A Guide to Fry an Egg: The Egg theory on Photography
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Title
A Guide to Fry an Egg: The Egg theory on Photography
Description
Observing, picking, measuring, transforming, flavouring, distributing, and being consumed. I have set up a humorous hypothesis that traces the uncanny similarities of the process between ‘frying an egg’ and ‘taking a photograph’ from the nature of the subject to its multiple strategies and manifestations. Through the perspective of the symbolic interactionism theory proposed by the sociologist Herbert Blumer, this essay investigates the ways in which the creation, observation, and dissemination of images in contemporary society can be seen similarly to how we consume eggs.
The fleshiness and fluidity, choices of cracking, consumer culture, the postmodern moulds, abjection of the yolk, expiration date, salt and pepper, as well as all the invisible diseases...
The fleshiness and fluidity, choices of cracking, consumer culture, the postmodern moulds, abjection of the yolk, expiration date, salt and pepper, as well as all the invisible diseases...
Publisher
Manyi Chan
Date
2023
Format
Printed on Neenah Environment FSC-certified paper, Saddle Stitch
Zine Item Type Metadata
Issue Title
A Guide to Fry an Egg: The Egg theory on Photography
Issue Number
01
Editor
Manyi Chan
Designer
Manyi Chan
Contributors
Manyi Chan
Dimensions
148mm x 210mm
Number of Pages
44 pages
Place of Publication
London
Printer
Manyi Chan
Edition Size
80
Website
www.manyichan.com
Where to buy
to be announced
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Citation
Manyi Chan, “A Guide to Fry an Egg: The Egg theory on Photography,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/618.