Photo Project: A Week of Food
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Last week I came across this interesting photo project (thanks to Guy Kawasaki for originally tweeting this!). The essence of the project was a photo of a various families from around the world showing the food they eat in an week along with how much this food costs (converted to USD). Unfortuantely, there isn’t any information provided about the background of the project other than it was posted in November of 2007.
I found this project rather intersting from two aspects. First, the photographic aspect of documenting a family with their weekly food. It’s more than just the food that they have laid out around them. It’s the way each family presents themselves along with their food. And not to mention the interesting aspect of comparing the part of each family’s home that they are sharing with you in that photo.
The second aspect is the social differences in food consumption and cost. Taking the cost off the table, what does the food that each family presents tell you about their current living situation and lifestyle? What about the relationship of their food to themselves?
An interesting and insightful project. What would your family photo look like?
