The Visual Du Jour – One Week of Food
July 4, 2010 by SocProf and tagged food, Globalization, Sociology
Via Roger Ebert, this amazing series of photos. The quantitative and qualitative differences are obvious as well as the contrast between staple foods, grown and cooked versus processed and packaged.
Posted in Globalization, Sociology | 6 Comments »
July 4th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I’ve seen this before and I have one complaint. I am from Ecuador and I wish that they would have stuck with the fact that they are portraying middle class families all over the world, but in the pictures from Ecuador and Africa they depict low class families. In that case, it would be interesting to see what middle class families eat in every country and what low class families eat in every country.
Now, if they are going with what the majority of the people eat in each country, it would be interesting to see if that is in fact, the majority being portrayed.
July 4th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
That’s a good point, Daniela.
July 6th, 2010 at 3:47 am
i’m from china and i have to say the data of china couldn’t be true
i recognize most of the food in the picture and the total price couldn’t more than half of the value shows on bottom of the picture.
July 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am
you have missed India, that like missing 1 / 6 of the population
July 9th, 2010 at 1:24 am
but its a wonderful approach to showcase different nations, culture and economy
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
A beautiful work, the photography is a good way to show the diferent “habitus” of people around the world.
In Chile, my Country, the people eat garbage from USA, and everything come of there…Mc Donals, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut…and a lot of Coca Cola…