American Cheese on display at Specialty Cheese Store

This piece will be on display through until November 4th. I will be photographing it everyday, documenting the decomposition of the cheese.

“Art and commerce mix in interesting ways. And this is the only way that Imitation American Cheese Slices will ever be on the shelves of my store! I hope people enjoy this as much as I have.” 

Steve Reynolds, owner of Forward Foods

American Cheese is now at Forward Foods at 123 East Main in Norman, Oklahoma until Election Day, November 4th.

American Cheese on CNN

CNN's coverage of American Cheese.

Uploaded by Matt De La Cruz.

American Cheese

Images of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin John McCain, and Joseph Biden printed with liquid photo emulsion on individual slices of American Cheese.

Slices of American cheese with liquid photo sensitive emulsion processed in a darkroom with traditional black and white photography chemicals.

Liquid Light Photographic Emulsion Ingredients: Silver halides, silver bromide, silver chloride, gelatin, cadmium chloride, water.

Imitation Pasteurized Process Cheese Food Ingredients: Water, modified food starch, soybean oil, maltodextrin, whey gelatin, salt, enzyme-modifed cheese (cultured milk, water, salt, sodium phosphate, cream, sodium citrate, enzymes, sorbic acid, artificial color), sodium hexametaphosphate, guar gum, sorbic acid, artificial color, natural flavor.

Follow their decomposition here.

American Cheese will be at Forward Foods in Norman, OK until Election Day November 4th and is a featured gallery at MYARTSPACE.com.

Article about American Cheese in the Norman Transcript. Also featured on KWTV News 9 Oklahoma City, KCAL/KCBS Los Angeles, KUSA NBC Colorado, and CNN nationwide.