Midwife/Middle School Science Teacher | San Antonio, TX | 3-Person Household (including dog) | First week after deciding to eat all local produce.
I think we all enjoy peeking into the lives of others, especially strangers. Through the series You Are What You Eat, photographer Mark Menjivar snaps a portrait of his subjects by simply opening their refrigerators. Mark gives us only the subject’s profession, location, size of household and a brief one line description as clues into their lives as we explore the contents of their fridge.
left: Bar Tender | San Antonio, TX | 1-Person Household | Goes to sleep at 8AM and wakes up at 4PM daily.
right: Retired High School Principal | Pottstown, PA | 3-Person Household | Is living with Type 2 diabetes.
left: Competitive Food Eaters | New York, New York | 3-Person Household | Holds records for eating most burritos, cannolis, buffet food, green beans, sushi, pancakes, ramen noodles, tamales, tiramisu and sweet corn.
right: College Students| Waco, TX | 3-Person Household | Drummer for death metal band.
I first shared this artist with my brother and it prompted our own refrigerator portraits. Excuse the horrible lighting, respond with your own portraits!
left: Bookbinder | Boston, MA | 2-person household | Just got back from the grocery store
right: Dairy Manager/Cook | Omaha, NE | 1-person household | Thinks his fridge should look like mine
