Her photographic and digitally-altered photographs are filled with anthropomorphized animals, peacefully surreal settings and a lack of physical and gravitational limitations. The portraits, part real-world representation and part imaginative adaptation are all possible because of the creativity, passion, and artistry of Karen Alsop, a Melbourne, Australia-based teacher/photographer/digital artist. Composed of bits and pieces of photographs (oftentimes just lighting, an angle, or a fraction of an image), brushes she’s created in Photoshop, repeated visits to ideal locations, and stand-ins for subjects who aren’t available, every image has one thing in common: It begins with a story.

With sales down 20% and layoffs hitting 6% of its workforce, Beyond Meat is acknowledging that its moment in the plant-based spotlight has faded — at least for now. The company, which is cutting about 44 jobs, says it needs “a fundamental reset for our brand and category,” according to president and CEO Ethan Brown. To lead that reset, Beyond has tapped John Boken of consulting firm AlixPartners as interim chief transformation officer. It’s also leaning into a shorter name — “Beyond” — in a bid to shed some of the baggage around meat imitation. “We believe it provides for reduced emphasis on facsimile,” Brown told investors on a webcast, referring to the “complicated frame” of animal protein replication. He said the streamlined name could also help “widen our aperture beyond animal protein replicates” and into broader consumer protein needs.

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