Mushrooms are often a favoured subject for nature photographers, being found in some of the world’s most bucolic locations.
They’re also a great source of food too, so for still life and food photographers, they can also be an inspiration.
With that in mind, it’s perhaps no surprise that somebody’s decided to put together a whole book on the topic – and it’s a pretty massive one too.
In The Gourmand’s Mushroom, there’s all sorts of fascinating things to devour. Mushrooms have been revered as food, medicine, sacrament and symbol. The photography (and illustration) in the book is a pure delight, with some truly creative methods for capturing fungi in all its forms.
Also accompanying the imagery is a range of texts exploring a number of different topics ranging from ancient folklore to toxicology to avant-garde art, architecture, fashion, film and even space travel.
This is one of the books that you never knew you needed, but one that you can get really stuck into and be spouting off mushroom facts to your friends and family for weeks on end. It might also inspire some of your own photography too, so for all of those reasons, it comes highly recommended.
The Gourmand’s Mushroom. A Collection of Stories and Recipes is published by Taschen and is available to buy now.
