Good use for an old scanner

http://scanwiches.com/

The site is by a NYC designer named Jon Chonko

From Gizmodo.com:

Q: When did the idea for Scanwiches strike, and what was your inspiration?

A: I think the word popped into my head first and then I had to see how it would actually look. I've always loved scanning things. It's a very specific way of capturing an image. Everything—exposure, depth of field—is totally pre-set on a scanner so you try and explore the stuff you do have control with.
Once the project started getting popular people began sending me things, especially foods, that people have scanned. There's a guy who does fast food, another person who did a project scanning green market produce, and several artists who do scanned flowers. It's a weird little genre I didn't now existed and was pleased to find I was a part of.

Q: What is your process for scanning them? Do you just clean the glass really well after each one or put down some kind of transparent film for easy cleanup? Do much cleaning up in Photoshop or anything?


A: I clean the glass at the end of each set with Windex and a paper towel but between sandwiches it just gets wiped down. We started with a plastic film when we first scanned but we found that it fogged up when we did hot sandwiches. Straight onto the glass gets the best quality. This is a full time sandwich scanning machine—we have another really nice photo scanner for office use.

That's a hilarious find...they're like sandwich vivisections! While I was mesmerized by the scans, they just don't do anything for me, unlike the many beautiful examples of food-porn found on this site (like this and this, from here and here, respectively), which quite literally make my mouth water.

A clever idea, but I have to agree with Khaopaat, none of the pictures or scans evoked any kind of response in me. They looked a lot like food pictures on menus - unlikely to replace camera shots.

Jyoti

jygach wrote:A clever idea, but I have to agree with Khaopaat, none of the pictures or scans evoked any kind of response in me. They looked a lot like food pictures on menus - unlikely to replace camera shots.

Jyoti

With which I agree.

And, on the subject in general: there are simply some things to which the only conceivable response is, "oy" (there ain't a smilie for the face I'm thinking right now!)

I'm reminded of Letterman's bit - "Is This Anything?"

No, it's not.

A clever idea, but I have to agree with Khaopaat, none of the pictures or scans evoked any kind of response in me. They looked a lot like food pictures on menus - unlikely to replace camera shots.

I was thinking about how the person cleaned the scanner between each shot. LOL