# Outlandish Food Portraits Urs Fischer’s Contemporary Photography Series Will Crack You Up By Megan Facciuolo | Published 2014-04-09 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/contemporary-photography References: [sweet-station](http://sweet-station.com/blog/?s=Urs) & [ursfischer](http://www.ursfischer.com/images/220206) Urs Fischer is known for his [odd and contemporary photography](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/still-life-1), in which he usually covers his subjects’ faces with halved food. In this series, he once again participates in obstructing the face, but this time with [hard boiled eggs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cartons-of-eggs). The faces are all of what look like to be women due to their styled, long hair and femininely shaped shirts. Some of the women’s faces are covered up with a fully shelled egg and others have the inside half of the egg displayed over top of them. Fischer even mashed the yolk of some of the eggs to make for a messier display. The most bizarre of them all is the photo of a [rotten egg](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-good-egg-pet-food-company) covering a red-headed women; the yolk is swirled with a rotten-colored green and the whites have turned into an orangey tinge with black speckles. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 63% | Activity: 64% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Photography](https://www.trendhunter.com/photography) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Food-based Art:** Exploring new, creative ways to use food as an artistic medium. - **Unconventional Portraiture:** Pushing boundaries in portrait photography by obstructing the subject's face in unique ways. - **Humorous Photography:** Incorporating humor and satire into contemporary photography practices. ### Where This Applies - **Art:** Creating unconventional art pieces using food and humor to appeal to new clientele and markets. - **Photography:** Incorporating unconventional techniques and subject matter to attract a wider audience and elevate the field of portrait photography. - **Food and Beverage:** Partnering with artists and photographers to create unique, food-centric marketing campaigns and visual displays. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Minimalist Experimental Egg Racks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/experimental-egg-racks.md) - [Artfully Balanced Chair Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/halfway-serious.md) - [Urban Egg Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/humansized-egg-installation.md) - [Digital Archetype Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/christian-rex-van-minnen-1.md) - [Artsy Surrealist Tableware](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gohar-world.md) - [Fried Egg-Inspired Canopy Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sunny-side-up-extension.md) - [Food-Inspired Street Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dish-pics.md) - [Realistic Food Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pantlers-rations.md) - [Viral Egg Tasting Menus](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/egg-flights.md)