In Your Refrigerator (20 photos)

Looking into someone's refrigerator is considered impolite, but it's still fascinating to see what their contents can reveal about their owner. Is it possible to determine a person's cultural background? Does the hectic pace of life in big cities influence food culture in general? We once tried to answer this question, thanks to Mark Menjivar's photo project "You Are What You Eat." And peering into other people's refrigerators turned out to be quite fascinating.





Today we present a similar project, "In Your Fridge," created by French-Canadian Stephanie de Rougé. Based in New York, Stephanie implemented the project in her own unique way: with each photo, she included a photograph of the owners in their interiors, to provide, if possible, a social and psychological portrait of them.



1. Aurora (jewelry designer). Based in Paris.

2. Charmaine (analyst). She keeps a Barbie doll on a kind of "altar" in her refrigerator, which, according to Charmaine, represents an altar of love for her husband, Mark. The couple lives in New York.



3. Monique (retired). Lives in Paris.



4. Michael Cro (painter) and his wife Muriel (German teacher). They live in Paris.



5. Yvette (housewife), her husband Tobias (information security consultant), and their four children—Kassandra, Nova, Olivia, and Timate.



6. Benjamin (Director of Strategic Development) and Edwin (independent consultant). They live in Brooklyn, New York.



7. Michael, a chief accountant; Faina, an auditor; and their children, Adrian and Armand. They live in Paris.



8. Marie, a schoolteacher from Paris.



9. Fred, a painter from Brooklyn.



10. Francis, a café owner, and Josephine, an actress, director, and theater manager. They live in Saint-Ouen, France.



11. Thierry, an actor from Paris.



12. Pierre, a journalist from Paris.



13. Lucy (student), Erica (student), Luca (student), Mahmoud (nurse), Cedric (student), Elaine (student). Live in Brooklyn.



14. Timati, restaurant manager. Lives in Brooklyn.



15. Blandine (housewife), Juliette, and Gabrielle. Live in New York.



16. Edwin, writer. Lives in Brooklyn.



17. Salah (waiter), Elizabeth (housekeeper), and Hayat (immigration agent). Live in Queens, New York.



18. Corentin (university professor), Jérôme (sales director), Vivienne (manager), Kadafi (entrepreneur), Tina (au pair), Armen (broker), Maja (student), Greg (university professor), Sutisa (student), Benjamin (marketing director), Cecile (fashion PR manager), Jeremy (student). Live in New Jersey.



19. Hiroyoku (reporter). Lives in Queens.