Discovering Małopolska (Little Poland)

The term 'Little Poland' refers to the polish communities in Baltimore, Brooklyn (NY) as well as Chicago and Philadelphia. However, it's also the name of a region in southern Poland:

[Visit szlakimalopolski.mik.krakow.pl/ for more such images]

My friend Dorothy :)

National Museum in Cracow

The Manor in Nawojowa Góra

Krzeszowice during a festival called 'May-day picnic of countess Sophie'

PS
Photos were taken by me but the map comes from another website. Click on it to see the details.

Tasteful life

'You are what you EAT' the old saying goes...

Now, when slow food is so popular, we have basically taken it to another level

And its name is...

FOOD PORN.

What exactly does this, hmm, strange combination of words mean?

We should be grateful to Rosalind Coward who wrote in her 1984 book 'Female Desire':

"Cooking food and presenting it beautifully is an act of servitude. It is a way of expressing affection through a gift... That we should aspire to produce perfectly finished and presented food is a symbol of a willing and enjoyable participation in servicing others. Food pornography exactly sustains these meanings relating to the preparation of food. The kinds of picture used always repress the process of production of a meal. They are always beautifully lit, often touched up."

Yep. I totally agree. OK... Maybe except for one thing- you don't have to PREPARE the meal to be the master of food porn (yeeeaaah- it sounds quite awkward ;) ). The clue is to take nice pictures of it. That's why there are tousands of blogs offering great pleasure for the eyes (*.*) in spite of he fact that some their owners have no idea about cooking. They may not be the majority but still... In the cities or even small towns you can notice some young hipsters holding their i-Phones strangely lose to their meal. A group of them aren't that discreet and openly show off with their Nikons or Leica Cameras...

What happens with the pictures after this photoshoot?

The answer is obvious- social media- Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, Tumbrl, various blogs 

like ONCE ONE GIRL- easy to remember, hard to forget...

Hahaha, that's my new motto...

Sounds like a threat, doesn't it? ;)

Maybe this way? ------------->>>

Better? 

Anyway, I recently read in 'Glamour' that food is the new sex.

'WTF?!' I tought...

After a while of digesting this text I have an opinion that in some aspects it can be

 true- food has an effect on senses and creates a feeling of pleasure.

In my next post I'll write more about it.

FOOD PORN PHENOMENON, obviously :))

Sooo, guys- what do You think?  ^.^

Made in the UK

 Dan Smith, Bastille- essence of british style

 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

 Open air market, London

 River Thames, London

 Tate Modern, London

 Traffic of London  

 Botanic Garden, Cambridge

 King's College, Cambridge 

 Art gallery, Cambridge

 My food porn ;), no matter where

 Cambridge, I miss You sooo 

More details next week. Tomorrow I'm going tooo tadam...
a village. At least I'll sleep well ;))

Everything is possible. the power of iLLusiON.

 MOCAK - Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow ;)

Photos come from the following exhibitions:

The exhibition presents the works of designers who have set out to search for the ways to save the planet by focusing on the promotion of self-sufficient communities, the improvement of the efficiency of the infrastructure and the development of new materials.

Everything Forever Now. Polish and British Sustainable Design

This exhibition, previously shown at the Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw, attempts to present the history of Galeria Akumulatory 2 in Poznań – a place that for the eighteen years of its activity provided a non-commercial exhibition space for artists from all over the world. Throughout, Galeria Akumulatory 2 was an important spot on the map of artistic Poland.

http://en.mocak.pl/beyond-corrupted-eye-akumulatory-2-gallery-1972-1990

 Hope, You've liked them;) 

 I'm waiting for Your comments.

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P.S.

If You're wondering, whose hands are in the first picture, 

I can tell You that they belong to my brother. :3