Victor Feguer, hanged in 1963 in Iowa, ordered a single olive with the stone in as his final, symbolic meal. From archetypal junk food including pizzas and ice-cream to the gourmet delights of lobster, clams and shrimps, there's an eerie context to these last supper. These meals resemble unhealthy school dinners – pizza, nuggets, ice-cream, Pepsi – or photographs in a glossy magazine. It’s only when you learn they are the last suppers of prisoners on death row that they take on a morbid significance. Helen Thompson’s photographs, and other images from the Sony World Photography Awards, are at the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London WC2 until 20 May. Click here to read the full article and access the online photo gallery Photographs: Helen Thompson. Words: Hannah Booth Source: The Guardian , Friday 27 April 2012 >> Recommended visit: Click here to visit Kate MacDonald's online exihibition "Last Meals" . Related articles: