Amani's Kitchen
2017
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Overview
Amani’s Kitchen is an ethnographic photo essay that explores how digital platforms and the sharing economy have transformed our dining tables into stages of performance. In a world where screen culture has turned food into lifestyle, eating is no longer just about nourishment—it is about visibility, sharing, and belonging.
Context
By 2017, food had become one of the most circulated subjects online: more than 19.7 million photos of pizza were hashtagged on Instagram worldwide, 1 in 5 Brits had shared a picture of their meal on social media, and 75% of diners reported choosing what to eat based on Facebook images. This culture of constant documentation reconfigures the dining room table, shifting it from a private domestic space to a public, intimate restaurant sustained by social currency.
Outcome
Through a blend of photography and ethnographic storytelling, Amani’s Kitchen captures this transformation of meals into mediated performances. The work exposes how everyday food is reframed as consumable image, questioning what we gain—and what we lose—when nourishment becomes content.
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