Willie Ishulutak, Innuit soapstone carver, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Photojournalist Peter Menzel, who previously came up with a book documenting what families around the world eat in a week, has collaborated with fellow photojournalist Faith D’Aluisio on a new book that looks at what individuals around the world eat.
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets shows what 80 people from 30 countries eat on an average day. The individuals profiled range from an Egyptian camel broker, an Arctic hunter, a Tibetan yak herder, and a wounded Iraq war veteran.
Each portrait consists of a photograph of the person, a day’s worth of food, a short text description about their daily life, and a detailed list of every food item and calorie count.
Aside from being a fascinating look at the similarities and differences among food consumption habits around the world, Menzel hopes they will get people to think about their relationship with food, and how they can learn from others ways to improve their diet and health.
Check out some of the photos from the project below and view more here.
Bruce Hopkins, lifeguard, Sydney, Australia
Saada Haidar, housewife, Sanaa, Yemen
Alamin Hasan, porter, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abdel Karim Aboubakar, Sudanese refugee, Breidjing Refugee Camp, eastern Chad
Cao Xiaoli, professional acrobat, Shanghai, China
Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo, farmer and mother of eight, Tingo village, central Andes, Ecuador
Marcus Dirr, master butcher, Endingen, Germany
[via PSFK, images via Peter Menzel]