Foodscapes: amazing food art by Carl Warner

Carl Warner is a London-based photographer who makes foodscapes: landscapes made of food.

A peapod boat sails away from a land made of bread and potatoes, over a sea of salmon
Carl Warner is a London-based photographer who makes foodscapes: landscapes made of food. In the picture above, a pea pod boat sails away from a land made of bread and potatoes, over a sea of salmon Credit: CARL WARNER
Bread and cheese: an edible landscape
Carl says: "Although I’m very hands-on, I do use model makers and food stylists to help me create the sets. I tend to start with a drawing which I sketch out in order to get the composition worked out” Credit: CARL WARNER
Hot air balloons made of a variety of fruit and veg soar over fields of asparagus, courgettes, beans and corn
The scenes are photographed in layers from foreground to background, as the process is very time-consuming and the food quickly wilts under the lights. Here, hot air balloons made of a variety of fruit and veg soar over fields of asparagus, courgettes, beans and corn Credit: CARL WARNER
Parmesan cliffs with sweet potato boulders and cress and savoy cabbage foliage
The images can take up to two or three days to build and photograph and then a couple of days retouching and fine-tuning them to blend together all the elements, such as parmesan cliffs with sweet potato boulders and cress and savoy cabbage foliage under a red cabbage sky Credit: CARL WARNER
A farmyard scene with coconut haystacks
Carl spends a lot of time planning each image before shooting in order to choose the best ingredients to replicate larger scale shapes and forms within nature, like these coconut haystacks Credit: CARL WARNER
The Broccoli Forest, a picture by London-based photographer Carl Warner. Look out for a gallery of his work on the Telegraph site later today
He spends a lot of time staring at vegetables in supermarkets, which can make him seem a little odd. However, finding the right shaped broccoli to use for a tree is an all-important task Credit: CARL WARNER
Fishscape: with rocks made of oyster shells and crab claws, boats made of marrows and asparagus, and a shining, slivery, slippery sea of fish
Carl says: "Although there is a fair amount of waste, there is a lot of food left over which is always shared out with the team, though most of the food used in the sets have either been superglued or pinned, and neither of these makes for good eating.” This fishscape features rocks made of oyster shells and crab claws, boats made of marrows and asparagus, and a shining, silvery, slippery sea of fish Credit: CARL WARNER
A market scene commissioned by Sacla
Carl shoots the scenes using a Hasselblad H3D39 and retouches them on a Mac in his London studio Credit: CARL WARNER
Two landscapes in which everything you can see is made of cold meats or bread
He cites as his influences the photographer Ansel Adams and films such as The Wizard of Oz and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Credit: CARL WARNER
A kitchen scene produced for Sacla
The finished images have been used for advertisements, such as these Tuscan scenes produced for Sacla pasta sauces Credit: CARL WARNER
A boat made of half a marrow, some asparagus spears and a few olives braves a dark, stormy red cabbage ocean
Carl's own favourite photograph is the red cabbage sea because it is simple yet it captures a great atmosphere Credit: CARL WARNER
An underwater cave scene, complete with carrot stalactites, a peapod boat, and sealife made of exotic fruits, cauliflower and broccoli
Our favourite here at the Telegraph is this underwater cave scene, complete with carrot stalactites, a pea pod boat, and sealife made of exotic fruits, cauliflower and broccoli. Carl hopes to produce a book in the future, reasoning that it would appeal to lovers of both food and art Credit: CARL WARNER
A landscape prduced for Sacla
You can see more of Carl's work on his website... Credit: CARL WARNER
Garlicshire: a village for lovers of garlic and cabbage
...and you can purchase posters of his work here Credit: CARL WARNER