It's hot. The meteorological summer began on June 1st and the astronomical summer will arrive on the 21st. To be really precise, it will arrive with the summer solstice which in 2019 will fall at 15.54 on June 20th.

Summer: when it comes to food, many come to mind. Often fresh, such as salads to take to the beach, or watermelon to eat on the fly in a city kiosk or, again, a tasty ham and melon to be enjoyed comfortably in the restaurant, perhaps on a balcony overlooking the sea. Certainly fish cannot be missed. But if we are greedy, then our imagination immediately materializes ice cream. Cold, nutritious, tasty, colorful. In short: a feast for the palate that is renewed every day. And not infrequently even several times a day.

It occurred to us to go and look around the creative imagination of some artists of the photography to find out how, through their clicks, they told us about ice cream over the years.

Ice cream in art

With a shot dated 1953, strictly in black and white, the Romanian photographer André de Dienes shows us a beautiful (and how could it be otherwise!) Marilyn Monroe who smiles while enjoying an ice cream cup.
Equally splendid and very very hot is the supermodel Heidi Klum, immortalized for the Pirelli Calendar 2003 from Bruce Weber, photographer who has accustomed us to always very sensual images.
One way, that of sensuality, often followed also Ellen von Unwerth which we have included in our gallery with a portrait of the Polish model Monika Jagaciak.
Always the impact of the photographic work of Terry Richardson: next to the ice cream, the New York photographer put Miley Cyrus, actress and singer already known as Hannah Montana in the homonymous Disney Channel sitcom and later turned into a real sex symbol, and the models Natasha Poly and Lindsey Wixson.
An ice cream that turns into an improper weapon sees two photo-generals as its protagonists: Giacomo Alexis, author of the shot, e Rino Barillari, that he gets a cone in his face from a nervous Sonia Romanoff, evidently tired of being paparazzata, in that of Rome, way back in 1970.
From the 90s the image of comes instead Patrick Demarchelier, a giant of fashion photography that has left its mark on the most prestigious fashion magazines.
You cross the threshold of oniric and magic, as is its style, with the clicks of Tim Walker. Here, for a 2012 advertising campaign, we see it in a more colorful and festive version of how we are used to. His sets usually prefer atmospheres reminiscent of another Tim: director Burton. The two, not by chance, in October 2009 signed together a photo shoot inspired by Halloween.
Ipercolorato and immaginifico is also the imaginary of David LaChapelle, surreal and often caricature artist. His works are on display in major museums around the world.
With Miles Aldridge we enter a photograph that has something metaphysical: its shots, characterized by eccentric colors and static and cold figures like mannequins, make us think, with due differences, of the painting of Giorgio de Chirico. Aldridge's handles, however, have a face, and he is often frowning, severe and of a woman: a luxurious and exasperated feminine universe.
With that eternal little doll face, the model and actress Lily Cole looks at us, and enchants us, through the goal of Arthur Elgort: sitting on a stool, with a small crown around her head, she holds a cup of ice cream in her hand as if it were a scepter. Of the same artist, the almost Disney-like shots of the supermodel Coco Rocha.
To close, Steven Meisel. He is the biggest and certainly the most influential fashion photographer (and not only). For over 20 years he has signed all the covers of "Vogue Italia" and immortalized the most important models and stars of the planet. And just a shot for "Vogue Italia" we chose for our gallery: it portrays the superlative Linda Evangelista. Of course with an ice cream cup. The other image, still signed by Meisel, comes instead from an advertising campaign of 2012.