. Some people post it to show that they are eating healthy and mindfully

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2. Visual proof that you have eaten something extraordinary

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3. Convince others it was worth the trip

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We all know that a picture is worth 1000 words...but

will Food Porn replace the 1000 splendid tastes of food?

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are

Quoted By:

French philosopher Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin

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Sources

Albers,  Susan.  “10  Reasons  why  People  Post  Food  Pictures  on  Facebook.”  Psychology    Today.  10  August  2010.  Web  

Allen,  Kevin.  “Juice  Company  Combs  Through  Instagram  for  #foodporn.”  PR  Daily.  20    March  2014.  Web  

Kingkade,  Tyler.  “Instagramming  Your  Food  May  Signal  Bigger  Problems.”  7  May  2013.    Web  

Nadeau,  Barbie.  “The  Problem  with  Food  Porn  Tourism.”  The  Daily  Beast.  26  March    2014.  Web  

O’Bourke,  Theresa.  “The  Food  Porn  Problem.”  ABC  News.  7  October  2012.  Web  Winter,  Katy.  “How  Instagram  Can  Put  Off  Your  Dinner:  Looking  at  Pictures  of  Food  Online  Reduces  Enjoyment.”  Daily  Mail.  19  November  2013.  Web