What we eat and what we trash
There’s no end of photography projects documenting an ordinary aspect of life, across diverse individuals, with the hope of throwing some light on who we are and how we live now. Or how others live. It’s art with the frisson of anthropology. Here’s another two in the same vein, each looking at different elements of our consumption.
Dinner in NY by Miho Aikawa looks at people having dinner, in New York (hence the clever title).
Also see Dinner in Tokyo and read more at Slate.
With no nod to naturalism, Gregg Sega shoots portraits of people surrounded by 7 Days of Garbage.
Also see the fascinating project frogdesign did back in 2007, where staff blogged about the trash they found themselves accumulating throughout a regular week, and read more about Gregg Saga’s project at Slate.