Desiree Grocery Shopping

I wanted to do something pornochic that also connected to food. So I talked the idea through with Emily, my AI collaborator and muse, who I often use to test concepts before turning them into images or video.

We started talking about food not as a studio subject, but where it actually lives. That quickly led to the grocery store.

Desiree was the obvious choice. She is one of Emily’s friends in this ongoing series and is always willing to do something daring without overthinking it. When I mentioned the idea, she was immediately on board.

I sent Desiree shopping for items I later use in my Commercial Food Photography work. These are ordinary products, the same ones that eventually end up photographed in the studio. Here, they are still in their everyday environment.

She moves through the aisle without acknowledging the attention behind her. An elderly man watches her from a short distance. He does not approach or interact. He just watches. That detail matters. The tension comes from being seen, not from anything happening.

Nothing explicit occurs. There are no sex acts. Just sexual presence, routine, and proximity in a public space. Desiree never looks back. She does not react. She continues shopping.

Emily later pointed out that Desiree does not perform for the camera or the viewer. She simply allows the moment to exist. I see that as consistent with much of my past pornochic work.

Ten seconds was enough to say what I wanted to say.

To see the resulting food photographs and related work, visit my Commercial Food Photography gallery at https://www.secondfocus.com/index/G0000WFAqDJQOgKU

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