Ma route à la vie culinaire

Food is my passion. Recent culinary grad. Introducing Chef Lu Breland

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Getting our "maraschino" on...

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Work flow

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The Street as School: The Photography of Alice Smeets

“Ghetto” is at once a delicate and strong word. To mention it is to walk around eggshells, to conjure up images—rightly or wrongly, depending on who we are talking to—of ramshackle houses and rough-and-tumble conditions. For those who haven’t been in one or had the serious occasion to think about it, “ghetto” will be a confounding term.

UNICEF-awarded photographer Alice Smeets knew enough about the misconceptions; she grew up far from where she could actually see one. But this did not stop her from trying to understand poverty. At 19, she flew to Haiti, miles away (in culture as in distance) from her hometown of Belgium. Here she learned that poverty is not to be romanticized. It is complex and structural. And yet a caveat: Even in poverty some people strive to live the most dignified way they know how. Some of them can even create art out of rubble.

Smeets has been doing documentary projects in Haiti for seven years before creating the 2014 series Ghetto Tarot, a found-art spin on photojournalism. Together with Atis Rezistans, she reimagined Pamela Colman Smith’s tarot cards from the early 1900s. Instead of shooting in lush environments, Smeets chose areas of Port-au-Prince where the occult cards can excite contradictions and similarities. 

Early this month, she talked to Lomography about the distinctive project and the years leading up to it.

To support Ghetto Tarot, visit Alice Smeets’ page on Indiegogo. Photos in this article are published with the artist’s permission.

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Two things that resonate: Haiti & tarot. I love this

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Lomography Tag of the Day - sunset

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Beautiful

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Croque madame with spinach and smoked salmon

http://bit.ly/1UHcA2r

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Yummmy

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Worse week ever… Twisted ankle, in a wreck, empty my acct to avoid being towed, racially profiled, smfh I’m just glad to be alive just wish we lived in a place I’d feel comfortable raising my children but when u fear the ones who should be protecting u…something is horribly wrong…

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My mornings...no filter! Me n my gorgeous clone

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Simple dinner tonight Baked chicken n veggies, white rice, && yams.

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Pork two ways. #dinnertime #foodie #foodporn #hubbysfave #laidout #styrofoamplategang #futurechef

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#teamnofilter dinner tonight: slow cooked sweet Asian glazed ribs, griot, sticky rice pilaf, and sautéed garlic asparagus!!! Got us over here KO'd lol #foodie #dinnertime #foodporn #hubbysfave #icantseemtostopamazingmyself @highashell247

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Tonight's dinner: braised turkey wings, baked beans w/ ground beef, sautéed cabbage, and baked Mac & cheese #yummyyummyinmytummy #dinnertime #hubbysfav #foodie #foodporn

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So I've been having an amazing time with amazing people at Butter midtown. I'm on my second week for my 6 week externship and I'm loving every bit of it. (I'm there way more often than I should be lol) I'm learning so much (great recipes) and having a great time doing it and trying new things. Iron chef Alex Guarnaschelli is effin' awesome too. She makes me nervous but I never forget what she tells me. And the food is sooo good. All in all, I may be tired after a long week but it's so worth it meeting and getting to know this family at Butter. I wouldn't trade this experience for the world! Oh and I'm so excited I got offered a job my 3rd day there. I'm really proud of that! I must be doing something right bc I'm on cloud nine :)

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Tonight's $3 meal :) BBQ chicken, sautéed peas and white rice with a pan sauce. Soo yummy n soo affordable! #foodie #styrofoamplategang #quickmealsunderfivebucks #plating

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Jessica Hess - “Pittsfield Tracks I”

Oil on Canvas

40x60”

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One foot in …….

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This is a dope shot