au-dessus de la ville de Darjeeling.
The snowy peaks of Kangchenjunga, towering over the city of Darjeeling.
Meet this photographer and cake baker, as she talks about her work and shares her most special place, in images and words.
Linda Lomelino knows the score: her parents are musicians, as are her brothers and her fiancé, and she sometimes accompanies them on the bass guitar. She has her own group, too, Death in the Afternoon, but she is above all a culinary stylist. When her photography studies failed to lead to a job, she set herself up on her own, in her kitchen, with a few old cookbooks for inspiration. During Linda’s childhood, her mother was constantly baking cakes, and she admits to being a picky eaterexcept for sweets. Cakes and pastries, her comfort foods on the Swedish Kattegat coast, where she still lives. She took up photography again for her blog. She uses an ordinary camera, accessories gleaned here and there and fresh flowers: her cupcakes and cakes topped with icings and frostings are showcased to perfection, bathed in white or blueish light, with just a hint of human presence. Her pictures are contemporary transpositions of 17th-century Flemish still lifes. In those days, an art was passed from master to apprentice; Linda shares hers on her blog and in her books (My Sweet Kitchen, Roost Books, 2017), in step-by-step recipes with tips for visual effects. She dreams of opening her own pastry shop, where she can give cooking workshops for small groups. “Less is more,” she says.