I’ve submitted five pictures for this following the call for submissions. My accompanying statement and two of the pictures below.
Losing touch and an obsession with cheapness are two intersecting food stories. Gone are the butcher, the baker, the fish monger and the green grocer, who once connected producers, sellers and consumers. Supermarkets indulge in a never ending price war driven by quantity not quality – profits first, consumers second, producers way down the pecking order. The social, economic and environmental consequences of both stories are rarely acknowledged. The garish window displays of the supermarkets both reveal and hide the stories while often making the food look gross and unappetising.
