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Ryan is the principal photographer and photo editor of the upcoming book Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking.

While most of us are content with photographing 'food porn', Ryan goes behind the scenes to produce these stunning images:

Six consecutive frames from a high speed camera recording at 6200 frames per second. The bullet is from a 308 sniper rifle and was travelling roughly 2800 feet per second at the point of impact.

Cutaway of wok fried pad thai.

Spectral emissions from different chemicals burning: (left to right) Methane, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium phosphate, Sodium chloride, Potassiam phosphate, Sodium borate.

The Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is scheduled to release in March 2011. Visit Ryan's photography website and read his interview with feature shoot to learn more about these images.

hungry. xo,

**Update: Ryan has just added me on Twitter! The internet can be so scary sometimes! In this case, good scary! Follow Ryan on Twitter!