New York-based photographer Sam Kaplan's project "Pits and Pyramids" has been released.

This newly announced project focuses on his specialty, food, and, as the title suggests, depicts "holes" and "pyramids." Looking at the photographs, one might wonder if they're real, but they're actually photographs of food he sourced and arranged one by one. Using everyday items like cookies, candy, and sandwiches, the symmetrically arranged holes and pyramids exude psychedelic colors, creating a surreal feel.

These works, which began to be conceived in the summer of 2015 and released as part of the fall promotion, were released with the aim of creating three-dimensional works, whereas previously Kaplan had focused on arranging objects to create patterns in two-dimensional form. Kaplan says that it was important to capture each piece in a single shot, without any compositing or processing.

Each piece was completed with the help of food stylists and photographers he knows. They prepared together by buying up all the cookies from a shop near the studio and making large quantities of sandwiches. The cookie holes and pyramid took two days, the sandwich pyramid took about 14 hours, and the candy holes were completed little by little during breaks in between work over several weeks. A promotional booklet compiling all the photos from the project was printed in a limited edition of 400 copies.

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