You Are What You Eat

All you inner Marthas—the Government Food Shoot Challenge is for you. The competition involves styling and shooting one of those drab, gray meals the US government provides to survivors of disasters and troops in the field. (Not so surprisingly the food packets seem to end up on eBay….).

Thus, in an attempt “to wring beauty out of tragedy, find rays of hope amid grim misfortune and,” as the organizers write, “simply prove that we can do things better than the Bush administration” they have set up the competition. It was kicked off recently with a photo shoot art directed and styled by several of Martha Stewart’s own (including Scot Schy, Will van Roden and Pam Morris). Now the organizers are sending out packets of food to those who enter before April 15 (or they run out of food) and the results will be made into a 2007 calendar with proceeds going to The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Commission. Just don’t eat the food.
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Jennifer Kabat
Posted on Tuesday, 14th of March 2006 Permalink Comment (1)