Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio spent three years traveling around the world to capture a portrait of individuals and the food they eat in a single day.
The result is the incredibly fascinating book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. It shows a thought-provoking array of snapshots of individuals, giving us a glimpse into their lives, their culture, quality of life, the startlingly varied diets consumed in the 21st century.
Take a closer look.
1. Noolkisaruni Tarakuai, Third Wife of a Maasai Chief (near Narok, Kenya)
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2. Robina Weiser-Linnartz, master baker and confectioner (Cologne, Germany)
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3. Camel broker, Saleh Abdul Fadlallah (Cairo, Egypt)
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4. Tersius “Teri” Bezuidenhout, long-haul trucker (Botswana-Namibia border)
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5. Oscar Higares, professional bullfighter (Miraflores De La Sierra, Spain)
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6. Head monk (Tibetan Plateau)
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7. Katherine Navas, high school student (Caracas, Venezuela)
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8. Nguyên Van Thuan, war veteran (Vietnam)
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9. Saada Haidar, a housewife (Sana’a, Yemen)
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10. Bruce Hopkins, Bondi Beach lifeguard (Sydney, Australia)
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11. Shahnaz Begum, mother of four (Bari Majlish, Bangladesh)
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12. Solange Da Silva Correia, a rancher’s wife (Solimoes River, Brazil)
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13. Willie Ishulutak, Innuit soapstone carver (Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada)
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14. Xu Zhipeng, freelance computer graphics artist and gamer (Shanghai, China)
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15. Shashi Kanth, call center worker (Bangalore, India)
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16. Marble Moahi, Mother Living with HIV/AIDS (Botswana)
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17. Leland Melvin, NASA Astronaut, Outer Space
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18. Ansis Sauka, a voice teacher, musician and composer (Latvia)
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19. Conrad Tolby, long-distance truck driver (Effingham, Illinois, USA)
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20. Takeuchi Masato, Professional Sumo Wrestler (Japan)
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21. Viahondjera Musutua, a Himba tribeswoman (Namibia)
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22. Akbar Zareh, Baker (Iran)
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23. Vyacheslav “Slava” Grankovskiy, art restorer (Shlisselburg, near St. Petersburg, Russia)
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24. Riccardo Casagrande, a Roman Catholic friar (Rome, Italy)
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25. Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo, farmer and mother of eight (Tingo village, Central Andes, Ecuador)
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(Credit: Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio)
To learn more about What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets or get a copy of this book, you can visit their website at MenzelPhoto.com.