Photographer revisited taking images of people after one, two and three glasses of wine with similar result

The photographer behind 'The Wine Project' revisited the idea of taking pictures of people as they quaffed progressively more wine and got very similar results to his first work.

Brazilian photographer Marcos Alberti had previously taken his pictures of people starting with them sober, then adding another photo to the collection after they'd drunk another glass of wine.

The results showed the subjects of his photography getting progressively more casual with each measure of vino, and when he revisited 'The Wine Project' it turned out this new bunch had much the same reaction to getting three glasses of wine down them as the first batch.

Taking his work to New York in 2023, Alberti conducted 'The Wine Project 3 Glasses Later' with a group of food and wine enthusiasts whose reactions on the night were caught on camera.

He said: "The Wine Project 3 Glasses Later is a celebration of the senses and a tribute to the vibrant culinary landscape of New York City. It’s a reminder that when art, food, and wine come together, the result is pure magic."

The more glasses of wine they had the more footloose and fancy free they felt (Marcos Alberti)

They're very different after a few glasses of wine (Marcos Alberti)

While they were often grinning in their initial photos the more wine they had the more they loosened up until some of them started dancing on camera.

They got looser and looser until their photo for the third glass where they looked ready to party.

One bloke found a pair of sunglasses to wear, while others made signs with their hands and pulled faces at the camera.

We don't know where he got the shades from, but by his third glass he decided he should wear them (Marcos Alberti)

Even if someone doesn't feel like they're getting drunk they are becoming more intoxicated (Marcos Alberti)

Some of them tried to look composed throughout the process but if they were trying to show that having three glasses of wine had little impact on them they were unsuccessful.

Alcohol affects the body first through a process called 'subliminal intoxication' where people are affected even if they don't feel like they are.

One needs only look at the pictures after the first glass of wine to see it does have an impact on the body, and the more someone drinks the more they get into the 'euphoria' stage which makes them 'relaxed and confident'.

The mood captured across the four photos helps show the impact alcohol has on people through the night (Marcos Alberti)

The photographer called the work 'a celebration of the senses' (Marcos Alberti)

You can definitely see that in the pictures Alberti took of the people who came to be photographed, if they didn't have big grins in the first picture they definitely ended up with a smile plastered across their face.

It's not the only photography project capturing people's reactions that Alberti has done, as he also embarked on the more NSFW venture he called the 'O Project'.

You might be able to guess what that one means, but if not it's getting pictures of a group of women enjoying themselves in front of the camera.

The change in appearance is largely what you'd expect from someone who drinks three glasses of wine (Marcos Alberti)

How people appeared in the photos was entirely up to them, and the wine (Marcos Alberti)

The photos captured the changes the endorphins had on the women, and it was all kept as tasteful as possible as nothing below the waist was visible to the camera or the photographer.

Alberti had said: "I love that we were able to speak so frankly with these women about sex and pleasure.

"When you approach the taboo topic of sex through the lens of humour, people start to open up and share opinions more freely, which can lead to a monumental change in people’s mentality."

It's incredible what kind of story you can tell with just four photos of somebody.