Beth Galton

Beth Galton is a New York based photographer. She graduated from Hiram College with a studio art degree. Many of her works are of food or still life. She has had big name clients such as Campbell's, Nabisco, and Kraft Foods. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and even in cook books. The series "Cut Food" was inspired by a previous assignment where a client asked them to cut a burrito in half. She decided to explore this a bit more with various foods like ice cream, cereal, soups, and coffee. Galton wants to show food in an angle that we usually do not see. The results are simple but create visual interest because we see food in a more dissected way. Unlike Gina Beavers' protest against revolting food photography techniques, Galton embraces them. She uses gelatin to solidify the liquids of the soups and coffee. I wanted to research her photographs because I thought it was an interesting take on how we see food and how it is usually photographed in advertising.