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A precarious sculpture made of various loaves of bread and rolls balanced against a dark background. A long baguette rests horizontally across a small roll, which sits atop a tall, rectangular loaf.

Nacho Alegre pays homage to the humble loaf of bread in this magnificent series

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Date
13 November 2012

A pillar of any culinary scenario, and the ultimate underdog of sustenance — where do you even begin talking about how unbelievable bread is? Well, you can’t, because it’s too good. You’d think that for something this important it would be championed more often, but it took the collective brains of Omar Sosa and Ana Dominguez of Apartamento magazine with the artistic eye of photographer Nacho Alegre to make what can only be described as one of the most perfect homages to bread ever conceived. By selecting what looks like some of the finest bread in the world and stacking it up, Nacho created an appropriately simple and entirely effective still-life photo shoot.

A loaf of crusty sourdough bread balances precariously atop a small dark stone and a pale pebble. These rest on a tall, rectangular block of brown bread against a plain grey background.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A precarious stack of four different types of bread against a plain grey background. A round sourdough loaf supports a seeded rectangular loaf, a small white roll and a thin breadstick.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A stack of four different loaves of bread balanced precariously against a dark grey background. A large, scored sourdough loaf forms the base, topped by a smaller oval loaf, a slice of bread and a small seeded roll.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A sculpture made of various loaves and rolls of bread stacked in a precarious tower. A long, flat piece of bread balances across the top, supporting smaller rolls on either end.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A precarious stack of different breads balanced against a plain grey background. A tall loaf forms the base, supporting a long baguette and a rustic sourdough loaf on top.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A precarious stack of rustic sourdough loaves and smaller bread rolls. The loaves are dusted with flour and balanced vertically against a plain, dark grey background.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

A precarious stack of different bread loaves and slices balances against a plain grey background. A small round roll supports a large dark loaf, topped by a brown loaf and a pale slice.
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Nacho Alegre: Apartamento 8 Still Life

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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