Kawakanih
Yawalapiti, 9, Upper Xingu region of Mato Grosso, Brazil, photographed
August 19, 2018 in Brasilia. Kawakanih, a member of the Yawalapiti
tribe, lives in Xingu National Park, a preserve in the Amazonian Basin
of Brazil. The park is encircled by cattle ranches and soy
In the past six months alone, 100 million trees have been felled to make
room for
When she was born, Kawakanih’s mother, Watatakalu, isolated her from
those who didn’t speak Arawaki, their native language. Only 7 speakers
of the language remained and her mother was afraid Arawaki would go
extinct. In fact, Kawakanih is the first child to be raised speaking
Arawaki since the 1940’s and her mother says it’s up to Kawakanih and
her two siblings to keep the language alive. Kawakanih has also learned
her father’s dialect as well as Portuguese. She loves to read history
books, especially ones about the Egyptians. Most of her days are spent
playing in the river or helping with chores, like harvesting manioc
(cassava), making tapioca and fishing. Every couple of months, Kawakanih
travels to Canarana for school where she learns computer skills, though
no one in her village owns a computer; there is no electricity or
running water. To get to the studio in Brasilia, Kawakanih and her
mother traveled 31 hours from their village by boat, bus and car. The
red paint Kawakanih wears, traditionally made from ground urucum seeds,
protects her from bad spirits and energy. A cluster of seedpods are to
the left of Kawakanih’s head. Rainforest tribes have used the entire
Urucum plant as medicine for centuries. Kawakanih’s diet is very simple,
consisting mainly of fish, tapioca, fruit and nuts. It takes five
minutes to catch dinner, says Kawakanih. When you’re hungry, you just go
to the river with your net.
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#1
Kawakanih Yawalapiti, 9, Upper Xingu Region Of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Bobert Robertson 6 months ago
Geez
this girl at 9 has more talent than I do at 32. She speaks multiple
languages. My biggest passion is fishing and she can catch a fish in 5
minutes? I’m happy to catch one in an hour haha
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"Daily Bread grew out of another of my projects on consumption and waste called 7 Days of Garbage,"
Segal said. "I asked family, friends, neighbors and anyone else I could
convince to save their garbage for one week and then lie down and be
photographed in it. It's impossible to ignore the problem of consumption
and waste when you're lying in it! To me, the most disturbing thing
about the garbage I photographed was the packaging that comes with our
food. We've grown totally dependent on the industries of eating and
cooking and the result has been a massive increase in waste. I began to
ask, "How have our diets and local foods been impacted by this
revolution in the way food is produced and consumed?" It struck me that
we don't give enough thought to what's in our food because we're not the
ones making it! We've outsourced the most vital ingredient of life, the
connective tissue of families and culture. I thought, "What if we keep a
journal of everything we eat and drink for one week to bring our focus
onto diet & take ownership of the foods we eat?"
#2
Anchal Sahani, 10, Chembur, Mumbai, India
Anchal
Sahani, Chembur, Mumbai, India (10 yrs old) photographed March 11, 2017
Anchal lives in a tiny tin shack on a construction site in a suburb of
Mumbai with her parents and two siblings. Her father makes less than $5 a
day, just enough for her mother to prepare okra & cauliflower
curry, lentils and roti from scratch. Anchal would like to return to the
farm where she was born in Bihar, go to school like other kids and
eventually become a teacher, but she’s kept busy with household chores
and looking after her baby brother. When she has time, she dresses up
and leaves the construction site to enjoy the fragrance of jasmine and
lotus and to watch the neighborhood kids playing cricket and running
free. While on her walks, Anchal collects brightly colored chocolate
wrappers she finds along the road by the grocery store. Anchal wishes
her mother would love her the way she loves her baby brother.
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In
total, Segal worked with about 60 kids, 52 of whom he included in the
book. "I began photographing my son and friends of his from school in my
backyard in Altadena, CA. I broadened the piece to include kids from
other neighborhoods in Los Angeles and then decided the documentary
photography project would resonate more deeply with a global scope. I
needed a producer in each country to find the kids. The goal was to
represent a diversity of diets in each location. If the rate of obesity
in a given country was 25%, I aimed to reflect this percentage in my
small sample of kids."
#3
Davi Ribeiro De Jesus, 12, Brasilia, Brazil
Davi
Ribeiro de Jesus, 12, Brasilia, Brazil, photographed August 18, 2018.
Davi lives with his dad, step-mom and three siblings in a tidy one-room
house in the Santa Luzia favela, a slum at the edge of the largest
garbage dump in Latin America. The space is filled by three beds, a
sofa, TV, refrigerator, two wardrobes, a cooker and a small table where
they share their meals. A mosaic of mats and scraps of plywood cover the
dirt floor. Davi has his own shelf where he arranges his clothes, his
toy car collection, and his mobile. There’s no garbage collection and
the power goes down frequently. When it rains, scattered garbage turns
to sludge and oozes into homes, but Jesus keeps Davi and his family safe
and happy. They go to a church nearby every Saturday night and Sunday
morning. Davi’s dad is looking for work as a digger. He has his own
pick, shovel and grubber. Davi’s step-mom handles the cooking. Davi will
eat almost anything except bitter legumes though most days he has beans
and rice, maybe with a little pork. He can cook fried eggs, porridge
and pasta for himself. Sometimes there are treats, like sweet popcorn.
He never goes to bed hungry. Davi laughs easily and is crazy about
kites. He and his friends, Maxwell, Junior and Romário have kite fights
in the favela’s empty lots where bored stray dogs scratch at fleas or
sniff around for food. Davi adopted five strays and gave them names:
Lassie, Beethoven, Tchutchuquinha, Belinha and Piloto. He also has a
chicken and wants a horse. He wants to learn all about cars,
motorcycles, helicopters and guns, too. His dad taught him to drive and
now he dreams of having a Chevy. He’d like to be a cop when he grows up
because it’s better to be a cop than a thief.
Desiré Yen 6 months ago
I so hope he gets to forful his dreams of becoming a policeman. So admirable ♥️
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The
photographer said that one of the biggest challenges working with many
of the kids was the language barrier. "In many cases, I had to rely on
crew members to translate and interpret for me – and hope they were
accurately conveying what I wanted them to." But there were more
obstacles Gregg had to overcome, for example, finding the right mix of
kids, an experienced crew, equipment and locations that met my needs. "I
needed a studio space with access to a kitchen to prepare the food for
kids and a ceiling height of at least 13 feet (the camera height needed
to be a consistent 12+ feet above the subject). Organization was
critical but sometimes lacking. Making sure that all of the kids kept
thorough journals of everything they ate so that those meals could be
accurately reproduced, for instance. Fortunately, I had competent
producers in most countries. Sometimes, the equipment I had access to
wasn’t reliable, which was challenging because the lighting for the
pictures needs to be consistent, of course. Another major hurdle was
money; this was a very expensive project to produce and generating the
funds wasn’t easy. Much of the funding came out of my pocket. I could
have really used a benefactor or sponsor!"
#4
Ademilson Francisco Dos Santos (11) Vão De Almas, Goiás, Brazil
Ademilson
Francisco dos Santos (11) Vão de Almas, Goiás, Brazil, photographed
August 19, 2018 in Brasilia. Ademilson is from VĂŁo de Almas, a community
of 300 families in the Cerrado region of Goiás. Ademilson’s home is 200
kilometers from the nearest town, a journey on mountainous, unpaved
roads through valleys and across rivers - an almost impossible trip
during the rainy season. There is no TV, electricity or running water.
Villagers bathe, wash their clothes and clean their pots and pans in the
Capivara River. Ademilson, the youngest of 7 children, goes to school
in the morning (an hours walk from home) and in the afternoon, returns
to help his father with farming and collecting native plants. The family
cultivates a cornucopia of crops: rice, manihot (cassava), sweet
potatoes, squash, beans, gherkin, okra, jilĂł, orange, lemon, watermelon,
corn, coffee and sugar cane. They collect a bounty of native fruits,
too: buriti, mangaba, mango, jatobá, pequi, caju, and coco indaiá. They
produce coconut oil, mamona oil (castor oil) and sesame and peanut
paçoca. They farm without the use of machinery, irrigation or pesticides
and fertilize with ash from the burning of the bush. Manihot, the brown
root in the upper right hand corner of the photograph, is a staple of
Ademilson’s diet. His favorite treats are mangoes and paçoca (similar to
peanut brittle). There are many kinds of food Ademilson doesn’t eat
because they’re not part of his diet and are completely foreign. He
tried a hot dog when he went to the city and hated it. He’d never eaten
pizza before coming to Braslila to be photographed. In his portrait,
Ademilson is holding buriti, a wild palm from the Cerrado rich in
carotenoids and antioxidants which indigenous people refer to as the
“tree of life” because of its many uses: its wood goes into the
construction of homes and handcrafts; leaves are used to cover houses;
fibers are used to make textiles and the orange pulp of the fruit is
used for food. Even the seeds of the buriti fruit aren’t wasted; they’re
cold pressed by natives who use the oil to protect themselves from the
sun and soothe sore muscles.
Christine Holl 6 months ago
I love how simple and unprocessed these foods are. Huge contrast to what we eat in my country but it is inspiring!
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"Recreating
all of the kid’s meals was a challenge of course, too! Kids kept a
journal of everything they ate for one week. At the end of the week,
producers collected the journals, checked to make sure they were
complete and then handed them off to the cooks who’d shop for all the
ingredients and reproduce all of the meals. I photographed as many as 5
kids a day, so the cooks were responsible for preparing over 100 meals.
These were often 14-hour days for the food-preppers. It was demanding
and exhausting! Once all the food was prepped and plated, I’d arrange
the dishes and other elements in the frame. Sometimes I’d have the
luxury of a food stylist to collaborate with, though often it was just
me doing the styling."
#5
Meissa Ndiaye, 11, Dakar, Senegal
Meissa
Ndiaye, 11, Dakar, Senegal, photographed August 30, 2017. Meissa shares
a single room with his dad, mum and brother in the heart of Parcelles
Assainies, which means “sanitized plots.” A treeless, sandy suburb of
Dakar, Parcelles Assainies was developed in the 1970’s to house the poor
overflowing from the city. Meissa lives opposite the futbol stadium and
open-air market, hundreds of stalls selling everything from fresh fish
to wedding dresses. In late August, tethered goats line the streets
before Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice. Meissa, a devout Muslim
and student at Quran School, loves goat meat and sweet foods like
porridge, though in the week he kept a diary of his meals, he ate very
little meat. More often, he filled up on French bread stuffed with
spaghetti, peas or fried potatoes. Meissa’s mum and anties prepare his
meals though once or twice a week they get take out. Meissa loves futbol
most of all and hopes to be a star player like Messi or Ronaldo. If he
had enough money, he’d buy a nice little sports car. He wishes his mum
and dad, a refrigerator technician, could immigrate to France so that
they can earn enough money.
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"One of the surprising lessons of Daily Bread
is that the best quality diets with healthy foods are often eaten not
by the richest but the poorest. In the US, the poor are the biggest
consumers of junk food because it’s convenient and cheap. But in Mumbai,
it costs $13 for a medium Dominoes pizza, which is way beyond the means
of most people. Anchal lives with her family in an 8 X
8 foot aluminum hut. Her father earns less than $5 a day, yet she eats a
wholesome diet of okra & cauliflower curries, lentils and roti
which Anchal’s mother makes from scratch each day on a single kerosene
burner. Shraman, on the other hand, lives in a
middle-class Mumbai hi-rise and eats very differently. His family’s
extra income means he can afford Dominoes pizza, fried chicken and
treats like Snickers bars and Cadbury chocolate."
"In 2015, Cambridge University conducted an exhaustive study ranking diets around the world from most to least nutritional. Remarkably, 9 of the 10 healthiest countries are in Africa. It seems counterintuitive that some of the poorest countries lead the healthiest lifestyles. But when you look closely at what they’re eating, it makes sense: fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, fish, and legumes and very little meat (which functions more as seasoning) and few empty calories (processed foods)."
"In 2015, Cambridge University conducted an exhaustive study ranking diets around the world from most to least nutritional. Remarkably, 9 of the 10 healthiest countries are in Africa. It seems counterintuitive that some of the poorest countries lead the healthiest lifestyles. But when you look closely at what they’re eating, it makes sense: fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, fish, and legumes and very little meat (which functions more as seasoning) and few empty calories (processed foods)."
#6
Hank Segal, 8, Altadena, Ca
Hank
Segal, 8, Altadena, CA, photographed January 30, 2016. Hank lives with
his mom, a voice teacher, his father, a photographer and their dog,
Django near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los
Angeles. Hank and his parents have grown sun gold cherry tomatoes,
artichokes, zucchini, spinach, pomegranates, yams, snap peas,
watercress, rosemary, thyme, basil, Serrano chili peppers,
boysenberries, kyoho grapes, raspberries, rhubarb, and watermelon. Hank
has an adventurous palette. While eating a fried Branzino at a Lebanese
restaurant, he announced, “I’m gonna’ get all Anthony Bourdain on it!”
and popped the fish’s crispy eyeball in his mouth. Usually, Hank and his
parents talk politics over dinner or succumb to TV. Hank likes his back
scratched and figures he must be part dog because his sense of smell is
so keen. He especially likes the aroma of melted butter and garlic. He
also likes 80’s music because “they really knew how to use the synth.”
Hank’s heroes are Albert Einstein, Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln
because he fixed slavery and has a sweet beard. Hank wants to be a
mechanical engineer at NASA when he grows up.
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"The
revolution in diet and sameness of what kids around the world are
eating," the Gregg added. "Ultrprocessed packaged foods, empty calories.
The children I met have distinct personalities and diverse hobbies, yet
they’re often eating in eerily similar ways. Compare the diets of Paulo from Sicily and Isaiah
from Los Angeles. In the past, a Sicilian boy would have grown up
eating very different foods from his counterpart in the US, but now
their diets are converging. Both Paulo and Isaiah eat French fries,
burgers, pizza, pasta and white bread. They live continents apart, but
it’s as if the boys’ parents have been shopping at the same global
superstore!"
#7
Beryl Oh Jynn, 8, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beryl
Oh Jynn, 8, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, photographed March 25, 2017. Beryl
lives in a quiet condominium with her parents and two brothers. She goes
to S. J. K. Han Ming Puchong, a national Chinese school walking
distance from home. Beryl’s dad is an engineer and her mother runs a day
care. Beryl’s earliest memory of food is porridge and cake. Her
favorite dish is spaghetti with carbonara sauce. Beryl grows bok choy
and spinach in her balcony garden, is not permitted to drink sodas and
refuses to eat ginger. She would like to be a cheerleader.
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#8
Sira Cissokho (11 Yrs Old) Dakar
Sira
Cissokho (11 yrs old) Dakar, photographed August 30, 2017. Sira, one of
nine children, is from Tambacounda, about 7 hours north of Dakar.
Sira’s father is a musician and her mother is a housewife. Sira doesn’t
always get enough to eat. On special occasions, Sira’s mom makes her
favorite dish, chicken. Many of the foods Sira and her family eat are
grown in their garden, including millet and peanuts. Sira has learned to
cook Ngalakh, a Senegalese millet porridge. If she had enough
money, Sira would buy her parents a trip to Mecca. Of all her
possessions, the thing Sira cherishes most is a bracelet her grandfather
passed down to her before he died.
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Rosalie Durand, 10, Nice, France
Rosalie
Durand, 10, Nice, France, photographed August 18, 2017. Since her
parents split up, Rosalie has lived part time with her mom, and part
time with her dad, which allows her to see both the Mediterranean Sea
and the French Alps from home. She has a healthy diet (which includes
lots of fresh fish, like sardines) thanks in part to her father, a
restaurateur, who has taught her to make crepes, salads and lentils with
sausage, her favorite dish. The only foods she won’t eat are
ratatouille, spinach and cucumber. Rosalie gets her sense of style from
her mother, a fashion designer, and plans to be an interior designer.
Rosalie is into Thai kickboxing, rock climbing, gymnastics and performs
magic tricks. She’s a fan of actors Cole Sprouse and Emma Watson and in
her free time goes to the cinema. She notices she’s getting older
because she has a phone. There’s nothing missing in Rosalie’s life,
though she’d like to go to Los Angeles and explore Hollywood Boulevard.
If she had enough money, she’d buy a sailboat or maybe even a yacht.
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Adveeta Venkatesh, 10 Years Old, Mumbai, India
Adveeta
Venkatesh, 10 years old, Mumbai, India, photographed March 11, 2017.
Adveeta, an only child, lives with her maternal granny, who prepares
most of her meals, and her parents in a spacious flat with a balcony
overlooking Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai. The air is often hazy from fires
burning at Deonar dumping ground, India’s oldest and largest landfill,
an 18-story, 12 million ton mountain of trash. Adveeta’s mother and
father are scientists at a government research center in Mumbai. They
make it home in time for dinner. While at the table, no one uses gadgets
or watches TV. Before eating, Adveeta says a prayer of gratitude for
the food on her plate. A vegetarian, she loves South Indian cuisine,
particularly dosas (pancakes made from fermented rice and lentils)
served with spicy chutney and yogurt. A few years ago, Adveeta was a
picky eater. She didn’t eat 99% of the food she eats now. But as her
father discovered during the photo shoot, she’s also eating more snacks
and sweets. “I can’t believe Adveeta is eating all that junk!” he
commented, as the pictures popped up on my monitor. “I’m going to have
to have a talk with her mother!” Adveeta studies drama, performs
classical Indian dance and prefers to solve puzzles and riddles than to
play with Barbie dolls. She’s only cried once in the last year. While
traveling in Jakarta and Bali, she contracted chicken pox and was kept
isolated from her cousins. Adveeta plans to be a veterinarian and to
contribute extra money to orphanages and animal shelters.
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June Grosser, 8, Hamburg, Germany
June
Grosser, 8, Hamburg, Germany, photographed August 11, 2017. June’s mom
is a fashion photographer, though she hasn’t yet photographed her
daughter. June must have observed her mother at work or she’s just a
natural model, completely assured in front of the camera. June can sing
almost all the songs she hears on the radio – and dance to them. She has
no role model. She intends to be her own role model. She’d like a dog,
but her parents won’t allow her. She figures if she can make enough
money, she may be able to bribe her mother to get one. June’s favorite
food is schnitzel. She doesn’t care for curry and truffles and didn’t
like broccoli either until now. She is full after meals but hunger
returns quickly. At dinner, June doesn’t talk much, but rather listens
to her parents discuss politics, elections, and what’s going on in the
world. The things she likes most about herself is her hair, her long
eyelashes and her imagination, her fantasies. One of her wishes is to
fly to the moon, though she’d rather focus on wishes that will be
fulfilled. June is reading The Vampire Diaries and as she’s lying in bed
at night trying to fall asleep, she often wonders if vampires really
exist.
Liz Perry 6 months ago
Her diet is practically identical to the other girl from Germany (currently above), yet the comments are quite different...,
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Leona “Nona” Del Grosso Sands, 6, Glendale, Ca
Leona
“Nona” Del Grosso Sands, 6, Glendale, CA, photographed January 30,
2016. Nona lives with her mother and Cleo, her beloved cat, in an
apartment in Glendale, CA. She can make oatmeal and pancakes and once
when her mother was very sick, she fed her. Nona grew a gigantic tomato
plant that began to take over everything and is now as big as a tree.
Her mother makes her eat vegetables, especially broccoli. Her diet has
as many colors as the rainbow, though Nona also has not just a sweet
tooth, but many “sugar teeth.” Nona’s role models are her mother, her
teachers and Joan Jett. When she goes to sleep at night, Nona sometimes
imagines her Nana is an angel watching over her.
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Andrea Testa, 9, Catania, Italy
Andrea
Testa, 9, Catania, Italy, photographed August 23, 2017 Andrea lives in a
single house surrounded by a little garden and lava stones with his
parents and 6 year old sister Vittoria. Andrea’s father is an officer in
the Italian army and his mother is a housewife who does all the
cooking. Andrea’s favorite dish is pasta carbonara with plenty of bacon.
He loves the scent of orange blossoms and cherries. He won’t touch
cauliflower. If he had enough money, Andrea would buy a drone and a
little dog, which he would name “Ettore” (Hector). Andrea performs magic
tricks for his family and friends. His hero is Robinson Crusoe. Andrea
would like to be a doctor because they make a lot of money.
Giovanni 6 months ago
I
was born there and lived in a small town one hour away until i was 10. I
recongnize every dish! I have to say that the photographer is very
good, usually the food back then was more tasty than pretty XD
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Yusuf Abdullah Al Muhairi, 9, Mirdif, Dubai, Uae
Yusuf
Abdullah Al Muhairi, 9, Mirdif, Dubai, UAE, photographed August 12,
2018. Yusuf’s mom came to Dubai from Ireland to work as a pastry chef
and chocolatier. She married an Emerati man and they had one son before
separating. Yusuf loves his mum’s cooking though he makes scrambled eggs
and toast all on his own. Yusuf likes to read, draw, climb, ride horses
and create science projects. He thinks he’ll either be a pilot or
police officer when he grows up. If he had the money, he’d buy a
Ferrari. His role models are Batman and his mother. Yusuf wishes for his
mum to get married again and that he’ll have brothers and sisters.
Lying in bed at night, he thinks back to building a birdhouse with his
granddad, fishing with him in the rivers in Ireland and going to Warner
Brothers with his grandmom.
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Tharkish Sri Ganesh (10) And Mierra Sri Varrsha (8), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tharkish
Sri Ganesh (10) and Mierra Sri Varrsha, (8) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
photographed March 26, 2017. Tharkish and Mierra’s roots in Malaysia
begin with their great-grandfather who migrated from South India to
build a better future, but only found work as a rubber tapper before
being conscripted by the Japanese to build the “Death Railway” from Siam
to Burma in 1943. Tharkish and Mierra live with their mom and dad in a
public housing project in Bukit Jalil, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Their
apartment block is full of friends and noisy in a good way. Their dad
works as a gaffer in film production and their mom is a homemaker and
does most of the cooking though on weekends they eat KFC, Pizza Hut or
Chinese takeout. Mierra dislikes the pungent smell of meat and traces of
blood. She prefers candies and chocolates. Her earliest memory of food
is rice porridge, her comfort food whenever she falls sick. Tharkish’s
favorite food is Puttu, steamed ground rice layered with coconut and
topped with bananas and palm sugar. Tharkish doesn’t like onions because
they taste weird and leave a funny smell in his mouth. His first taste
was Urad Dal Porridge, an Indian baby food made with dal, rice, coconut,
cardamon and jaggery (concentrated date palm sap). Mierra says her diet
is healthy because her mom avoids foods with preservatives, additives
and msg, though after her Daily Bread portrait, she still thinks she
could eat less processed food. Mierra loves to read and play badminton
and snakes and ladders while her brother is into chess, carom and
surfing the internet. Mierra strives to be the top student in her class
and wants to be a doctor while Tharkish will be happy with a top 3
finish after examinations and pictures himself an IT engineer.
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Siti Khaliesah Nataliea Muhamad Khairizal, 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Siti
Khaliesah Nataliea Muhamad Khairizal, 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
photographed March 26, 2017, Siti lives in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur with
her father, a car salesman, her mother, a housewife and her 4 siblings.
Mum does all the cooking and sets the rules for the table: recite the
Du’a, no water before meals and no chatting during meals though it’s
very seldom that the whole family sits down to dinner together because
everyone’s so busy. Siti’s favorite dish is spaghetti carbonara and
she’s crazy about the scent of fried instant noodles. She goes to a
Chinese school where she learns Mandarin, plays the Melodian and
practices Taekwando. When she falls asleep at night, Siti wishes her dad
would put some money under her pillow. She collects coins of all kinds
and foreign currencies. Once she saves enough money, Siti’s going to buy
an IPad.
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Greta Moeller,7, Hamburg, Germany
Greta
Moeller, Hamburg, Germany, 7, photographed August 11, 2017 Greta lives
with her mother and younger sister in Hamburg, but spends quite a bit of
time with her grandparents, too. On the path to her grandparents home
is a great big chestnut tree and in autumn, Greta searches in the
foliage for chestnuts with her little sister. Greta’s favorite food is
fish sticks with mashed potatoes and applesauce. She can’t stand rice
pudding. One thing Greta is really good at is snapping her fingers, both
hands at the same time. At night, while falling asleep, Greta thinks
mostly about her mother, who is usually in the next room watching TV.
Wendy Wafer 6 months ago
You
know your comments are on the Internet for all of her friends and
family to see, forever? She's a little girl. Keep your mean words to
yourself.
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#18
Frank Fadel Agbomenou, 8, Dakar, Senegal
Frank
Fadel Agbomenou, 8, Dakar, Senegal, photographed August 30, 2017. Frank
lives with his older brother and father, a Human Resources Manager in
an apartment in a posh neighborhood of Dakar. Frank would like to see
his dad and mum together again but he doesn’t think that wish will be
fulfilled. Frank cried a couple weeks ago; his mum told him she would
take him to the beach but then changed her mind. She’s busy, working as a
caterer for parties and fancy hotel events. There is almost nothing
Frank doesn’t like to eat. He eats lots of peanuts from the peanut tree
on his terrace. He’s especially fond of fish and the family cook knows
how to prepare it just right. Frank is an excellent dancer and has
mastered summersaults though he prefers watching TV and playing games on
his Play Station. The thing that makes him laugh the hardest is when
his cousin Coco falls down. Frank dreams of buying a flashy sports car
and traveling to Paris. When he grows up, he wants to be a gynecologist.
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#19
Isaiah Dedrick, Long Beach, Ca
Isaiah
Dedrick, Long Beach, CA, (16 at time of photo) photographed March 20,
2016. Isaiah was raised by his mother and grandmother, who does most of
the cooking at home. One day, Isaiah would like to have enough space to
grow his own garden. Isaiah’s favorite food is orange chicken and fried
rice and he loves the smell of apples sautéed with cinnamon. His mom
doesn’t permit him to drink soda and after this photo shoot, Isaiah
decided to eliminate snacks from his diet. Isaiah’s wish is that no one
will go hungry in the world. He plays the drums and the flute and is
studying acting. He’d like to be as funny as Eddie Murphy or Tyler Perry
and be able to fly like Superman.
MommaBear 6 months ago
To be honest, the diet is not that different from some of the other kids. Everyone just has a different metabolism.
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Cooper Norman, 12 (10 At Time Of Shoot), Altadena, Ca, USA
Cooper
Norman, 12 (10 at time of shoot), Altadena, CA, USA. Photographed
January 30, 2016. Cooper lives in the foothills of Altadena, California
with his mom, a school administrator and dad, a human resources manager.
Other than the cries of wild parrots and peacocks, his neighborhood is
quiet, peaceful, and untraveled. At 4, Cooper began taking karate
classes and at 5, he took up classical guitar. He got into bow ties,
too, which he wears for his guitar recitals. Cooper last wore this suit
to a wedding in Palm Springs. The bride’s uncle was so impressed with
Cooper’s table manners that he invited him out for dim sum. At Odyssey
Charter School, Cooper plants all sorts of fruits and vegetables. He
thinks of himself as an adventurous eater, willing to try almost
anything, though Thai food (his mother’s home country) is his favorite.
His earliest memory of food is eating Cheerios in his stroller. Cooper
plans to be a neurosurgeon when he grows up and, if he has enough money,
will buy a teleporter, so he can visit his family in Thailand more
often.
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John Hintze, 7, Hamburg, Germany
John
Hintze, 7, Hamburg, Germany, photographed August 11, 2017. John lives
with his parents in a large apartment with a garden in a quiet suburb of
Hamburg with more trees than cars. John describes himself as an
omnivore. He’s fond of eating breakfast in bed. His parents bring him a
tray of Musli and toast every morning before school. John loves his
grandma’s roast, Chinese curry with cashew nuts and Orange Fanta, though
he’s only allowed to drink Fanta on weekends. During the week there is
only water. He used to like mushrooms, but not anymore. Once, with his
friend Henry, he made a fruit plate with a sushi knife. “I have not yet
harvested something to eat, but I could do that. First we’d have to
plant something.” John collects minerals like purple azurite, is
learning Thai kickboxing, sailing and is an accomplished swimmer. He
would like to be an underwater archeologist. His dad has already found
and brought back great things from the sea. Once, when he and his dad
were snorkeling, a curious octopus approached them – which was both
scary and fantastic. When he falls asleep at night, John paints a mental
picture of what will happen tomorrow. He hopes his parents will never
die.
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Alexandra (9, Left) And Jessica (8, Right) Lewis, Altadena, Ca, USA
Alexandra
(9, left) and Jessica (8, right) Lewis, Altadena, CA, USA. Photographed
February 21, 2016. Alex and Jessica live in the foothills of Altadena
with their daddy and papa who are engineers at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a NASA field center in La Canada, California. Their yard is
filled with food: blackberry bushes, grape vines, and fruit trees - fig,
peach, pomegranate, guava, mulberry, jujubes, and banana. They have
chickens, too, and eat their eggs almost every day. Jessica loves sweets
and pizza with ham and is repelled by beans, peppers, sushi, and
chocolate. She’s good at drawing and daydreaming and on weekends the
whole family roller-skates at Moonlight Rollerway. Jessica is the
richest person on her street besides their neighbor Mary Anne. When she
grows up, she wants to be an author and university professor. Alex makes
Hot Pockets, pizza rolls, and quesadillas herself, but her favorite
dish is macaroni and cheese. She refuses to eat Brussels sprouts or
soggy leftover broccoli. She collects rocks and shells and is saving up
for an xbox 360 and Nintendo Switch. Alex makes people laugh without
even trying because she’s a spaz, she says. Her long-range goal is to
get a PhD and have an outstanding career. After the photo shoot, Alex
and Jessica took much of the leftover food home to feed their chickens.
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Paolo Mendolaro, 9, Belpaso, Sicily
Paolo
Mendolaro, 9, Belpaso, Sicily, photographed August 23, 2017. Paolo and
his family of four live in an apartment in Belpasso, a tiny medieval
village on the east coast of Sicily founded in 1305. When he steps
outside his apartment, Paolo sees the center square and Mother Church of
Belpasso with its lava stone staircase and bell tower. Paolo’s mom
works full time for a cosmetics company, but makes time to prepare
homemade meals for her family like Sicilian Cannolo and Pasta alla
Norma. Once a week, they buy a roast chicken or go out for pizza, which
Paolo loves most of all. Paolo has learned to make his own pizza and
pasta as well as biscuits and big donuts. His grandfather had an
overflowing garden and Paolo helped harvest eggplants, zucchini, bell
peppers, olives, strawberries, peaches, tomatoes, peas and fava beans.
During the week that Paolo kept his journal for Daily Bread, he’d been
going to the beach with his family and didn’t follow as healthy a diet
as usual; they often ate fast food. Paolo keeps his parents in his
prayers. For his mother, he wishes for a dryer machine and a new truck
for his father, a carpenter. If he had enough money, Paolo would buy a
Play Station 4, a giant Lego set and, at minimum, a one-week holiday for
the whole family.
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Henrico Valias Sant`anna De Souza Dantas, 10, Brasilia, Brazil
Henrico
Valias Sant`anna de Souza Dantas, 10, Brasilia, Brazil, photographed
August 18, 2018. Henrico lives in a posh suburb of Brasilia with his
mom, a film producer and advertising executive, and his two siblings.
Henrico’s mom, grandma and maid do the day to day cooking, though
Henrico likes to invent his own snacks. His favorite dish is Feijoada, a
Brazilian stew of black beans and pork, served with a side of white
rice, "farofa" (fried cassava flour), and collard greens. Henrico likes
dessert, too: chocolate soufflé; Toblerone and Talento bars; anything
with Nutella, “brigadeiro,” a ball of baked condensed milk and
chocolate; buttered toast sprinkled with Nescau powder, a treat his
uncle invented; and one of his own creations - steak covered with sliced
banana. Henrico has mastered video games like Little Big Planet, Lego
Marvel and Escape 3. He listens to Justin Bieber, Maroon 5 and Gato
Galatico, watches Iron Fist and The Flash on Netflix and is a Star Wars
fan. From participating in Daily Bread, Henrico discovered that he eats a
wide variety of food. He has no idea what he wants to do when he
becomes an adult. There is nothing missing in his life. He is perfectly
content.
Callum Denton 6 months ago
Imagine being the sort of sad person who comes on to BP to rip on children's diet. Just imagine.
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