Scene of the Cream

A year ago, Strasbourg-based engineer and video games designer Nicolas Knepper quit his day job to become a photographer. He started to take professional promotional shots when his wife, winner of French Masterchef in 2011, opened a macaroon bakery.
在法国斯特拉斯堡,有一位名叫尼古拉斯·克内珀的工程师兼视频游戏设计师,一年前他辞去了自己的工作,改行成为了一名摄影师。他的妻子曾是2011年法国大厨比赛的冠军,后来他的妻子开了一家马卡龙烘培店,于是他就开始用自己的专业技术为妻子的烘培店拍摄宣传照片。

1.Scene of the Cream (Seven)
蛋糕被窃案之案发现场(创意来源:《七宗罪》)

“This could refer to lots of crime dramas, but the original idea was Seven: in the movie they talk about the seven sins, and one of them is greed.”
“这幅图片可以让人联想到很多犯罪片的桥段,不过我最初的想法是来自《七宗罪》这部电影:这部影片探讨了七种原罪,其中之一是贪婪。”

Kill Bill

2.Revenge is a Dessert Best Served Cold (Kill Bill)
复仇是一道冷盘(创意来源:《杀死比尔》)

“The film is all about revenge, which is a dish best served cold. To find a cake of the right colour I looked through pastry magazines to find some new ideas.”
“这是一部关于复仇的电影,这道菜作为冷盘风味最佳(所谓“君子报仇十年不晚”……)。为了找到颜色合适的蛋糕我翻遍了所有的美食杂志,从中选取了一些新创意。”

Baking Bad

3.Baking Bad (Breaking Bad)
致命糖师(创意来源:《致命毒师》)

“In the TV show they sell crystal meth, and we have these pastries covered in crystal sugar, so I built a story around that. The liquid being burned in the background is sugar.”
“在这部电视剧里主角卖的是冰毒,而我们店卖的是冰糖做原料的糕点。以这个创意为起点我编造了一个小故事。角色背后正在火上焙烤的是一小块糖。”

My Precious

4.My Precious (Lord of the Rings)
我的宝贝(创意来源:《指环王》)

“This one was really difficult to make – I wanted to get the same lighting effect as in the movie, and I spent a lot of time painting the figurine. I didn’t want it to look like a toy.”
“这张图片创作起来可不简单——我想要做出和电影里一样的采光效果,我还花了大量时间画这个小人儿。我可不希望他看起来像一个廉价玩具。”

Robbery of the Century

5.Robbery of the Century (Ocean’s Eleven)
世纪大案(创意来源:《十一罗汉》)

“In France, little plastic macaroons are sometimes sold as jewels, so I made a champagne macaroon with gold leaf to make it look expensive, and I built the glass cabinet myself.”
"在法国,小小的塑料马卡龙模型可以卖出和珠宝一样高的价格。所以我用金叶子做了一个香槟马卡龙,让它看起来价值不菲。我还自己做了一个玻璃陈设柜。”

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

6.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
好人、坏人与小人(创意来源:《黄金三镖客 》)

“This is a traditional French cake you buy once a year, on 6 January. Inside there is a prize, and whoever gets it is a king. So here they’re digging for the hidden treasure.”
“法国有一个传统,即每年1月6日要吃一种传统蛋糕,在蛋糕里藏有奖品,吃到奖品的人就是这一年的国王。图片中的这三个人就是在挖掘藏匿的宝藏。”

Cereal Killer

7.Cereal Killer (Friday the 13th)
麦饭杀手(创意来源:《十三号星期五》)

“That’s Jason from Friday the 13th. This is just a pun on ‘serial’ and ‘cereal’. I’ve also seen that in London there’s a shop called Cereal Killer that only sells cereal…”
“这幅图中的小人就是《十三号星期五》中的杀手杰森。'连环杀手'与'麦饭杀手'谐音。我在伦敦曾经看到过一家店名字叫‘麦饭杀手’,店里卖的就是谷物。”

Revenge

8.Revenge (Jaws)
复仇(创意来源:《大白鲨》)

“I call this ‘Revenge’ because usually it’s women who eat macaroons, so here the macaroon is eating a woman. I call it the Big White Macaroon.”
“我把这幅图片称为‘复仇’,因为一般来说,是女人吃马卡龙,而在这幅图片里,马卡龙要吃掉女人。我将它叫做大白鲨马卡龙。”

Sarlacc

9.Sarlacc (Star Wars)
沙拉克 (创意来源:《星球大战》)

“One day I was eating a fig, and I remembered the scene in Return of the Jedi with the monster in the desert called Sarlacc. Figs really look like that monster.”
“有天我正在吃无花果,忽然我想起在《绝地大反攻》里有一个场景,一个叫做沙拉克的怪物在荒漠里行走。我觉得那怪物长得很像无花果。”