I like plant, I like cook it… 333Bracket
from TWTGE the lomography issue, January 2013
After a delicious meal offered on the home issue, 333bracket returns to delight our palates with a juicy sweet cobbler, plus a small interview to know her a little better.
Hi Amber, please introduce yourself.
I’m a London based unicorn/photographer, just wandering the universe with a camera glued to my face.
Where did your nickname 333Bracket come from?
Bracket is my favourite pop-punk band which I adopted the nickname from when I was 15 and it just stuck with me ever since! the 333 addition came a bit later when I realised I am half way to hell. Nah just kidding. This number has no mea- ning what so ever.
What is Photography?
Photography is like air to me. Whenever I don’t shoot something it feels like choking a bit.
What are the differences between photo- graphy and lomography for you?
Well, there is no real difference. Photography is pretty much a global term of which lomography falls under. Lomography is just a wave in photo- graphy that started in the early 90’s with the arri- val of the Lomo LC-A camera. It is more experi- mental and the cameras used are mostly plastic made.
You like to use film, do you think that digital technology is destroying it or creating no- stalgia and bringing it back?
There will always be fans sitting on each side of the fence with different opinions, some like to use film more and some are just happily adap- ted to digital. Of course digital photography has taken a big chunk out of the film industry in the last decade, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying it destroyed it. Film is still alive and kicking!
Israeli cuisine, foreign or sophisticated nou- velle cuisine?
Israeli cuisine all the way! So many flavours and colours and mix of many ethnic groups throwing in their ingredients throughout the years to crea- te fantastic dishes has made it a very interesting cuisine.
What’s your favourite dish?
I have many, but the one I find myself eating all the time is aubergines in tahini [you can find the recipe in TWTGE home issue, Ed.]. There is a frequent use of those two ingredients in the Isra- eli cuisine in many variations, and the outcome is always delightful!
What kind of camera do you use for your food photography?
Depend on my mood at the moment… someti- mes one of my film cameras and other times I prefer to shoot digitally with my canon 5DMK2.
Some anticipation, future projects?
I don’t really do “projects”, it takes the fun out of photography for me… I just shoot whatever and whenever I want to. No pressure yo’.
Where people can find you and your works?
You can visit my website and blog on 333bracket.com. My photo-blog on flickr and subscribe to my Facebook page for daily updates. www.333bracket.com