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Bad Food Gone Worse

Posted by Robyn Lee, October 2, 2007

Eateries display photos of their food to help the customer decide what to order, but what happens when those photos decay into sickly, off-colored ghosts of their former selves? Despite the lack of any enticing qualities, these photos continue to grace restaurant menus and walls, as documented in the photography book, Bad Food Gone Worse. PingMag interviewed the book's authors, photographer Rene Nuijens and art director Ewoudt Boonstra of publisher KesselKramer, about the process of creating the book and the unintentional beauty of the decaying photos.

Although these photographs don't get the stomach juices flowing, Rene explains, "...it doesn't matter how the pictures look. If people are hungry... they will eat!"

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