Saturday, September 4, 2010

We like 'The Happy Meal Project'

On April 10th this year New York photographer Sally Davies bought a burger and fries from McDonalds and took a photo of it. Here's that photo.


Since then she's taken a shot of the same plate every single day as an experiment that combines ughness, morbid fascination, processed food longevity and the arguments against stuffing junk down your face from a vegetarian viewpoint. And it surely is compelling when you look at the photo from day 145, September 2nd:


Oh lordy it's hardly changed, even though (quoting Sally) "Its sitting on my coffee table with nothing covering it. No bugs, no mould, no smell, nothing. "

Go see the whole of "The McDonalds Happy Meal Project" at this link, or visit Sally's website here.