SURREAL BANQUET

(Photography), (Creative Direction)
︎ 2025

SURREAL BANQUET is a photographic series exploring the intersection
of food, art, and surrealism through playful and unexpected scenes.

This project pays homage to Les Dîners de Gala by Salvador Dalí—a
beautiful cookbook where food transcends its physicality and becomes
a vessel for excess, sensuality, fantasy, and philosophical
reflection.

Through a series of carefully crafted scenes, this project explores the
relationship between indulgence and discomfort, creating a dreamlike
yet unsettling atmosphere infused with a playful sense of fantasy.

SURREAL BANQUET is where food becomes more than sustenance—
it transforms into a tool for introspection, with the human body
acting as a medium for both consumption and contemplation. It
encourages viewers to explore their own relationship with desire,
excess, and fantasy through symbolic, hauntingly playful scenes.

FULL TEAM CREDITS:

Concept, direction, photography, prop and set
design, food design: Ana Gutman
Concept, food design, food styling: Daniela Estrada
Food styling assistance: Charles Buttner
Food styling assistance: Selmma Ledry
Styling: Tino Portillo
Hair and makeup: Pily Gutiérrez
Talent: Casandra Franco
Agency: We Love Models
Styling Assistant: Abigail Navarrete
Art Asistant: Isa Hallivis
Assistant: Pia Alcafe
Set assistant: Alejandro Argumedo