The 64 residents of the remote east Greenland village of Isortoq still hunt and fish but combine traditional Inuit foods with purchases from the supermarket, the large red building in the foreground. A favorite dish: seal dipped in ketchup and mayonnaise. In the middle of winter I lived here for 10 days, documenting the life of a hunting family.
During six months, I photographed traditional self-sufficient communities all over the world, focusing on how their lifestyle is dictated by the environment they live in and by their search for food. A global story for National Geographic Magazine titled “The Evolution of Diet” (Sept 2014).
Print Details
Format: Archival print, printed with pigment ink on acid free Hahnemühle paper.
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