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Agata + Valentina

When photographing produce, it can sometimes be helpful to look at things on a smaller scale to photograph the details and brings those to life - making those smaller things larger than life. That was the goal in shooting for Italian grocery store, Agata + Valentina, who has a varied selection of global and Italian foods.

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Thanksgiving at Agata + Valentina

Agata + Valentina is a wonderful Italian market with locations in Greenwich Village and the Upper East Side and they produce, one of my vices, terrific Italian sandwiches - but, like any good grocer, they also cater and provide plenty of holiday wares for Thanksgiving or, as one does in Italy, your Feast of the Seven Fishes. Here are some photos from a recent shoot we did in the store, with the help of a 2-light set-up and paper backgrounds.

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