Mark Menjivar has a compilation of work called "you are what you eat," this compilation is a social reflection. Consideration of peoples lifestyles can be seen in many places in our natural environment, people, places and things that we interact with are in fact a part of who we are. Mark chooses a interesting place because the refrigerator houses our food and the food an individual eats can give you many insights into a persons life without knowing the person. For example from this refrigerator above you can make the assumption this person doesn't grocery shop or rarely eats at home at all. This person probably works in a food establishment and does not cook at home. In the compilation itself Mark does give a background of the peoples refrigerators he shoots but this give more meaning to the larger body and less on any one given photograph.
This work relates great with my projects as I am photographing pantries and how people store their dry goods. I realize a flaw in my work with the fact that i lose a lot of character in the idea of expiration. With a much larger expiration date things pile up in pantries speaking less about the owner then perishables. I plan to anylize as a large body, looking into what people share universally in their pantries as well a what is truly unique about each pantry.
