Mark Menjivar’s “You Are What You Eat” series looks at the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the US.
Each image is tagged with a brief description about the owner — providing insights that tell big stories about the lives of the people who eat from the foods contained within.
As Erica Barnett in the Stranger describes the series:
“... simultaneously impersonal (the photos depict still lives, with the only implied human presence being the hands that arranged them) and incredibly intimate (the shot of the fridge containing an open Pepsi bottle filled with water, some miscellaneous bread products, and an unmarked paper bag — belonging to a botanist who ‘feels more comfortable among flora and fauna ... than people’ — just kills me. There are a thousand stories in every refrigerator ...”
What does your fridge look like, and what does that say about your life?
Brian’s contact information is private.
Brian likes pictures and words and maps and music.
Pictures and words and maps and music all at once
[ like this: pictureswordsmapsmusic ]
is even awesomer.
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