'Preservation' by Blake Little

March 18, 2015

Portrait photographer Blake Little covered models in honey for his series entitled "Preservation."  Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter   Caught in movement, but trapped in the viscose honey, the models in "Preservation" begin to look like sculptures in motion.  Blake Little The idea was born when he used a little honey as a prop in a more traditional photo shoot. Little immediately noticed how a hand drenched in honey looked like it had been preserved in amber.  Blake Little Blake Little Little sought out models of varying ages and body types. He found the honey to have a "democratizing effect." By transforming the individuals into living sculptures, viewers can look past traditional ways of categorizing people, and into the idea of humanity as captured in each photograph.  Blake Little Blake Little Blake Little Blake Little In some pictures, the honey takes on a different form. Rather than a sealant that captures life, it is a nourishing substance that gives life. Out of it, a man is born.  Blake Little Like larvae hatching from their eggs, the struggle to be born and to find a place in life is captured in this powerful image. Blindly they grope for each other, hoping to find purpose and safety in each others' community.  Blake Little "Preserved" is one of the strongest sets of portraiture I have seen yet.  Blake Little Blake Little Blake Little The complete series can be purchased directly from Blake Little via his website.  Individual prints are also available for sale.  If you would like a closer look, the series is being exhibited at the Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles through April 18, 2015.  Share on Facebook   Blake Little and Preservation 427 Miss Sparkle628Hate seeing food & any products wastedReplyLikeDislike Babylon Union184Is it wasted though? It's produced beautiful images that, barring a disaster, will last for thousands of years. Is that any more of a waste than had it just been eaten by well off people who have plenty of other food anyway? It's not as if the people who produced it would have shipped it off to the starving for free if this photographer hadn't bought it.ReplyLikeDislike Miss Sparkle28I don't think many would really care or notice if the photos lasted thousands of years or not, i think we would all prefer that bees did, otherwise we may all just die out. People are wising up and becoming more conscious in their actions nowadays, so its more the principle of 'wasting' anything needlessly for a gimmick that stirs people's conscience here. Also its the way the photographer disposed of a whole load of substance that probably took a hell of an amount of lives and effort to create, so its just a pretty thoughtless act.ReplyLikeDislike Fresh Perspective71Bees have been farmed sustainably for a long time. the harvesting and use of honey has not affected how the bees live. the dying of bees is from separate causes. this photographer's work has done amazingly well at raising awareness of the bee's current endangerment. and seeing that this is probably a one off, i wouldn't worry about it so much.ReplyLikeDislike Josh Norton27If by "a hell of an amount of lives" you mean the single bee farmer living shortly outside of the suburbs who probably made a lot of money off of this project while there are millions upon millions of jars of honey in the world, then yes you are correct.ReplyLikeDislike R B16A honey bee produces roughly one teaspoon of honey in it's lifetime...ReplyLikeDislike Dawn M4However she produces much more than that during her life time. Remember that she has to help feed the the rest of the workers , drones, larva, queen bee and herself while she is alive. However, the 1/2 teaspoon is all that is excess.ReplyLikeDislike Mike Neal4I worked with the artists and all of the honey was rebottled for sale.(at a discounted price) mmmmmm.ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Hebner2That has to be against some health code. I'm calling shenanigans.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Amanda Christy Vasquez141Right it doesn't take over night to produce honey or anything ... dumb and wreck lessReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes80I totally agree! That was my first thought - here we are losing our honey bees, and honey is becoming scarce, its future potential threatened along with the bees, and this "artist" is wasting all that good honey. And for what? One model would have been enough. It upset me, and certainly did not impress me. This could have been done using light corn syrup combined with molasses or dark corn syrup alone, if more than one model was absolutely necessary for this work. What a waste of valuable honey!ReplyLikeDislike Jeff Bute67Why is it, that no matter what someone, anyone does. There is Always someone who find reasons to bitch and complain about it! Always. Oooo, here is something else I can bitch and complain about, let me not miss the opportunity and jump right on it! smhReplyLikeDislike Nick Jay16Its called increased awareness.ReplyLikeDislike Alex8It's called being narrow minded and negative without capability to see the the value of aesthetic endeavour as part of human culture and civilisation.ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Hebner3How about giving a crap about your planet, or bees, or the waste of food and medicine in this project instead of just bitching about bitching. Read a book. Bees are disappearing because people like you don't listen to people like us who learn and understand how our planet is being exploited. You chalk us up to being complainers but maybe you should shut YOUR mouth and listen once in a while. You may learn something.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1Harvesting honey DOES NOT harms bees! Are you against ALL art projects Ms. Hebner, because all art supplies are "exploited" from natural resources - clay from the ground, paper from trees, etc.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. R M27Demand for honey is likely going to be a factor in preserving the bee population.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Dan Perlea22Supply and Demand. If the photographer would have used a lot of that other garbage, that would have increased sales for that crap, and there would have been more of that produced. Art doesn't waste, it preserves. Also, the problem isn't honey shortage, it's bee shortage. If demand for honey goes up (even if it's "wasted" as you call it), there will be bigger incentives to figure out how to preserve honey bees. I, for one, am glad he used honey for this instead of some artificial garbage. It's beautiful and inspiring.ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Hebner2Except that honey bees don't understand your concept of supply and demand. They don't increase sales because someone wants to waste gallons of it. They plug along at their own speed with the resources we leave for them and make what they make in a lifetime which is less than a teaspoon. Incentives do not undo the damage that's been done. Humans cannot control nature regardless of what we think.ReplyLikeDislike MisterDale10I just read the story of endangered honeybees at the pbs website. Two things, 1 parasites are a big problem reducing the bee population even for bee farmers. 2, population increase is reducing the honey bee habitat. Bee farmers are contributing to research that is trying to get rid of the parasites. And for 2 all of the critics here need to not have babies to help reduce the population. Since condoms are made from some type of material they need to sterilize themselves to help preserve the environment, which is a daily battle of varying species of tiny parasites and larger animals. And bees were introduced to America hundreds of years ago so I do not know what was pollinating plants before that. So these bees might have exterminated other equally good pollinaters.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.4Thank you MisterDale for educating yourself! I get very discouraged by people who spout "opinions" before thinking them through! Art can inform & inspire, which is why it is not "a waste." As you allude, simply living on this planet necessitates using resources - eating, building shelter, clothing ourselves...In the extreme, anything we do beyond the barest necessities to stay alive, could be considered a waste. I think most of us want more for our culture & civilization.ReplyLikeDislike Dawn M1Yah, they are being destroyed by neonicitinoid insecticides for other insects... they are killing bee's and monarch butterflies in droves.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.4And where do you think corn syrup & molasses come from? Do you want to debate the relative cost/benefit to the environment of corn farming vs. bee keeping? Maybe we should outlaw all art because we are "wasting" all that paint, wood, clay, etc.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Alex Bitzu16I saw beemovie, huh? :))))ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. John Daniels32It's a huge waste! The artist was quoted in another article that is was almost 10,000 pounds. Honey bees have to tap about two million flowers and fly 50,000 miles for just 1 pound of honey. So sad.ReplyLikeDislike S Eliza21You do realize bees are going to make honey whether or not humans use it, right? It's not sad in any way shape or form. It's actually awesome. How is it a waste?ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Lu Pratt25Was the honey jettisoned off the planet or something? Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. "Waste" is an interesting concept. Circle of life - everything is connected. Energy can not be destroyed. Ok, this is sounding a bit weird. It's late. Does anyone else of a more scientific mind get my drift?ReplyLikeDislike Art Appreciation 1018Yes. i get you completely.ReplyLikeDislike Monteen McCord7That's what I was thinking...what a waste of honey.ReplyLikeDislike Patrick Boadu4Honey was sold after this production. Anyway it would not even be 0,0001% of honey that is falling of trucks or spilled in factories daily in the US aloneReplyLikeDislike Kim T.2So, is it a waste to use oil paint, string, wood, etc. in the name of art?ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Hebner1How about instead of honey we pretend it was milk. Or eggs. would everyone still feel this was beautiful and not a waste?ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.2Sandra, I would be very interested in hearing your answer to my question: Is all art a waste? Do you know that tempera paint is traditionally made from water (a precious resource in many drought ridden areas), eggs, & pigments from the earth? Paper is made from trees or another plant. & whatever device you are using to make your uneducated comments was made from materials that came from the earth & powered by a most likely non-renewable energy source which creates pollution of some sort. Is that not also a waste?ReplyLikeDislike Honey Boo Boo1I could understand your point, if honey was actually a vital nutrient on the food pyramid. I really don't think that the amount of honey used in this photoshoot would be a significant setback to world hunger, especially considering honey cannot sustain an entire thriving (or suffering) populationReplyLikeDislike Dawn M1Eat something then!ReplyLikeDislike Ama Boakyewa1True art does not "waste" anything---it just transforms it into another mediumReplyLikeDislike Sammi Shindledecker1Not to mention there's a thing with bees dying out right now. This just screams ignorance, in my opinion. It takes 2 bees their WHOLE LIVES to make a TABLESPOON of honey.ReplyLikeDislike S Eliza13You do realize that that people keeping beehives are responsible for bottling honey, right? So, people that keep bees alive then bottle honey and sell it. It's not like if people stopped bottling honey, bees would stop making it. It is what bees do.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Jordan Knott157I can see why it's called "Preservation'. Like mosquitoes be caught in tree sap, the models look like they went through amberfication. All you people dont see the beauty in art, all you see is a waste of food product. I bet 98% of you who say we should be giving food to others, dont even live to what your preaching. So step off your high horse and shut the hell up.ReplyLikeDislike Virginia T7I do...and it not only about the starving children; it also about the bees which are endanger of extinction and the scarcity of honey which has increased the price per liter.ReplyLikeDislike Mike S95He is not harming the Bees! He bought the honey so the money went back into the bee industry. Relax a littleReplyLikeDislike Mona Pizza76Taking honey from bees doesn't kill or hurt them. Yikes. The dumb on this thread is overwhelming.ReplyLikeDislike Rmacer29Do any of you watch movies or TV shows? Please say that you don't. Because if you do, you have no argument here. Do you know how much food, equipment, and perfectly good items get wasted for each and every production? Bees make honey. That is how they are programmed.ReplyLikeDislike M T4The beings that make film equipment aren't dying off at alarming rates.ReplyLikeDislike Dawn M2For real Jordan, right on, I agree completely... the thickness and transparency of the honey coating them is beautiful. And how much food to people toss out of the fridg every week that they forgot to eat or were too busy to eat??? hmmmReplyLikeDislike Deborah Bear98Absolutely astonishing!!! Beautiful work...Love this series :)ReplyLikeDislike Meagan Dubois73The honey was probably thrown out where insects had a feast so no it was not wasted as long as something are eating it.. I don't hear you all complaining about the mass qualitys of honey they sell at every store..I love how our world is fucked and all you can worry about is honey..like oh I'm going to put time and energy to bitch about this but I will still eat abused factory farmed meat and support places like 7 eleven that throw away more food them you can imagine each and every day..just a thought if you care go make a difference.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Lynn Y58Couldn't they have achieved the same results with dyed corn syrup? I don't wanna sound like one of "those" people, but the honey supply is being depleted. It's actually a big issue. This doesn't sit well. I love honey too.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.5So are you saying it's OK to waste corn syrup which is made from corn, grown on monoculture farms which do not promote biodiversity, use a lot of water & often use many polluting pesticides? I would rather promote the honey industry!ReplyLikeDislike Dawn M2And is mostly GMO and subsidized by the gov't that keeps supporting the companies killing off everything with their products and while they chant how they are helping feed the world the farmers who purchase the corn seed are under contract and cannot save seed from year to year to replant, they have to repurchase every season.... now that is sustainability!!! (for the big Ag chem producers, not people or farmers... and let's not even get into what round-up ready crops do by sterilizing the soil... now that is sick.... taking creative, pictures of people in honey... not sick, not twisted, not greedy or heartlessReplyLikeDislike Dawn M2Oh so let's support GMO corn now? sorry, just had to say itReplyLikeDislike Sarah Luchetti58Half the world haven't enough to eat!! Bees and their habitat are endangered. What a useless wasteful, exercise.ReplyLikeDislike Mona Pizza18Oh, and you donate any food to the hungry right?ReplyLikeDislike A Bee Friend5And how does that change the truthfulness of a statement? Do you?? I have, so I get to ask this question, by your logic?ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.3It can be argued that purchasing honey supports the beekeeping industry, which has it in their own best interest to try to protect bees.ReplyLikeDislike Br549 Buzzworthy0Ok listen up people, bees make honey every year, honey not used or harvested just goes to waste, not using it is the wasteful partReplyLikeDislike Judith7Honey that is not harvested, is available to the bees in that hive, so they have food for the winter. Bad beekeeping is when hives are stripped of too much of their honey. Bees keep their hive warm in winter by remaining active, and flapping their wings at high speed to keep themselves, the queen and larvae warm from expenditure of energy. It takes a lot of honey for that energy.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Edward Hall52That's a lot of food Wasted , then again Americans Waste So Much Everything .ReplyLikeDislike Coupdeville33Not all of us are so wasteful.ReplyLikeDislike John Marlett50Blake I am a photographer also and what you have done is discover an all new form of photographic art. It's beautiful sir and I tip my hat to you!ReplyLikeDislike Deb R50Yes, honey being used is hugely wasteful and just wrong on many levels. I think Hershey's syrup should have been used. Or at the very least, nasty subsidized surplus government nacho cheese sauce.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1& where do you think Hershey syrup comes from?? Chocolate is grown on trees (look it up), a natural product same as honey. Why would it be better to "waste" chocolate??ReplyLikeDislike Violet Muñoz0But then the money used to buy the honey would have supported "nasty subsidized surplus government nacho cheese sauce" instead of the bee industry that needs the extra money.. And aside from all that this pictures are unbelievably beautiful.ReplyLikeDislike Sarah Ma50What a waste of honey! ;-( Though the pictures are stunning, one can't deny the wastage of food.ReplyLikeDislike Fresh Perspective49Just a couple of points to consider (just consider them) before jumping on the “this is a wast” bandwagon. Bees are undeniably an essential puzzle piece to the world’s ecosystems, so I’m not against the bees!, but raising questions on our concept of waste. 1) The bees don't die because their honey is eaten/used. There are various reasons which could include urban development (lack of natural pollen from plants which are removed for buildings and farms), pests and parasites, bacterial diseases, fungal diseases, viral diseases and pesticides. Even their farming. 2) When we eat honey (and we eat lots of honey!) it is basically doing very little for us nutritionally. You can’t live on honey, (it is very similar to sugar) so it is not necessarily vital to our health or creating any long-term benefits. Sure its gives us pleasure to eat, but if the honey in your cupboard disappeared overnight, you wouldn’t really notice until you wanted to put it on toast or your cereal, so really it goes into our body and turns to poop i.e one form of consumption (yay poop!). So why is using the honey for art (considering this) so much of a waste if really it is just another form of consumption (instead of it turning to poop, it turned to art which who knows what ideas it could spark when someone 20 or 200 years from now looks at it, which I doubt the poop in the ground is capable of). 3) I highly doubt the bees are giving their honey to us freely. Because, lets face it, they can’t consciously make decisions. They are unlikely to be self aware of what is happening, so they don’t care how the honey is used, they just notice that it was there in the hive, and now it is gone so they make more. What’s more, is that they would be incapable of understanding the concept of “working their ass-off” for the honey as they do not work as individuals but as a collective organism. Just sayinReplyLikeDislike Meep Meepins5Don't forget 4)GMO'd plants that have pesticides inside of them, which cross polinate with other species causing bees to be effected. And 5) National chemtrail spraying causing a massive drop in multiple insect species.ReplyLikeDislike Nobe Head4AffectedReplyLikeDislike Judith0The chest rail conspiracy theory is pure paranoia, and NO evidence exists that any planes except crop dusters are spraying anything. Folks who see contrails (water vapor that at high altitude turns to ice particles) and do not understand the simple physics that creates them behind high flying aircraft, imagine odd or evil things. Ignorance has always caused conspiracy theories, such as the theory the earth is flat, or the earth is the center of the solar system. There may be a million or more pilots flying jets high enough to make contrails. They would have families living on the earth, that would be poisoned, along with all the earth's population. There are thousands of military and commercial aircraft that would have to be equipped for such poison spraying, maintained, and loaded up with the substance? That no one has proven even exists. The toxins that the theorists contend are being sprayed world wide, have never been identified by them. If killing plants and animals, and humans in some misguided attempt to reduce the population is being done with high flying jets, why do they fly and make contrails over the ocean, over unpopulated deserts and over the Himalayas where the minute, infinitesimal amounts of toxin would be wasted? If this is some world wide conspiracy, then literally millions of people in the air travel industry, and the military of all countries of the world, would be keeping an enormous secret, for decades, since jets first flew above a certain height in the atmosphere. Have these millions of people kept quiet and never leaked the information to the press? Have the media of the entire world somehow missed exposing this? Soooooo improbable. So nutty.ReplyLikeDislike Fresh Perspective5Apologies for spelling errorsReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Stacy Way46I bet its was a bugger to wash off...ReplyLikeDislike Nicole Lorencen12A lot of people on here are flipping out about the waste of honey that NO ONE uses as nutrients and "oh the bees...help the bees" ... Here I am thinking, that must have taken several showers to wash that honey out of their hair.ReplyLikeDislike ...... .....8Honey has a lot of nutritional properties Nicole, also antibacterial properties, and tastes great! The complaints about the quantity that was used when there is a shortage and the cost is high is a valid one.ReplyLikeDislike That Girl8I'm sure he bought the honey. So if he wants to make art with the honey he BOUGHT with HIS money then who is anyone to say he is being wasteful. It's not like that honey is going to feed any starving children. You can't survive on honey alone.ReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox0LOL, and I thought honey was good for people, but I read it has no nutritional value for humans.ReplyLikeDislike Dawn M1Manuka honey is medicinal and is used for treating burnsReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1I could be very wrong, and didn't look it up, but I would think honey would make a burn more painful. I think ice if it's available at the time would be more beneficial.ReplyLikeDislike Nicole Lorencen1No one said didn't have nutritional value. Just that no one no one survives on honey. Honey has many uses, but not to feed a starving kid.ReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1"Nutritional" was the key word here Nicole.ReplyLikeDislike Lorraine Segedin44Beautiful! Not gross...ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. My Opinion39People starving in the world and we are pouring honey on people just for a photo...They are neat and artistic, but still such a waste.ReplyLikeDislike Mona Pizza45How dare the artist buy enough honey to probably pay a farmers wage for months, thus putting food on the farmers plate? Just awful. Anyway, what are YOU doing to help the starving?ReplyLikeDislike Fresh Perspective10Can you survive on honey?ReplyLikeDislike Nathan Cooney2Yeah... On honey and locusts... While being clothes in finely woven camel hair...ReplyLikeDislike Nathan Cooney2*ClothedReplyLikeDislike Kez Bradshaw31Most of you have lost sight on how beautiful these shots are. I think, myself personally, if your negative about these photos, you have a negative out look on life. Blake Little these are stunning. Well doneReplyLikeDislike Geoff Croft31All very sweet but a disgusting waste of honey.ReplyLikeDislike Barbara Vivian29What a waste of honey...especially with the bees dying offReplyLikeDislike Chris Lawrence12Right that amount of honey would take multiple colonies to make!ReplyLikeDislike James Craven9It wouldn't have killed multiple colonies to make... the honey is going to be produced and harvested regardless. So if you have a problem with "food" waste that could be going to the needy, or a waste of a product that could soon be affected by scarcity, then I at least see your point, food being in quotes because honey can barely be considered anything more than a luxury item. But if you think that bees were somehow abused in the making of this photo set, then you are very silly.ReplyLikeDislike Yvonne Hughes29Honey is expensive and its a special treat in our house. I cant wrap my head around this whole waste of honey that could of been given to those who cant afford it... Im not impressed at all.ReplyLikeDislike Mona Pizza4Yes, yes.... How dare the artist buy enough honey to probably pay a farmers wage for months, thus putting food on the farmers plate? Just awful. Anyway, what are YOU doing to help the starving?ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Tamie Bias29Enjoyed the variety, I could look Past the use of the honey and see why it was used and what was created. Also I can state there are much more revieling art work out there and individuals pay Big Bucks for than this set shows. Fly with it my dear. Nevermind to any negativity. TamieReplyLikeDislike Liz33I don't like the negativity either. Who knows they could of used the honey left over as long as it was able to be scooped up and give it to pigs in there food mixture of slop. I have heard of people using food as art and then feeding it to animals after so it don't go to waste.ReplyLikeDislike Pat Fraser16My thought too. If they gathered up the honey after and gave it to a farmer he could add it to the silage (chop) and the cows would go wild. Or give it back to the bees and they would reprocess and we could reuse. How about the animals at the zoo many of them it honey in the wild.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Jo Petzer19Viscose honey is a honey-like substance formed in the process of rayon manufacture. It's not real honey and it's not even edible. Google it.ReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes2No Jo, there is no such thing as viscose honey. Viscose is being used here as an adjective for the honey that was actually used, as in being silky or having a draping effect. The article specifically says that honey was used as the medium for this work, and viscose is another product altogether. Be more observant when you read articles.ReplyLikeDislike Amy J.1Viscous. The word is viscous, and you are talking about the viscosity of the honey.ReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes0It's spelled viscose as well, Amy. It's also spelled that way in the article. Tell Jo there that it's still honey, nevertheless.ReplyLikeDislike Mary Farver19So beautiful. And as for waste how much food do you throw out. Think about it when you go to the trash can to clean your plate or frig.ReplyLikeDislike Miss Sparkle0Like so many people, I waste nothing and recycle all needless packaging that would otherwise be put into a hole in the ground.... ever actually thought about that ? People all over the world are wising up and taking responsibility for their actions, try it.ReplyLikeDislike Mia-Sché Van Wyk19I really think they could've used a 'fake' honey. This is worse than the fur trade, do some people even realise what would happen if bee's went extinct? They are the only single species on EARTH that would cause disaster if they died out.....And if some of you dont know, honey is the ONLY source of nourishment for bees....ReplyLikeDislike Amy J.7Will all you people who keep talking about the bees actually take a minute to THINK? Using the honey this way no more threatened bees than ten thousand people each pouring a tablespoon of honey on their biscuit this morning. I can at least appreciate the argument about food waste, but people keep talking about the bees as if the act of using honey for these photographs directly threatened them, and it did no such thing.ReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes5The loss of bees is the explanation for why honey is becoming scarce and thus, why honey should not be wasted - something else could have been used for the photos. That's the whole argument being made continuously in this forum. Scarce bees -> scarce honey -> a lot of honey (instead of something else) poured on people, not eaten by people, for entertainment purposes only -> waste of scarce honey -> a lot of upset people who know today's bee/honey situation and want to still enjoy honey more than photos.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Ann J17A bee can only make 1/2 teaspoon of honey in it's lifetime - which is about 6 weeks in the summer. This is a tremendous waste of food. Surely, something else could have been used to get the same effect.ReplyLikeDislike Amy J.2Honey is not food. It is a luxury condiment. People keep talking about this as if people somehow survive on honey as a staple the way they do rice or beans or corn.ReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes2Luxury condiment or food, people are also expressing concern that it is becoming rapidly scarce, not to be used frivolously or unnecessarily when something else can serve entertainment purposes just as well. Educate yourself on the honey situation in the world today, Amy!ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Marc Molina16So where in the article did they say they used real honey made by bees? The honey you buy in grocery stores are either 100% artificial or more than half of it is. You people are so easy to comment on something that is convenient for you. Do any of you even do more than comment when you see honey being sold and mass produced by companies? NO? I guess notReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Jovaney Ashman15So the entire public is 'mad' because according to them the artist had wasted honey, and had not taken the bees feelings into consideration. This high level of hypocrisy is quite alarming considering the amount of animals that are slaughtered to make bags, rugs and the list goes on. Also bearing in mind that the US alone waste billion of dollars from flood thrown away or simply wasted. As such in order to cover our own short fallings we have chosen to critisize this artist. Those who are argue that this shows cannot be preserved are under an illusion because this can simply be preserved by taking pictures that will be able to be assessed by generations to come.ReplyLikeDislike Gavion Chandler3THANK YOU FOR LOGIC AND REASON. Very well put.ReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1Well said!ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Bee Man15By the way a bee only makes one ten of a teaspoon of honey in her life time! we have no idea what they did with honey after maybe they feed it back too the bees. As a beekeeper i can tell you that bees make more honey than they can use, that is why they are called honey bees! I love the art. i have seen alot worse from better.ReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1There you have it.......right from the bee keepers pen.ReplyLikeDislike Claire Olawumi15This s is absolutely beautiful and brilliantReplyLikeDislike R River13I am a bee keeper and I think that these images are breath taking! It's a great way to promote honey just the fact that we are having a discussion about bee's and the importance of their survival is so much more important than what little honey was wasted I only hope that the artist used pure unadulterated honey which is great for your skin and has many health and medicinal benefits if decided to study the subject further. So great job and keep putting honey in your art and promote what God gave you!ReplyLikeDislike CATHERINE CHESTERFIELD11STUNNING PHOTOS.ReplyLikeDislike Cathouse Mama11How were they able to breathe?????ReplyLikeDislike Cheryl Karr10They look like the living becoming the wax figure! I like it lots for it is originalReplyLikeDislike Nancy Howlett9Very cool, looks like liquid gold. Very artistic love the flow seams like it's endless.ReplyLikeDislike Brady Warren8Amazing art! And to all concerned about bees, wasting honey is not killing off bees. It's the pesticides and fungicides used in the food you're buying. Want to save the bees? Shop organic, boycott Monsanto and stop buying any GMO products. If we lose bees we'll lose a hell of a lot more than honey.ReplyLikeDislike Patricia Stonkus8Et the amount of honey was really expensive. But the pics are greatReplyLikeDislike Kristina Urban8So lovelyReplyLikeDislike Denise Cassidy7To those of you who are complaining that this honey is "wasted". He PAID for the honey. It was HIS HONEY. He can use it any way he wants. It's not wasted, it is EARNING HIM A LIVING...SO HE CAN BUY MORE HONEY IF HE WANTS! OMG I am so sick of hearing about "wasted food" when our own freaking government destroys TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS each year. Are you people insane? So...using your logic, if you buy a head of lettuce, and half of it spoils in your fridge before you eat it, you are dumb and wreckless? GET REAL!ReplyLikeDislike Joseph Medina7TAKING THE SONG "POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME." TO YET ANOTHER LEVELReplyLikeDislike Charlotte Law7That must have taken the people ages to wash off and feel non-sticky afterwards.... that being said, the photos are amazing and the visual effects created are wonderful!ReplyLikeDislike Adi Turcu7How is the honey "wasted", wise guys? They don't set it on fire now do they! It goes right back to nature and all the sugar will be used by other beings.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Karen Dick7It's beautiful and a unique form of art; I LOVE the idea.!!!!ReplyLikeDislike Joanne Leger7Sweet...;)ReplyLikeDislike Jane Spaulding6That poor bird!! Other than that I found then interesting.ReplyLikeDislike Denise H3It's probably a stuffed bird, lol.ReplyLikeDislike Lucy Schonfeld6I don't consider this use a 'waste'.ReplyLikeDislike Keith Pogi6Plottwist: the food actually not wasted, they simply gather them back and put back to jars and sell them back to people.ReplyLikeDislike Maggie Scardina6Imagine cleaning up after that.....ReplyLikeDislike Wendy Lord5Oh my God ... you people are whingers ... find something you can jump on and you all run with it ... bloody narrow minded Sheep ... it's art for god sake and art and beauty are Just that ..... Beautiful Imagination ..... you people make me so .... GrrrrrrrrrReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1Wendy! You don't mince words.........I like that!ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Steve Whichard5Wonderful concept and images!ReplyLikeDislike Melina5This is beautifulReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Dave5Brill, picsReplyLikeDislike Shelly Eymer5They look amazing.ReplyLikeDislike Ben Miller4That sure is a lot of the most expensive sugar! How could they even afford it all? If they really bought all that honey, though, it's a lot of money going to the honey bee industry. When the industry grows, more honey bees are saved.ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Nina-Simone Shorter4I think this art concept is beautiful, innovative and creative. My only regret is not being apart of the photo shoot..... LolReplyLikeDislike Kaykay F.4How much food goes to waste anyway? We throw away literally tons of food everyday in our scraps, in the expired foods, and in foods we choose not to buy at the store. That stuff gets thrown away or turned into pig slop, which not all of it is even used. Before making judgements about art (and this is real art), let's stop and think about how much we waste on a daily basis. And not just food, but everything.ReplyLikeDislike Lisa Holmes0The food in the stores are given to community food centers for the less advantaged. Most of our country today is working together to recycle as much as we possibly can. Shows how little you know, and little you seem to care about waste.ReplyLikeDislike Angie4Maybe were you live Lisa, but it is not that way everywhere. I am happy to hear it is being done in your area. But you have to be smarter than you seem, because it is not being done everywhere. There is still a lot of waste going on, I see it everyday. For some facilities it is a matter of code that they can not sell or give the food away, such as in nursing homes and hospitals. I really don't understand what all the up roar is about....#1 It wasn't YOUR honey to say how it was to be used #2 I am sure the artist paid for the honey (which gives them to right to say what happens to the honey) #3 I believe that the NEGATIVE people on here are much more damaging to this world than any spilled honey could ever been. The art is BEAUTIFUL, very classy and elegant in my thoughts. ....and that is all this is my thoughts. I just wish that everyone could put as much into being positive as they do to being negative. THEN...this would become a better world for our children to grow up in.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.2Angie, you give me hope! I wish I could "like" your comment 100 times!ReplyLikeDislike Betsy Davison4Wow........totally amazing.ReplyLikeDislike Madam Hawkyet3To all of you talking about how this harms bees, Please do not be misinformed on subjects in which you wish to defend. Harvesting honey does not harm bees. Honey bees will create honey no matter what, it's what they do and it's what their hive-minds tell them to do. This is very stunning artwork and to say that it's awful because it harms bees makes you look immature and ill-informed. Bees are becoming endangered because of habitat loss and climate issues. I agree that this is an awful thing to happen and something should be done to help protect them, but bringing it up here is not going to help anything being as this isn't something that even harms the bees and therefore is pointless to protest. Also, the honey was rebottled and resold. As gross as that sounds, it eliminates the argument that the honey was wasted. Next time you wish to jump into something and defend something that you feel strongly about, please check your information first to see if the situation is even appropriate to bring said subject up in.ReplyLikeDislike Beverly Deelstra3Fantastic art. Wow. I am speechless.ReplyLikeDislike Loyal Kuhn3I hope the honey was recycled - if not, it's a shame.ReplyLikeDislike T Kkachi3First viscose in the main article and now some knob who doesn't know the word "reckless" in the comments. I despair for American education.ReplyLikeDislike Skacie Wormell3I think this is cool. Awesome photography!!!!!ReplyLikeDislike Kara Wolf2This didnt cause anyone to starve any more or less then they already do. Honey isnt what is killing bees either. Its parasites and such Also? Its not wasted. It may look like thick thick coats on them but its really not. Also? If he is supposedly keeping the hungry from eating, why arent you feeding them? And before anyone says anything, I do feed homeless. Once a week I go to the shelter and give them can goods Every time you throw out scraps also, is wasting. That food you throw out when done eating? also there is NOT a honey shortage. Not even close to a shortage. People just don't know where to look And Im sure you can live without it on your bread for one day XDReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1YES Kara Wolf! & the bigger problem of bee endangerment would be the loss of pollinators & how that would affect our food supply, not the loss of honey.ReplyLikeDislike Katherine Roberts2That was a waste of honey which is a precious commodity considering how long it took the bees to produce the amount of honey used for those photos.ReplyLikeDislike Lady Red2I think many people here have distaste for art such as this. Also, the honey was bought by the artist, meaning it was his honey and you can't tell him what to do with it. This honey that he used was probably not even pure honey, hell the bottles of honey in stores are either artificial or just 50% of it is. Also, another thing I'd like to address is the "bee-slaughter" here. You guys are idiots, saying that they're killing bees. So apparently the artist harvested the honey himself, hunting down more honey and reproducing bees for the artist’s own interests. He bought the honey, he didn't get it himself and it was probably already harvested and bottled when he bought it. And I agree with the person who said that most of the people saying that they should not waste the honey and just give it to the poor. You guys are a bunch of hypocrites; you've all wasted food at some point in your life. You guys probably aren't even giving anything away for charity, and if you do then good on you. The honey will actually be rendered wasted if no one bought it at all. What? Did you think that they’d give the honey away to charity for free? Okay, let's think of it this way. Let's compare this honey wastage with the wasting of water, oil, paper, minerals, and hell even animals are being wasted for their pelts. Honey isn’t wasted as much as the stated, especially oil and water. Wasting honey is a terrible thing but apparently butchering animals for their pelts and mining for minerals is somewhat acceptable for the sake of fashion? Wasting oil for cars and other things is okay? Wasting water for challenges or even contaminating water is fine? If you want to complain to oil producers, fashion industries, honey producers, and big companies that produce things like accessories with real minerals or plastic. Fine, just make sure they’re actually listening to you and not trying to hush you up. And art is not a goddamned waste, seriously.ReplyLikeDislike Davin Gray2SickReplyLikeDislike Sarah Rivers2Can i just say, our bees are disapearing, our honey source is going to be gone, and here is some big shot with endless amounts of money, wasting natures most amzing products?!! honey can cure the common cold, heal a cut on your body, the live culture inside honey doesnt even allow bactiera to thrive. now, i just thing this world of fam has gone tooo effin far!! i am personly outraged, and think its just plane rude to waste this stuff, when our dieing bees worked so damed hard to make this stuff, you A** H***!!!ReplyLikeDislike Anita Doo2I don't really see the point here except a lot, I mean A LOT of honey been poured. They will also use lots and lots of soap to wash the honey off, down the drain and into the environment. Perhaps the Art is in the eye of the beholder to me is a waste!ReplyLikeDislike A E2People bitching about good food being wasted....Who cares what they do with it..they purchased it...and got something from it. Ignorant people piss me off...bitching about what people do with the stuff they buy...lame!ReplyLikeDislike Chris Wadsy2I can't believe some of these comments, get real people. No bees died as a result of these photos. The honey farmers and retailers got paid for their efforts. Rather than being consumed the honey simple got used for an alternative purpose. What is the problem?ReplyLikeDislike Peter Grutter2@Lisa Holmes: Beauty is never a waste, and also not about necessity.ReplyLikeDislike Just Sayin'2Lisa Holmes.. My thoughts exactly!!! Is it wasted, is it not wasted? People will always disagree but the point is: honey has numerous health benefits and gives people nutrition. Other similar textured goods, which could have produced the same results, is not as precious as honey. Honey helps people remedy themselves of many common illnesses - and I truly believe that. Being somewhat of a naturalist, I have used honey (and lemon) many times to remedy myself of colds, strep throat and other such bacterial and viral illnesses. I would hate to see honey become a scarcity as it is such a wonderful food item. "Art" like this, I must say, only contributes to our problem of the honey bee dilemma, which, obviously, may soon seriously deplete our honey sources. You could argue that the rich use this IN their tea and what not and I wouldn't stop you but what about the less fortunate who use honey to help remedy themselves from illness when they cannot afford prescribed medications? I know many people who have benefited from the uses of honey. Simply put, it works wonders for your body as it is a natural antimicrobial. It should be going into your body and not ON your body. Should such an item be put at risk for the name of art? And so much of it! I think not..ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1Bees ARE NOT endangered because their honey is being used!! Honey farmers work to HELP bees! Bees are threatened by parasites, viruses, bacteria, pesticides, loss of habitat... Honey will become scarce because the BEES are harmed, NOT because we use their honey!ReplyLikeDislike Stregha Ware2What a waste of perfectly good medicine!ReplyLikeDislike Natasha Arnold2Stupid!ReplyLikeDislike Eric Adventurer2Here is some perspective on the ridiculous amount of waste: A single honey bee worker produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime. A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg/2.2 of honey.ReplyLikeDislike Ilene Flynn2What a waste of good honeyReplyLikeDislike Michelle Samson2Especially honey which btw one bee's lifetime will produce approximately 1 TABLESPOON OF HONEY......THAT IS SUCH A WASTE OF A NATURAL PRODUCT FOR ART JFC COME ON ARTISTS BE ECOLOGICALReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1So what products would you recommend artists use? Everything comes from the earth. So is paint a waste? glue? paper? What should artists use to be "ecological"? I would love to hear your answer Michelle Samson.ReplyLikeDislike Pia Aa2I REALLY hope the bird was dead before it was covered with all the honey, (that was totally wasted) to make these photos. Shame. Why not use olive oil or anything oily instead of all that honey. I cant belive it.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1Olive oil comes from olives. Grown on trees. People eat olive oil. How would that not also be a waste? Think your argument through please!ReplyLikeDislike Kath Anderson2They pored honey over a bird...............why? The people in these picture had a choice, the bird did not. I would think this would be close to being covered in oil.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.2Did it cross your mind that perhaps this bird was NOT ALIVE?? Please, people, think before you speak (or write)!ReplyLikeDislike Roberta Calabrese2Do not like the pictures at all. They look like they are suffocating.ReplyLikeDislike Andrew Davis2I'm sorry, but I don't think that this is even remotely artistic and like others have said, a disgraceful waste of food.ReplyLikeDislike John B2It takes a honeybee a lifetime to produce one teaspoon of honey. Use corn syrup instead of wasting the honey!ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1John B - please research where corn syrup comes from & the effect of corn farming & the manufacture of corn syrup on the environment. THEN choose which is more "wasteful."ReplyLikeDislike Noreen Agis2They may have been standing in a large pan and then the honey can be used for something else. I would just worry about how they could get that all off. From the pictures I think honey is somewhat thicker, so it may have been diluted with something.ReplyLikeDislike Shane Grath2The comments here remind me that there isn't nearly enough respect for art or bees.ReplyLikeDislike Gau No2"Meanwhile the bees were dying off, the stupid and ignorant humens were bathing in their honey..."ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.2No bees are killed in the making of honey!!!ReplyLikeDislike Susan Antoc Gilsinger2All about art but sorry I don't enjoy seeing these !ReplyLikeDislike Lori1A waste of a food product that is in the chain of life is going to be an extinct commodity at the rate of the bees dying off. As well what HORRIBLE and CRUEL thing to do to that bird.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1The 1st image is how I feel trying to wake up in the morning, exhausted & stuck to the bed, having to pry myself from my slumber place. The little girl reminds me of a Degas ballerina sculpture. The couple & the pair of children look like they were indeed caught unawares in a moment, fixed forever in amber (or maybe those kids DID see something coming!). The profile looks like a plastic Jesus-on-the-crucifix that scared me as a child in my Gramma's house. **No bees were harmed (I don't think!) in the making of this ART-RELATED comment.ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Hebner1A bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in it's entire lifetime which is 3 years or so. So it would take over 9,000 bees their entire lifetime to make a gallon of honey. How many gallons were used here? The photographer just used the entire life's work of tens of thousands of bees out of sheer ego. Sorry, I am not up with this. My personal belief is that for food and medicine using an (for lack of a better way of putting it) animal byproduct is okay as long as respect is paid to the animal. I don't see this as being used for food or medicine and I don't think the photographer has paid respect to the bees he's exploiting.ReplyLikeDislike Ricky Scarff1Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVRClZhYxAReplyLikeDislike Leslee Jack1Beautiful pictures. Maybe a waste of good honey, but the pictures are beautiful.ReplyLikeDislike Breezy Bee1How many people complaining about the waste of honey eats almonds? Because you have more bee blood on your hands than these guysReplyLikeDislike Ms. Vic Wilcox1I don't suppose anyone noticed, but there was a comment that the honey was rebottled and sold at a discount. Good grief! Find fault with everything.ReplyLikeDislike David Dunn1What an incredible waste of Honey! In a world where hungry people die by the thousands everyday, this self righteous prick wastes hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on honey to make this horrible art. FYI CGI is cheap and easy and doesn't waste food. Sorry to the artist, but YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!ReplyLikeDislike Carry Flag1Nice try see the original here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdFi9Lab5eUReplyLikeDislike Carry Flag1Nice try see the original here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdFi9Lab5eUReplyLikeDislike How Many1How many bees ?? A bee produces one tea spoon of honey in its life !ReplyLikeDislike Karen Spangler1It irritates me to see how many people are complaining about this beautiful expression of artistic beauty when 40% of all food manufactured and purchased in a year is thrown away. http://foodshift.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FoodWasteStatisticsandBibliography.pdfReplyLikeDislike L AS1An Danish artist friend of mine did a honey exhibition back in 2010. http://www.katjabjorn.dk/honey.htmReplyLikeDislike Down Under1Plenty of argument about the bees and the waste to produce these images but my immediate thought was about the poor bird in the second image... what was the point of using the poor thing?!ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1Probably NOT a live bird!!! Think before you speak please!!!ReplyLikeDislike Ol'school Dustie1The Ohio Players did and came up with the concept first, in their 1975 HONEY ALBUM The woman was not drenched like these people ..The album inside cover was more sexy..ReplyLikeDislike Joe Bean1What a waste.ReplyLikeDislike Angie West1I hope that not a real bird...ReplyLikeDislike Ron Travolta1About the photographs though.. meh, not a fan, just looks sticky.ReplyLikeDislike Ron Travolta1Bees will make honey regardless of what we did with it, endangered or not and I'm pretty sure you aren't going to help a hungry person if you offered them a jar of honey - so go fight Monsanto with their greed and ruination of a humans right to grow their own food, or governments on their legislations for farmers crops, fisheries etc that waste thousands of tons of good food on a weekly basis, instead of voicing banal and ill informed views on the internet about an artist's stunning achievement - we don't care about your uninspiring opinions here about waste - spout them in the correct forum and make a difference, I dare you!ReplyLikeDislike Joanna Blume1Millions of people are starving and this is how food gets used? Millions of bees worked to death for this. I'm mortified. Why not use something else besides honey. Complete lack of forethought.ReplyLikeDislike Sandy Coatney1PLEASE QUIT POSTING THIS and giving this butt-head free advertising-he has done this technique on at least one DOG!! The dog had no say in the matter but had to be miserable. I just pray that the ASPCA in his area took the poor dog from him!ReplyLikeDislike Fuck You1Such a waste. Poor bees having all that honey spread on motionless bodies and for what? Awareness really? There are better ways for that...ReplyLikeDislike D1Just because a product isn't being used in a way that is congruent with how you think it should be used that doesn't mean it's been wasted. Saying this artist wasted honey that could've been eaten, is like saying to a welding artist instead making art with that metal you could've built a home or something.ReplyLikeDislike Karen Shaw1Omg what a miserable lot of people it is amazing work I applaud the artist, some people need to stop moaning and admire the work!!ReplyLikeDislike Tiffany Wright1I don't really think there is anything artistic or special about these photos. It actually made me gag thinking about being covered in honey. They don't look preserved they look like they are covered in honey... And wishing they weren't.ReplyLikeDislike Sharon Brown1That is NOT beauty,those poor kids did not look happy!!ReplyLikeDislike Sharon Brown1Waste, waste wasteReplyLikeDislike Lu Pratt1Very cool perspective on our human form.ReplyLikeDislike Dawn Phillips1Think pictures are beautiful but omg how sticky would that be too wash off I just couldn't the thought of itReplyLikeDislike Too Old For This Nonsense1Ohio Players album "Honey" featured a nekkid model covered in honey..... in 1975. It's been done before, and I didn't even have to look on the internet.ReplyLikeDislike Nig Face1Is it just me, or its everyone else craving something sweet?ReplyLikeDislike Nke Chiji1Why the waste? when sugar is there killing people, you are here wasting honeyReplyLikeDislike Debra Coach1The problem with them are the eyes are all shutReplyLikeDislike Warren Sum1What an incredible waste of a brilliant resource, the labour involved in a gram of honey makes this look like typical human chauvinism.ReplyLikeDislike Louise Postulo1A very interesting idea. It's amazing how different the people look.ReplyLikeDislike Kristy Homan1They are breath taking pictures !!!ReplyLikeDislike Tanya Howse1What a dam waste I sure would not want honey poured on me it would be a hell of a sticky mess whom ever came up with this brilliant idea needs to come up with a new one fast ,,,ReplyLikeDislike Not An Idiot Like You1What a disgusting and senseless waste of perfectly good honey, that was stolen from bees in the 1st place.. that isn't art.. that's patheticReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1So do you think humans should not use honey because it is "stolen" from bees?ReplyLikeDislike Freya Griffin1Good luck washing that out of your hairReplyLikeDislike Lisa Haskin1So glad I'm not the only one who sees the waste of honey. Honestly, I don't find the images very compelling. All I can think about is the work the bees put into creating a precious resource which has been wasted...very selfish.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1I'm sure the bees are crying over the waste of their hard work. C'mon people! If you are worried about food waste, there are better place to put your energy, where more food is being wasted. Plus, this comment section shows what Art can do - stimulate discourse. Unfortunately, most of the people talking here are not speaking from any kind of informed or intelligent position.ReplyLikeDislike Rover And Over1Didn't this guy ever watch Goldfinger?!!ReplyLikeDislike Ava Nixon1It's funny how everything, just everything turns into an argument! The art is truly beautiful, I am hoping that all of us could take a step back, and look at those pictures again, forgetting about the honey and the bees and all the worry about extinction. Sigh!ReplyLikeDislike Denise1Go to the website view pictures not cool to do to children/babys and dogs fine do to adults they say yes but chilldren and dogs not cool at all n a waste.ReplyLikeDislike Kidd Villa-Pal1Nothing better to doReplyLikeDislike Cheyenne Kline1We have bees (they were all found dead yesterday :/ ) And even though they aren't MY bees, I still help my grandma to get honey. She is 72 and collects all the frames herself (one bee suit), which are very heavy, and we extract it with a centrifuge thing and strain it and jar it. The whole thing takes 6 months for the bees to make and us 3-4 days+ to get like a gallon and a half or two of honey. I am an artist, and I appreciate the work, I don't feel it is necessary for others to replicate. Actually, if the stuff pictured is store bought, it can be anywhere from 0-100% FHCS. THAT would have the same effect.ReplyLikeDislike Thalia1This is stupidReplyLikeDislike K B1Amazing assuming that this honey was edible in the first place , they could have got it the honey directly from the manufacture and maybe chance this honey was not to standards...ReplyLikeDislike Chick1986 Brown1It looks very creative with the honey the way they've done itReplyLikeDislike Heather F1I hope they made tea afterward.ReplyLikeDislike Patrick Glenn1These are absolutely amazing!!!ReplyLikeDislike Mia-Sché Van Wyk1The photos arent even amazing.....not even good or even ok.....what a flippen waste, bees worked so hard for all that honey & it was wasted on 3rd rate photography, worst of all bads....ReplyLikeDislike Cindy Ghandour0Miss Sparkle.....youre talking correct....this was.my first thought....but talking about Art.....as an artist too...i was amazed by his artistic presentation....ReplyLikeDislike Bhavesh Bati0Lovely lovely, oye a am overjoyed at the appreciation of the beauty...ReplyLikeDislike Bhavesh Bati0Lovely lovely, oye a am overjoyed at the appreciation of the beauty...ReplyLikeDislike Josie Wallis0It was alright. I really only liked one of the photo's.ReplyLikeDislike John Anderson0That's a serious waste of food.ReplyLikeDislike Nunya Business0Bees mysteriously dying and we're wasting honey like this.ReplyLikeDislike Brenda Woodard0Amazing photographs but how did they breathe? Must have been claustrophobic causing no?ReplyLikeDislike Ula Usoali'i0I wonder what happened if they opened their eyes.ReplyLikeDislike A Bee Friend0This is such a waste. Was this honey sustainably harvested?ReplyLikeDislike Theresa B0Looks like they got coughed on by a giant....eewwwReplyLikeDislike Kim G0WowReplyLikeDislike Art Appreciation 1010Can't all of you just shut up and appreciate this for what it is? This is an absolutely ingenious concept and it's breathtaking. Get off your high horses about wasting food and stop commenting on a subject that has absolutely nothing to do with the world population VS world hunger. Enjoy the finer things in life, oh and while you're at it, go make sure you fish out half your garbage and eat it so it's not wasted. And get a life.ReplyLikeDislike Monika Bove0What a waste of the honey.ReplyLikeDislike Gavion Chandler0Arguing this is waste of honey is stupid... saying that somehow that honey split images captured in artistic vision is somehow detrimental to the Bee population and the corporations that don't give a rat's butt is a ridiculous and asinine argument. Yes the problem is real, but it has nothing to do with the artist and the art. Wondering what percentage of the honey is compared to entire resource of honey, and people this is one time shoot. How many cigarette butts do you folks throw out your car window? How many you leave your lights and have 20 some electronic gadgets running at one time. How often do you walk 5 blocks instead of driving your car? Really you want to throw stones? So you want to complain, what would you offer in place of honey to the artist, or are you just mad because you didn't come up with the idea? You're debate is petty, and you just really want to have your voice heard. Really if you're worried about the honey bees (and we should be) petition the government, boycott the corporations rather than bitch up a storm about artistic expression. At least it's not "PissChrist' by Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, even if that is freedom of expression and ladies and gentlemen that's why we live in America. I do believe in Artistic Integrity and I am not fond of that 'piece of artwork' because of it's lack of conscience and ethics, but it is his right to express himself. So simply I ask which one would you prefer to see in an art gallery, the honey drenched images or pissed on religious icon? THINK ABOUT IT! Gavion E. Chandler~ 'Man is his own devil.'ReplyLikeDislike Andrew H0Get over it everyone! its Art. Enjoy!ReplyLikeDislike A Afridi0Completely unattractive so much wast of the natural and healthy food, and what a wast for every thing.ReplyLikeDislike Jasmine Phillips0Really people, I dont believe this is a waste it is beautiful art.ReplyLikeDislike Philip Fry0FYI - Honey Bees Not Native to North America http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/newscolumns/archives/OSL/1999/November/111199OSL.htmlReplyLikeDislike G Mendoza0A complete waste of honey. Calling this "art" shows lack of consciousness, we nust preserve resources, not destroy them!ReplyLikeDislike Heston Thorpe0What a complete waste of good food! I hope he gets stung by a giant bee!! asshole!ReplyLikeDislike Warren Sum0None of these objections to the objections of this 'art' get the point of 'waste', so often our peers are seen using resources in a 'cultural ' or 'artistic' manner that don't recognize the fact of finite resourcesReplyLikeDislike Jim Williams0He bought the honey it's his to do with it as he pleases..!!!ReplyLikeDislike Ron Joy0It's Not the idea of wasting honey fools, but about the idea OF THE ART AND PRESERVING OF LIFE. GET A LIFE! Nudity is also a great form of Art , but there are always those who have perverted minds do not see the beauty. As a photographer, it is imperative to open not only the eyes, but the mind. Life to those who do not open to nature's beauty have no idea what life is all about.ReplyLikeDislike Natalie Motnoya0Wasteful or not, this artists has struck a chord for conversation. so continue to comment, learn and spread awareness <3ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1IF only people were spreading awareness. Most of the comments I have read here are misinformed.ReplyLikeDislike Wendy Wendy0Messy, It's not an art .. just a total waste...ReplyLikeDislike Zoey Nightfox0WowReplyLikeDislike Frank0It's honey, renewable, and oil, it's not and we're burning it in all forms and when that's gone, life WILL changeReplyLikeDislike Mel Smith0I think it's pretty cool. after all, it's honey! the artist used his own money to buy it, so he should do whatever he wants with it. i can't believe the outrage over wasted honey! it's not like it's meat or vegetables! really?! here's a tissue for your issue!ReplyLikeDislike Jennifer Robinson0Im wondering how in tha hell do they breath!ReplyLikeDislike Vanessa0Cleaning up must have been hardReplyLikeDislike Sam Ooten0The posted photo ...not video is good have to admit but had he taken video ans selected a still out of it this would not be it.ReplyLikeDislike Sandra Middleton0Makes me think of toffee apples.ReplyLikeDislike Evelyn Rodriguez0Photos are beautiful but I agree with many others. Could have used corn syrup and not waste the honey!ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1What is with you people & your corn syrup?? Syrup made of corn, grown in the earth, is also a natural resource. How would THAT not be wasteful??ReplyLikeDislike AverageAmerican0I see so many complain about the waste of food and how the artist is unconscionable. However many people buy honey use it waste it(food does spoil) but no one is attacking the honey producers. The artist paid for it so why does it matter how she uses the honey she paid for. How about everyone stop using honey period that might actually help the bees. Otherwise we should all take the log out our own eye before telling our neighbor about the speck in there's. And by the way the images were stunningly beautiful. I love the diversity of people different colors,sexes,ages,weight amazing!ReplyLikeDislike Amy J.4Honey does not actually spoil. Or, rather, it takes a very, very long time for it to. So if you are suggesting that people generally waste honey by letting it "go bad" before they finish eating a jar, well, you are incorrect. There are ways to ruin honey and make it inedible, but not simply by letting it go past its expiry date or whatever you are imagining--honey has a "shelf life" of hundreds of years.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1How does NOT using honey help bees?? Bees are currently endangered by loss of habitat, parasites, pollution, etc. --- NOT by harvesting their honey, which they make whether we harvest it or not! Beekeepers, who harvest honey, actually work hard to PRESERVE bees & their habitat!!ReplyLikeDislike Jennifer Reeves0All the work those bees put into making that honey just to have it wasted like that! ticks me off to no end.... do people not realize that bees are in danger???????ReplyLikeDislike Mrs Jones3Bees are endangered by wasting honey in the same way that cows are endangered by wasting milk - which is not at all.ReplyLikeDislike Kim T.1Mrs Jones - BEST COMMENT ON HERE!!! There is a Farside cartoon here - bees sitting in their hives bemoaning the awful art which resulted from their hard work!ReplyLikeDislike JB Kurup0'Preservation' ... definitely not the honey. Maybe it does transform the subjects ... then again all that honey transformed from edible state to ..... whatever!! :-(ReplyLikeDislike Sulochana Shivdaokar0Absolute nonsense.... there is nothing amazing or so called creativity in this...its just yeks.ReplyLikeDislike Dany S0God! I would have made so many delicious apple pies with all that honey :|ReplyLikeDislike Bert Lepting0When they used other oil its wierd but when honey was used its pretty cool in the eyes.ReplyLikeDislike Harold Jermaine0Why waste all that good honey for these dumb picsReplyLikeDislike Mona Pizza1The photos aren't dumb; You're just too dumb to understand something can be clever without you appreciating it.ReplyLikeDislike Chris Lawrence0Such a waste! imagine all the bees going like wtf that just took 30 billion of us...ReplyLikeDislike Birgita Kristiningrum0He just wste the honey...ReplyLikeDislike Lila Shakti0Yep, agree with everyone, what a waste of food!!!!ReplyLikeDislike Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. Click to view. Hidden due to downvotes. 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