Hungry Planet Family Food Portraits

The Revis family in the kitchen of their home in suburban Raleigh, North Carolina, with a week’s worth of food. Ronald Revis, and Rosemary Revis, stand behind Rosemary’s sons from her first marriage, Brandon Demery, (left), and Tyrone Demery.

Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio present “Hungry Planet” - a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each family’s profile includes a detailed description of their weekly food purchases; photographs of the family at home, at market, and in their community; and a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries. The book profiles 30 families from around the world. (Buy)

The Al Haggan family and their two Nepali servants in the kitchen of their home in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with one week’s worth of food.

The Çelik family in the main room of their three-room apartment in Istanbul, Turkey, with a week’s worth of food. Mehmet Çelik, 40, stands between his wife Melahat, 33 (in black), and her mother, Habibe Fatma Kose, 51. Sitting on the couch are their children (back to front) Metin, 16, Semra, 15, and Aykut, 8.

The Brown family of Riverview, Australia with a week’s worth of food: Doug Brown, 54, and his wife Marge, 52, with their daughter Vanessa, 32, and her children, Rhy, 12, Kayla, 15, John, 13, and Sinead, 5. The length of the Brown’s grocery list changes depending on whether Vanessa and her children are living with them at the moment.

The Aboubakar family of Darfur province, Sudan, in front of their tent in the Breidjing Refugee Camp, in eastern Chad, with a week’s worth of food. D’jimia Ishakh Souleymane, 40, holds her daughter Hawa, 2; the other children are (left to right) Acha, 12, Mariam, 5, Youssouf, 8, and Abdel Kerim, 16.

The Ayme family in their kitchen house in Tingo, Ecuador, a village in the central Andes, with one week’s worth of food. Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo, 37, and Orlando Ayme, 35, sit flanked by their children (left to right): Livia, 15, Natalie, 8, Moises, 11, Alvarito, 4, Jessica, 10, Orlando hijo (Junior, held by Ermelinda), 9 months, and Mauricio, 30 months.

The Ukita family: Sayo Ukita, 51, and her husband, Kazuo Ukita, 53, with children Maya, 14 (holding chips) and Mio, 17 in their dining room in Kodaira City, Japan, with one week’s worth of food.

The Mendoza family and a servant in their courtyard in Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Guatemala, with a week’s worth of food. Between Fortunato Pablo Mendoza, 50, and Susana Pérez Matias, 47, stand (left to right) Ignacio, 15, Cristolina, 19, and a family friend (standing in for daughter Marcelucia, 9, who ran off to play). Far right: Sandra Ramos, 11, live-in helper. Not present: Xtila, 17, and Juan, 12.

In the kitchen of their apartment in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, the Manzo family: Giuseppe, 31, Piera Marretta, 30, and their sons (left to right) Mauritio, 2, Pietro, 9, and Domenico, 7 stand and sit around a week’s worth of food.

The Casales family in the open-air living room of their home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with a week’s worth of food. Marco Antonio, 29, and Alma Casales Gutierrez, 30, stand with baby Arath, 1, between them. At the table are their older children, Emmanuel, 7, and Bryan, 5.

The Fernandez family in the kitchen of their San Antonio, Texas home with a week’s worth of food. Lawrence, 31, and wife Diana, 35, standing, and Diana’s mother, Alejandrina Cepeda, 58, sitting with her grandchildren Brian, 5, and Brianna, 4.

The Dong family in the living room of their one-bedroom apartment in Beijing, China, with a week’s worth of food.

The Melanson family consists of: Peter, 30, Pauline, 34, Joseph, 11, Jacob, 9, and Shane, 6. ONE WEEK’S FOOD IN October. The Melansons of Nunavut, Canada.Food Expenditure for One Week:.$350.13 US dollars.