Patagonia, Chile via annais
If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
[ I was going to post a long rant about some arrogant yoga girl who insists people are ignorant for using olive oil to cook and should not eat fish or drink milk or eat cheese because of all sorts of problematic food issues, instead I said, let me focus on those who celebrate food. If you still want to see the link of the article she was waving on her Facebook, there you go. Privileged white people…ugh]
- God: I love all my children equally.
- [Earlier in the Bible]
- God: I don't care for Job.
"I will spend more time with myself in this lifetime than anyone else. Let me learn to be the kind of person I would like to have as a friend."
Courage to Change: One Day at a Time (via thatkindofwoman)
“Tout en Haut du Monde” (Longway North)
French animated feature film project by Rémi Chayé
Pilot : http://vimeo.com/38442550oh my god oh my god oh my god
I KNOW RIGHT!??!?!
I remember blogging about this a few months ago- worth bringing back on the radar. 2D animation, still alive and well in Europe too!
THIS LOOKS SO PERFECT I WANT TO SEE IT NOW.
Julianne Moore as “Famous Works of Art” by Peter Linderbergh - for Harper’s Bazaar
Seated Woman With Bent Knee by Egon Schiele, La Grande Odalisque by Ingres, Saint Praxidis by Vermeer, The Cripple by John Currin, Les danseuses by Edgar Degas, Madame X by John Singer, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, Woman With a Fan by Modigliani, Man Crazy Nurse #3 by Richard Prince, Adele Bloch Bauer I by Gustav Klimt.
julianne moore is SUCH a BABE
A beginner’s guide to Stop Making Sense, basically.
The spire for the top of One World Trade Center was hoisted into place at the top of the building in New York Friday, bringing the building to a symbolic 1,776 feet above ground. (Photo: Gary He / EPA via The Wall Street Journal)
This is like some weird fiction city. I do not know this skyline.
A message from marionettequintet
What are your plans for the summer, girl?
Basically because my school is all kinds of wonderful and for some reason sees promise in my outlandish ideas, I’ve been granted $4000 to work on developing educational curricula and resources for a school in Burma. I’ll be working with a small, non-profit school that puts all of its revenue towards giving scholarships to students from low-income backgrounds. Mostly, given my experiences in Thailand and India last year, I’ll be working to create their English language curriculum and teacher resources, establish an after-school adult education program, and develop a small library of English and Burmese children’s books. The last goal looks the least feasible from where I’m standing right now, simply because I’m uneasy about bringing a suitcase full of donated books into a country whose government is highly suspicious of foreigners carrying and distributing literature, but with any luck it’ll somehow work out.
While there, I’ll be staying at a Buddhist monastery which will both satisfy the overly enthusiastic religion major within and serve as familiar Theravadin turf in a politically unfamiliar country, which will be a relief. In an ideal world I’ll find a translator I can trust so that I can use my weekends to travel around rural areas collecting stories from Burmese folklore and mythology. I also hope to use my in-country position to do some investigation concerning the current situation with the Rohingya genocide, but as this is extremely politically sensitive and could very well land me in jail, I will have to tread carefully.
Also! I forgot to mention that my wonderful boyfriend will be serving as my partner in crime throughout this whole bewildering experience. I love travelling alone, but I think traversing Burma with someone trustworthy and reliable in tow will both help me be a more effective contributor at the school and will make my entire in-country experience infinitely more enjoyable.
What it comes down to is that I’m really just a little petrified, immensely grateful, and incredibly excited to have been given the financial resources to make this happen. That’s probably waaay more information than you wanted, but that’s what I’m doing this summer.
Dedicated to those who shall remain nameless: I realize that everyone is stupid sometimes, but to exist in a constant state of unapologetic idiocy must require a concerted effort. Congratulations are in order.
