by Curtis Comeau
For the past 15 years I have been fortunate to have been commissioned to photograph food across Western Canada for various magazines, several book publishers and numerous restaurants. Without question, pizzas are my favorite food to photograph.
The circular shape of the dough is pleasing to the eye. Ingredients that can be used on a pizza are colorful and can be seemly endless. But more importantly is that pizzaiolos who create them are artists in their own right. All of these elements combined are the reasons pizzas are themselves their own works of art.
For this photo essay I chose a cross-section of artisan-based pizzas from six different Edmonton pizzerias.
The images you see is what you will get if you visit one of these venues. There is no Photoshop, no food photography tricks or supplemental lighting for this series. Each pizza is photographed in natural light within minutes of being taken out of the forno oven. Enjoy the art of pizza.
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