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n a world of sophisticated smartphones, relentless social media and the widely-held belief that everyone is gagging to see what we’ve had for our tea, it’s a rare snack that goes unrecorded. But while some phone snaps are remarkably good – annoyingly so, for professionals with industry-level kit, a backbreaking bag of lenses and an MA in photography – useful perspective is at hand at the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year exhibition at RPS next month. Every aspect of food, and its place in society, is documented by snappers so talented they will make you want to lick the pictures. They may also make you think twice about whether or not the world needs yet another indifferent pointand-click insta of a Buddha bowl, which surely has to be a good thing.
LET THEM EAT CAKE BY DANILLE ACKER
At Royal Photographic Society, 20 November12 December. Free entry; rps.org
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