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Small-scale farms: The whole picture
ALBERT YEE
Highspire Hills Farm hens star in this photo from “Hands That Feed Us.”
“The exposé of huge corporate farms has been done many times over. ... This is the other side: It’s happy animals and happy farmers working the land. That’s a possibility that’s out there.” –Albert Yee
Since 2008, Albert Yee has been pursuing a career as a freelance photographer, but it’s his obsession with local food — from restaurants to farms — that has unexpectedly become his full-time gig.
Yee has been working for Fair Food Farmstand for more than three years, and along with his wife, Kate Donnelly, writes a popular Philly food blog, “Messy and Picky.”
His passions are set to collide this weekend, with the opening of his photography show, “Hands That Feed Us,” at Gravy Gallery in Fishtown.
The series of 13 prints represents Yee’s travels to alternative small-scale farms in the Philadelphia region. The show is intended to be a celebration of these producers, upholding them as a model for humane treatment of animals and sustainable agriculture.
“The exposé of huge corporate farms has been done many times over. And I think people are horrified, but they’re desensitized. They don’t need to see piles of dead carcasses,” says Yee. “This is the other side: It’s happy animals and happy farmers working the land. That’s a possibility that’s out there.”
Yee is a confessed habitual documentarian; his camera is nearly always at his side. “It became clear to me that I had a theme developing over the last few years,” he explains. “But now I see it as an overarching project of mine: I found that people are really interested in knowing who the people are that produce their food. This is a way to literally put that face with the food that you’re eating.”
Yee has been working for Fair Food Farmstand for more than three years, and along with his wife, Kate Donnelly, writes a popular Philly food blog, “Messy and Picky.”
His passions are set to collide this weekend, with the opening of his photography show, “Hands That Feed Us,” at Gravy Gallery in Fishtown.
The series of 13 prints represents Yee’s travels to alternative small-scale farms in the Philadelphia region. The show is intended to be a celebration of these producers, upholding them as a model for humane treatment of animals and sustainable agriculture.
“The exposé of huge corporate farms has been done many times over. And I think people are horrified, but they’re desensitized. They don’t need to see piles of dead carcasses,” says Yee. “This is the other side: It’s happy animals and happy farmers working the land. That’s a possibility that’s out there.”
Yee is a confessed habitual documentarian; his camera is nearly always at his side. “It became clear to me that I had a theme developing over the last few years,” he explains. “But now I see it as an overarching project of mine: I found that people are really interested in knowing who the people are that produce their food. This is a way to literally put that face with the food that you’re eating.”
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