I have been a Sara Remington fan and friend for years, drawn both to her mouthwatering images and the hilarious, smily, surprising woman that creates them. That said, I guess I should not have been surprised to learn that when Sara shifted her vision to food photography she brought the influence of David Lynch to her imagery. You think you know a woman….Get to know the ingredients of an amazing artist’s mind in the CA article on stands now, or read it HERE.
When Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles called Sara Remington to ask her if she would photograph their first cookbook, she said “YES!” immediately. Then it set in. The cheese. The food. The delicious.
Always up for a challenge Sara jumped in without a shot list. The result, a cookbook hot off the press and already receiving national acclaim.
After two hours of hiking on a trail 10 inches wide, dodging vineyard branches and faces with puzzled expressions, Sara Remington captured this beauty and called it a day. As luck would have it, the rain joined her teetering trip back down into the village of Cinque Terre.
Two words sum up the blur that was summer for Sara: Cookbooks and weddings. Amidst traveling about the country to attend an array of friends’ weddings (opting to shoot a bit vs. sport the bridesmaid dress) Sara officially achieved cookbook folk-hero status.
July was all about shooting in the hills of Big Sur, working on Plum Gorgeous near the childhood cabin of author, Nani Steele – on the edge of the world above a tiered garden and a steep drop into the ocean. Sara and Nani bought the food, gathered the props, shot two days every week, three shots a day. The book is poetic and pretty, full of wild color and pattern. Plum Gorgeous comes out next summer and sounds like she’s definitely worth the wait.
Summer 2010 reaped the rewards of the previous year’s adventures with the following book releases: DIY Delicious with Vanessa Barrington; Blue Chair Jam Cook Book with author, Rachel Saunders; and Vino Argentino with Laura Catena, which took on a Thelma and Louise kind of road trip – 200 photos shot over the period of spring and summer, which is fall and winter for those north of the equator, with 10-15 hour days.
Sara’s map of the world is laid with the sensual details of food in its entire splendor, lovingly made available to us through the art of the book.
Latest book featuring Sara’s photography is Vino Argentino, an homage to that Latin American country’s wine regions.
While the Andes served as daily backdrop, Sara and her assistant drove from vineyard-to-vineyard in Mendoza, back to shooting portraits, back to vineyards, to a gorgeous tango couple dancing in a park, etc.,. And speaking of homage, here was a fresh from a night in the cabin, a 7:00 a.m. perky, somewhat still pj’d, Sara performing her own Argentino homage.
It’s fascinating to be privy to the world of books and food while knowing the goal throughout is to ultimately combine the two loves into tried and true cookbooks for a hungry audience. Participating in the creation is a lot of work but certainly a printed & bound legacy for all involved - and since having the good sense to join forces with Sara, we’ve got a Tidepool cookbook library forming too. This beauty, entitled DIY Delicious: Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch comes from author Vanessa Barrington’s belief that there is a DIY cook that exists on some level in all of us. And we’ve got a few extras too so if you’re wanting one, send up a flare please - happy to feed the DIY in you (or just start with a recipe below works too).
Sneak peek at one of Sara’s Summer projects—no fruits were harmed in the making of these pictures…
More over here at Ms. Remington’s blog
Sara’s husband is a chef. Sara’s niece gets the fruits of both their labors.
So not much to say here other than enjoying armchair travel essay over at Sara’s blog:
Sara shot this book project for the Emily Post folks in New York, a little snippet of how to plan a cute party, from the invites pre-party to the cupcakes post meal.
And just in these tears from an article on Sara from Digitalis Foto, a publication based in Budapest. Not sure what this says but we think it’s got to be something about drooling.
