Writer D’Alusio and photographer Menzel, whom have had their work presented at the Nobel Peace Center, display the eating habits from around the world from a variety of people in this photo essay. These people include veterans, the sickly, and fast food workers in the United States to acrobats in China to housemakers in Yemin to camel brokers in Egypt and more. Their goal is to show one of the basic necessities for living for humans to allow the readers of Time, whom may have more luxuries in life, to see what other people, who might be less fortunate, eat. It can let the reader also know that other people may be eating the same thing they are eating.

The content is done in a slideshow format, so it’s easy to associate each body of text with a given photo. Within the body of text, D’Alusio starts off describing the subject, their location, and their caloric intake. Following is the detailed description of their meals throughout the day with the format of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and possibly something the subject in the picture has throughout the day. In some cases, due to the subject’s lifestyle and work, they may instead have “WHILE SHEPHERDING” instead of lunch or “EARLY MEAL” instead of breakfast, showing that not everyone lives by the same type of schedule.  For each time of day, the list of food even describes the exact proportioning. After the description of food, D’Alusio gives the reasons behind the diet of each of the subjects which are usually accounts provided by the subject.

Menzel’s photography provides something beyond what the text can show. The photos show the variety of food and the types of people consuming this food that can’t easily be seen through just words. Some spreads of food are smaller. Some are not even shown in the kitchen, and instead are in a studio or out in the field. Having the photography and text together gives the reader a greater sense of what it means to eat in their country with their livelihood. Some people are not out in the field but sitting on a wheelchair instead. It works well because of the extensive detail in the text and the photos that allow a greater sense of reliability to the reader. I am interested in doing work similar to this just because it is so detailed, showing the research of the authors, and also because the photography demonstrates some storytelling as well. Both elements are crucial to the overall story that the photo essay is trying to get at, which is “A Worldwide Day’s Worth of Food.”