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The secret lives of vegetables
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Revelations on the innate personalities of produce. Images were composed on a flatbed scanner and then retouched in Photoshop.

We often assign personalities to inanimate objects, and as a frequent chef and vocabulary geek, these are the properties I attribute to common vegetables. (However, assigning personalities to produce has made it more difficult to find vegetarian ingredients I don't feel guilty chopping.)

Clandestine garlic:
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Garrulous mushrooms:
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Pensive broccoli:
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Obsequious tomatoes:
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Awkward cucumber:
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Created for an upper-division multimedia design course at the University of Oregon.