The Absurd Food Photography of Brittney Meyer

You may remember our recent profile with food photographer Max Kelly.  Kelly's work is what you might refer to as "higher brow."

Today, we bring you something decidedly, how do we say this, "less higher brow": As in, the absurdist food photography of Brittney Meyer. Some images can be a bit stomach-churning (molding cheese and decomposing pasta) but most are synonymous with a night at the disco, assuming shiny dance floors, colorful strobe lights and deliberately bad backdrops are your thing.

No, Meyers' isn't the most mindblowingly moving work we've ever seen, but it's not supposed to be. There's no denying that choco-pops soaring through the universe bring a warm feeling of ease to our bodies, that maybe all could be right in the world.  

Besides, we never tire of people lampooning  the equally (though unintentionally) terrible food commercials that feature flying shredded cheese, tomatoes being diced midair under a waterfall and char-broiled burgers that seemingly flip themselves. And Meyers' work seems to poke an underhanded jab at that kind of ridiculousness.

Most of Meyer's images--like her tacos surfing the ocean or her cubes of ground meat enjoying a pink Hawaiian sunset--are begging to be used as backgrounds for your summer party invitation.  And we don't see anything wrong with that.

Head on over to Meyer's site to view more, but first, a few of our faves: