5 Notes. Permalink.  Thu, Jun 23rd 2011, 2:29 PM (∞).
Chicago news piece on Vivian Maier (wikip), the recently discovered street photographer. This is my favorite story in a long time, since I don’t know when.
Notes. Permalink.  Mon, Jan 3rd 2011, 5:20 PM (∞).
45-year-old Tibetan head monk, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 158 lbs, typical daily caloric intake: 4,900 calories. Some food staples: Butter tea, dried cheese curds, barley flour cake, noodle soup with potato. Image copyright Peter Menzel, menzelphoto.com
I could not love this book idea more, What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. [via brainpickings]
Part Food, Inc., part FridgeWatcher, the project is a potent antidote to Neil Burgess’s recent rant about the death of photojournalism — What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets is a bundle of storytelling and humanity that unravels itself before your eyes, leaving you hungry to better understand the correlation between food, environment and quality of life.
Notes. Permalink.  Wed, Aug 11th 2010, 2:22 PM (∞).