American Photography 31 Winners

Eat to Win

Eat to Win. January 2014. From the family owned pie shop to internationally televised spectacles, Eat to Win depicts American food eating competitions where all table manners are broken and the ferocity of consumption takes on comic opera proportions. Beneath the gross out factor, the close up portraits of contestants in action suggest a complex psychology of pleasure and pain while bringing new meaning to the word "stuffed." The series is part of the NOOR agency's "Food Chain" group project.

Eat to Win

Major League Eating Chili Competition, Orlando, Florida. Eat to Win. February 2014. From the family owned pie shop to internationally televised spectacles, Eat to Win depicts American food eating competitions where all table manners are broken and the ferocity of consumption takes on comic opera proportions. Beneath the gross out factor, the close up portraits of contestants in action suggest a complex psychology of pleasure and pain while bringing new meaning to the word "stuffed." The series is part of the NOOR agency's "Food Chain" group project.