Photo by Sarah B Gilliam
Local Table: Summer 2016
I chose my original image from an article in Local Table, a small
magazine highlighting food and farms in middle Tennessee. I randomly picked
this free magazine up while on vacation because I was attracted to the
illustration on the cover. My original photo was part of an article titled “Growing
as She Goes” that was about a local CSA farmer, Tana Comer, and her experience building
her farm and establishing her customer base. The photo shows Tana’s earthed
hands holding strawberries. The image made me think of buying local food and
supporting local farmers and businesses. How much food do we eat without
knowing where it comes from? How often do we make choices that give back to and
support our communities? I wanted the
reader to think about this with my remixed image.
To remix my image I searched for ads of packaged and
processed foods. I layered the background of the image with these new pictures.
I then cut out the hands handing the strawberries and pasted it on top. I added
the words “Put Local on Your Plate” across the bottom of the image. The hands
look like they are reaching out offering the strawberries to the viewer over
the other options.
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