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  • VEN_01_xs.A procession carrying a float of a dead Christ in a glass coffin in Caracas, Venezuela during Holy week/ Easter..
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  • Lasalle High School class in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Surfer riding a wave in Caraballeda, Venezuela.
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  • The courtyard of Simon Bolivar's birthplace tile-roofed home in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Young people swimming and diving off the rocks into the sea at Macuto, Venezuela.
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  • Airport in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Tropi Burger billboard above Sabana Grande shops in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Downtown Caracas, Venezuela; city view with mountains behind.
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  • High-rise apartment with laundry and trash below in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • High-rise apartment with laundry hanging from windows in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • High-rise skyline of Caracas, Venezuela, with poor neighborhood in the foreground.
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  • High-rise skyline of Caracas, Venezuela, with poor neighborhood in the foreground.
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  • Santos' home outhouse on the Orinoco River in the Canyon de Tamatama, Venezuela.
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  • The narrow prow of a bongo, a 30 foot-long dugout canoe, pushes up the Orinoco River and deep into the rain forest home of the Yanomami in southeast Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 166,167) .
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  • Venezuelan children on the bank of the Orinoco River watch the approach of a small bongo, (wooden canoe). The village of Sejal is on the border of Yanomami country, an area of great interest to Western anthropologists, and therefore its inhabitants are familiar with visitors of all sorts. Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 168,169)
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  • A slash-and-burn garden in the forest village of Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 168)
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  • A Yanomami child, clad in a Western T-shirt, takes a break from tarantula hunting to shoot an arrow at a bird high up in the canopy of the rain forest, Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 173)
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  • A live specimen of Theraphosa leblondi, the world's largest tarantula before being fire-roasted, by Yanomami boys, in Sejal village, near the Orinoco River, Venezuela. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Santos Perez, of the indigenous Yanomami people, looks at a freshly captured Theraphosa leblondi, the world's largest tarantula, on the edge of his machete, Sejal, Venezuela. He roasted and ate it. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • A Yanomami youth named Gregorio Lopez wraps palm worms in palm leaves for transport back to the village, Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 172 Bottom)
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  • Chaurino Perez Andrate, 17, offers a plate-sized sample of roasted Theraphosa leblondi, the world's largest tarantula in his village of Sejal, Venezuela. Chaurino stuns the leblondi by whacking it with a stick, gathers its legs, and lowers it onto the fire. The spider makes a final hiss as its insides heat up and it shoots out a yard-long spurt of hot juice. After it is roasted for about seven minutes, its charred hairs are rubbed away and the legs pulled off. When we crack them open, there's white meat.(Man Eating Bugs page 175)
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  • A Theraphosa leblondi, the world's largest tarantula, caught by Yanomami youths, roasting on the embers of a fire. Chaurino stuns the leblondi by whacking it with a stick, gathers its legs, and lowers it onto the fire. The spider makes a final hiss as its insides heat up and it shoots out a yard-long spurt of hot juice. Sejal, Venezuela.(Man Eating Bugs page 174 Top)
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  • A live specimen of Theraphosa leblondi, the world's biggest tarantula before being fire-roasted, by Yanomami boys, in Sejal village, near the Orinoco River, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Yanomami children, clad in Western t-shirts, hunt for termites in trees containing the nests, Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 172 Top)
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  • Margarita, a Yanomami who maintains a dedication to the traditions and heritage of her people in the face of increased Western influence, sits in her hut in a hammock, cooking yams over a wood fire. She is in the midst of a village in which many have assumed the traditions of Western visitors who ironically came to study the uninfluenced Yanomami peoples. Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 170,171)
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  • Vendor selling onions at Mercado Quinta Crespo, Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Bottles of honey for sale at Mercado Quinta Crespo, Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Meat grilling on skewers at Mercado Quinta Crespo, Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Girls and two men play volleyball in the 12 de Octubre barrio in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Girls and two men play volleyball in the 12 de Octubre barrio in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • Meat grilling at a birthday party at a house in the 12 de Octubre barrio in Caracas, Venezuela.
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  • An aerial view of part of the central business district of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela and its surrounding barrios that reach up into the surrounding hills.
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  • The PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, where Oswaldo Gutierrez works for seven days as a chief of of the PDVSA Oil Oil Platform GP 19. (Oswaldo Guterez is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Gutierrez takes seven days off after every seven days of work on the platform. .
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  • Oswaldo Gutierrez, Chief of the PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, works on the platform for seven days then is off at home for seven days.  Seen in various places with other workers. Model Released..
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  • The bridge in Maracaibo, Venezuela to the port area, at dawn.
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  • View of lake and oil drilling rigs from PDVSA oil drilling yard on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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  • Oswaldo Gutierrez, Chief of the PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela with his typical day's worth of food. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a day in December was 6000 kcals. He is 52; 5'7" and 220 pounds. Gutierrez works on the platform for seven days then is off at home for seven days.   While on the platform he jogs on its helipad, practices karate, lifts weights, and jumps rope to keep fit. His food for the seven days comes from the platform cafeteria which, though plagued with cockroaches, turns out food choices that run from healthful to greasy-fried. Fresh squeezed orange juice is on the menu as well and Gutierrez drinks three liters of it a day himself. His diet changed about ten years ago when he decided that he'd rather be more fit than fat like many of his platform colleagues. PDVSA is the state oil company of Venezuela. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.  (Oswaldo Guterez is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Oswaldo Gutierrez, Chief of the PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, works on the platform for seven days then is off at home for seven days.
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  • The crew on a Venezuelan oil drilling platform at lunch. Oswaldo Gutierrez (not in the photo), is the Chief of the PDVSA Oil Platform GP 19 in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, and works on the platform for seven days then is off at home for seven days.  Featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. Model Released..
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  • Students protest constitutional reforms proposed by President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007. The reforms would enhance Chavez's power enabling him to run for another term.
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  • The Big Pecker snack stand at the Maracaibo Airport, Venezuela.
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  • Katherine Navas, a high school student  (behind counter in shop on right), tends to a customer behind the counter of her stepfather's Internet and copy shop in Caracus, Venezuela. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Bars on all the windows, doors, and balconies signal that security is a major concern in this neighborhood. Caracas was the murder capital of the world in 2008; 50 murders in one weekend is not unheard of. Local gangs are viciously territorial and ruthless in their victimization of the hardworking, law-abiding majority. Noemi Hurtado, an 83-year-old who has lived a stone's throw from Katherine's house for the past 51 years, has never once crossed into the barrio of La Silsa. "It's too dangerous," she says. "I would never go there." When Noemi moved to western Caracas, the La Silsa barrio didn't yet exist; the hills surrounding the valley were forested and, she remembers, there were waterfalls.
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  • Katherine Navas' family internet and copy shop in Caracas, Venezuela.  (Katherine Navas is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A customer enters Katherine Navas'  family internet and copy shop in Caracas, Venezuela. (Katherine Navas is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Katherine Navas cooks dinner at home for friday night dinner with extended family, Caracas, Venezuela. (Katherine Navas is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Katherine Navas does homework at her home in Caracas, Venezuela. (Katherine Navas is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • High school student Katherine Navas and her family eat dinner at their home in Caracas, Venezuela.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Dinner at Katherine's house is a family affair. Her mother is the chief cook, but everyone helps. Tonight's dinner is fresh fried fish from an uncle's shop. During meals, the television is turned off and the day's events are recounted by even the youngest.
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  • President Hugo Chavez's supporters stage a pro-Chavez demonstration in support of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • A supporter at a pro-Chavez demonstration in  in support of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, addresses crowds at a demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, addresses crowds at a demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • Crowds gather to listen to President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, during a  demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • Pro-Chavez demonstrators line up to buy grilled meat for a snack during a demostration in favor of constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • Katherine Navas, a high school student, on the roof of her family's home in a barrio in Caracas, Venezuela with her typical day's worth of food.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of her typical day's worth of food in the month of November was 4,000 kcals. She is 18 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 157 pounds.  Unlike housing in most of the developed world, the higher the house, the cheaper the rent in the dangerous Caracas barrios. Those living at the top of the steep hillside have to travel the farthest to reach services, shops, and the main street, a trip normally made only in the daylight hours. MODEL RELEASED
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  •  Katherine Navas, a high school student  (behind counter in shop on right), tends to a customer behind the counter of her stepfather's Internet and copy shop in Caracus, Venezuela. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Bars on all the windows, doors, and balconies signal that security is a major concern in this neighborhood. Caracas was the murder capital of the world in 2008; 50 murders in one weekend is not unheard of. Local gangs are viciously territorial and ruthless in their victimization of the hardworking, law-abiding majority. Noemi Hurtado, an 83-year-old who has lived a stone's throw from Katherine's house for the past 51 years, has never once crossed into the barrio of La Silsa. ?It's too dangerous,? she says. ?I would never go there.? When Noemi moved to western Caracas, the La Silsa barrio didn't yet exist; the hills surrounding the valley were forested and, she remembers, there were waterfalls
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