Photography - April Grace Olson

 

  Artist Statement:  This photo essay series showcases behind the scenes of a tasting event at La Rue's Patisserie on main street in Aberdeen. I really enjoyed being able to show the process and the end result. I enjoy cooking and always have, and I love going to events where people dress up and have a fancy theme. I was able to document both the cooking and teamwork aspect required to pull off a large event, as well as the end result of the food and the people enjoying it. I documented from start to finish of this event and process, but I have my best pictures posted above. A lot of work goes into preparing and plating food, and this event was actually extremely fast paced behind the scenes. I was able to capture the main chef's expressions during this process which was really important to my process. You can see that most of the times when he is preparing the food he has a very concentrated face and sometimes looks stressed. However, when he is able to present his food and i...