You Are What You Eat

We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity - to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right vantage point, an open fridge is the perfect staging grounds for a discussion of consumption. And if the aphorism holds true - if we really are what we eat - then refrigerators are like windows into our souls.


You Are What You Eat is a series of portraits by Mark Menjivar, made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the United States. Pictured above is the refrigerator of a bar tender from San Antonio, Texas. He goes to sleep at 8AM and wakes up at 4PM daily.