Health
In order to sustain their rigorous activity,
photographers have to eat. Balancing
nutrition, taste, art, and protocol gets harder
the farther from your front door you roam. It
may be difficult to find familiar edibles in an
unfamiliar corner of the globe.
Alien foods can be strange and/or dangerous.
Food and water are the most likely ways to
contract unhealthy pathogens. Meals from
expensi ve establishments and cheap street
food can both be suspect.
When working on photography assignments
on foreign soil, counting proteins,
carbohydrates and vitamins may be less
important than basic sustenance.
Harboring idiosyncratic prejudices, food
preferences, random peccadilloes may be
all but impossible. You may feel you have to
protect your ego, consider your allergies,
be vegetarian or avoid gluten but the
environment may not accommodate your
choices.
All of us have limitations, but to be a good
“world citizen,” we should never cease to
experiment with new types of nourishment.
Most distrust of unfamiliar food is mental.
Exotic tastes expand our minds and enhance
our creativity.
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