Still Diets: Dan Bannino's fine art photographs of weird celebrity diets

"The importance of light in every rim of my virtual canvas is a fundamental element of the composition," Dan says. "During the development process another substantial inspiration came from the artworks of Dutch artists from the Golden Age, researching and studying those elements as symbols of vanity. The result is a mash-up of old and new, baroque and modern."

Whose diets can we expect to see? Lady Gaga and her "Baby Food" diet; Jacqueline Kennedy and her caviar, potato and cottage cheese diet; Karl Lagerfeld and his 'Lagerfeld' diet; Sophia Loren and her pasta diet; Usain Bolt and his Chicken McNuggets diet, and many more. Here, we share a selection of Dan's Still Diets series, something he began in 2014. You can discover more at danbannino.com. Or follow him on Instagram.

Main image: Sophia Loren, copyright Dan Bannino