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oliver schwarzwald: breakfast

sweden

german photographer oliver schwarzwald recently completed a series of photographs
for depicting breakfasts eaten in different countries around the world.
the series was shot for the german magazine feld homme and is composed of
various foods commonly eaten in the morning. the series features the traditional
english breakfast form the UK, coffee, croissant and cigarette for france
and cavier on toast with vodka for russia. the series also contains the breakfasts
of sweden, the US and an international one that can be found in many places.

http://www.oliverschwarzwald.de

russia

international

france

US

UK

nate db

03.02.10

US? Malarkey. Where's the sausage, corned beef hash, toast with butter, bacon, fried eggs, coffee, and Mimosa?

Keith 03.02.10

UK - No bacon? No black pudding? No grilled tomatoes? No crumpets? Looks like a pretty thin snack to me.

Mike Calder. 03.02.10

I love how everything is presented without a container: no cups, no bowls, no plates. Just the food.
Awesome

Bryan 03.02.10

Epic. Research. Fail. Never ever in my life met anyone from here (Sweden) who ate any kind of fish for breakfast except for our horrible take on caviar made from cod roe.

Buster 03.02.10

What a bad work ...

He did not even include German breakfast

Martin 03.02.10

photos are great. inspired, clever, and humorous.

i do not feel bothered in the slightest by not including every variation...

thank you for sharing these with us.

nomnom 03.02.10

good

Turkiye 03.02.10

whatever...

jeje 03.02.10

commonly eaten ... herring in Sweden 100 years ago. now, not so much.

ET 03.02.10

I'm curious: are the Russians drinking ice water or vodka with breakfast?

metoo 03.02.10

These are great.

An awesome idea for a series!

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Ajani 03.02.10

Never mind the herring, do Swedes still eat sanding discs for breakfast?

Johnny 03.02.10

I don't see some Huevos Rancheros there!

Lolo 03.02.10

Poor planning but a good execution. A more fitting breakfast for Russia would be a pastry, mors, kielbasa, pelmeni

evg 03.02.10

So many comments are literal, focussing on the content, the items selected.. but these are great photos, great concept, great technique!

Carmelita 03.02.10

Amazing images and very creative use of food. Love it!

digital photography

Andrew 03.03.10

wheres the vegemite for the Australians?

Amanda 03.03.10

Beautifully composed photographs, but could have improved with a wider/more interesting selection. What does an Inuit breakfast look like? What about Ugandan, Indonesian, etc., etc.

philippp 03.03.10

These photos were EXTREMELY well done. Did he DROP the food out of the sky and take photos as it fell? Either way, while the food may be under-represented (I'm curious as to why the US breakfast is sans Bacon, Sausage, Eggs, and a Biscuit), the artistic qualities of this work override such objections.

Lance 03.03.10

Love to see the Chinese breakfast photo.

jenny 03.03.10

I didn't know French people eat cigarettes.

Josy 03.03.10

I agree that the photographs are very beautifully taken but it is to bad the research is so poor..Nobody eats fish as breakfast in Sweden! Some do eat the crisp bread, but many more eat cornflakes, milk, porridge, yoghurt, bread with cheese, butter, marmalade...Guess that wasn't so funny to photograph..

I did like the cigaret though, there are a lot of French having a smoke for breakfast..

And yes, it would have been interesting to see more surprising countries as mentioned above

helene 03.03.10

Big idea, great implementation...

zaiviki 03.04.10

Great idea and execution! I hope the folks that take this too literally don't gt you down, can't please everyone so don't bother trying! I find your work as a whole light and airy with a hint of seriousness, I'd love to see more! Your work is really stirring up the noddles in my noggin, *grabs the spatula and opens the fridge* Well done, I applaud yourw efforts!

Happyclam 03.05.10

ooh i think this is so clever and interesting!! love this concept.

caroline 03.05.10

these are grand, thanks.

sauze 03.05.10

In your face, people!

Finland has a swedish speaking minority with their swedish speaking school system and it's a part of a long tradition in Finnish/Finnish-Swedish studentlife to eat herringbreakfast the next morning after a special academic studentparty (sitsit/sitz).

Pilvi 03.05.10

How do people not recognize the tongue-in-cheek dimension of these photographs?

anon 03.05.10

I now understand why Supertramp didn't record "Breakfast in Sweden".

Dan 03.06.10

lol. the swedish does look like a 12" lp

to all the people who say they don't eat what you shot, just tell them this is what YOU'd eat when you are there

i'd love to see more of this. for instance, your take on chilaquiles

chef joaquim 03.06.10

these are beautiful & make me think of the wonderful food still lifes by iriving penn, my favorite photog.

rose 03.06.10

sono bellissime,
colazioni "morte"

____"""""""deading Breakfasts """___

margherita 03.07.10

Beautiful! Remember, these are just one person's view...the photographer did a brilliant job!

dancingbair 03.07.10

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