Comments on: You Are What You Eat

By: Maryam_nasir45

Maryam_nasir45 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04:00 +0000

hmmmm

By: You Are What You Eat « statusmagonline.com

You Are What You Eat « statusmagonline.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:14:35 +0000

[...] This is what the STATUS ref would look like if one of our graphic designers do the grocery. Plus more cheese, maybe. And this would be shot in lomo. But this happens to be a Texan midwife’s. Ever wondered what the ref of a photographer-carpenter would look like? Or maybe a bartender’s, a construction worker’s, a cook’s, or a documentary filmmaker’s? That’s art for photographer Mark Menjivar who have photographed refs across the “Untied States” for the last three years. The result: this series called You Are What You Eat. Now, how bout a peek into your refs? (via thesocietypages.org) [...]

By: Anatomy 101 | Privacy for the People - The Privacy Wear Blog

Anatomy 101 | Privacy for the People - The Privacy Wear Blog — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:04:57 +0000

[...] contexts More fridge photos [...]

By: Louisa

Louisa — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:11:23 +0000

I can’t believe that middle person lives so much on take-out / delivery. That’s kind of sad.

By: chava

chava — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:29:30 +0000

Is the snake perhaps in hibernation? I know some people will put them in there for a week to kick them into it in warm climates when they want them to breed. It looks like a rattler though, and there is another snake whose skin looks like a boa or a copperhead behind it.

I agree with Vidya. When my fridge gets low I get anxious, my mood drops, I just generally start to feel antsy. Don’t have a disability, but had food insecurity for long periods as a child.

By: Vidya

Vidya — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:32:14 +0000

There *are* explanations. Check out the site link.

I find it interesting that a fair number of people seem able to live with sparsely filled fridges. As someone who has experienced poverty and food insecurity, and for whom shopping can be difficult due to a disability, I now try to keep mine fairly packed — I haven’t been able to get over the pervasive fear that the food may go away and never come back again.

And also, the snake? Yikes. At first I assumed that it was someone’s deceased pet awaiting a burial in the spring thaw. Then I saw the meat-packed fridge in the full photo set, and it clicked. As a vegan I often forget that many people consider other animals to be food!

By: anna

anna — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:20:17 +0000

i wish there were explanations of who owns these fridges. how is it helpful to have anonymous evidence.. assumptions will only be made… and WTF at the snake!!

By: Kelle

Kelle — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:03:41 +0000

And the snake fridge belongs to a woman who can bench press over 300lbs. That is awesome.

By: Kelle

Kelle — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:01:39 +0000

@ginsoak The website says the second photo is a fridge owned by a bartender who lives alone, wakes up at 4pm and goes to sleep at 8am. I’m not surprised people who work night shifts buy a lot of takeout. It messes with your circadian rhythms and you end up eating whatever’s available whenever you’re hungry.

By: DaniFae

DaniFae — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:45:22 +0000

msredshoes, look at the last picture again, the crisper is loaded with veggies, there’s meat in butcher wrappers in the freezer, and I can spot eggs and a lot of leftovers.

I personally am stuck on the snake.

By: msredshoes

msredshoes — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:29:46 +0000

These pictures make me feel sad for some reason. There’s no fresh produce. It all looks so bland and processed.

By: ginsoak

ginsoak — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:16:19 +0000

Is that second one down really of somebody’s home fridge? I’ve never seen that many styrofoam take-away boxes outside of a corporate break-room.

If that truly is a home fridge I guess it makes sense why those vegetable crispers are empty….

By: Dangger

Dangger — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:58:17 +0000

Hey, whatever happened to the youtube channel?

By: Brady

Brady — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:56:10 +0000

What, y’all never eaten snake? It’s tasty, especially fried and on a stick.

But then, most things are.

By: omg

omg — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:39:02 +0000

“What type of insight do we gain by looking at our refrigerators?”

Um, that Mr. Wriggles the snake is going to be really mad once he defrosts?