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  • The Ukita Family in front of their home with all of their possessions, Tokyo, Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 48-49. From Peter Menzel's Material World: A Global Family Portrait Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.
    Japan_Jap_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Skeen family of Pearland, Texas, outside their home with all of their possessions. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 136-137. Ricky Skeen and his wife Pattie Skeen, with their two children, Michael and Julie. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.
    USA_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Abdulla family with all of their possessions pose for a portrait in front of their home in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Published in the book Material World, pages 236-237. Saif is a college professor who received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in the U.S. His older children have attended school in the U.S. as well.  Like many Kuwaitis the Abdullas enjoy a high standard of living, subsidized by the oil rich country. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.
    Kuw_mw_01a_xxs.jpg
  • The Costa Family outside their home with all of their possessions, Havana, Cuba. Published in the book Material World, pages 106-107. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.
    Cub_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Natomo family with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Published in Material World, page 14. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama's house.  From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.
    Mal_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Castillo Balderas family of Guadalajara, Mexico, outside their home with all of their possessions. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 144-145. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.
    Mex_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Kuenkaew Family, 5:30 pm, May 31 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Ban Muang Wa, Thailand. Published in Material World, pages 80-81. The Khuenkaews are a farming family that grows rice for personal use, and to sell for income. The Khuenkaew's live in a wooden 728-square-foot house on stilts, surrounded by rice fields.
    Tha_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • Nalim and Namgay's family of Bhutan, with all of their possessions. The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can (often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil). Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.(Material World pages 72-73)
    Bhu_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Lagavale family with all their possessions in front of their house. The family lives in a 720-square-foot tin-roofed open-air house with a detached cookhouse in Poutasi Village, Western Samoa. The Lagavales have pigs, chickens, a few calves, fruit trees and a vegetable garden. They farm, fish, and make crafts to support themselves. They also work for others locally, which helps supplement their modest needs. Published in Material World, pages 170-171.
    Wsa_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Regzen family outside their ger with all of their possessions, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Published in Material World pages 40-41. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They live in a squatter's area, as do thousands of other Mongols who moved here from the rural countryside.
    Mon_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Published on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa.
    Saf_mw_01a_xxs.jpg
  • The Thoroddsen Family posed with all of their possessions in front of their home, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. Published in the book Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 162-163.
    Ice_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Caven Family with all of their material possessions, except for more boxes of books stored in the garage, American Canyon, California. Craig Caven, Regan Ronayne and their two children, Andrea and Ryan live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco. The photograph was made by Peter Menzel and patterned after his 1994 book, Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Usa_mw2_18_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001. The Costa family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Cub_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Cuba, 2001. The Costa family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Cub_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_757_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_1_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_19_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mal_mw2_757_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_19_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_20_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs (1).jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_03_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Japan, 2001. The Ukita family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Japan_Jap_mw2_20_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. Nalim and Namgay's family, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bhu_mw2_161_120_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bos_mw2_18_xs.jpg
  • The Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.
    Mal_mw_701_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bos_mw2_34_120_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Bos_mw2_18_xs.jpg
  • The Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Standing, wearing yellow, is Soumana's father. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two.  From Peter Menzel's Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.
    Mal_mw_700_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of the remaining Demirovic family members of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001, with whatever new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of their portrait with all of their possessions for Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Demirovic Family.
    Bos_mw2_34_120_xs.jpg
  • The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Near original to image that appeared on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa.
    Saf_mw_01b_xs.jpg
  • The Lagavale family with all their possessions in front of their house. The family lives in a 720-square-foot tin-roofed open-air house with a detached cookhouse in Poutasi Village, Western Samoa. The Lagavales have pigs, chickens, a few calves, fruit trees and a vegetable garden. They farm, fish, and make crafts to support themselves. They also work for others locally, which helps supplement their modest needs. Published in Material World, pages 170-171.
    Wsa_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Ukita Family in front of their home with all of their possessions, Tokyo, Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 48-49.
    Japan_Jap_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Skeen family of Pearland, Texas, outside their home with all of their possessions. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 136-137. Ricky Skeen, 36, and his wife Pattie Skeen, 34, with their two children, Michael, 7 and Julie, 10. Material World Project.
    USA_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • Rain delay during the shooting of the Material World big picture in South Africa. The Qampie family had to cover all their possessions, which had already been moved outside, during the brief but fierce thunderstorm that swept across Soweto. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Material World Project.
    Saf_mw_712_xs.jpg
  • The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Near original to image that appeared on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa.
    Saf_mw_01b_xs.jpg
  • The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Published on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa.
    Saf_mw_01a_xxs.jpg
  • The Natomo family with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Published in Material World, page 14. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together.
    Mal_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Ukita family's possessions displayed in front of their house before the family photograph for the Material World project. The family is situated on the two balconies of the upstairs bedrooms for this preliminary photograph. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo, Japan, called Kodaira City. Material World Project.
    Japan_Jap_mw_17_xs.jpg
  • The Costa Family outside their home with all of their possessions, Havana, Cuba. Published in the book Material World, pages 106-107.
    Cub_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Regzen family outside their ger with all of their possessions, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Published in Material World pages 40-41. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    Mon_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Standing, wearing yellow, is Soumana's father. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. Material World Project.
    Mal_mw_701_xs.jpg
  • The Abdulla family with all of their possessions pose for a portrait in front of their home in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Published in the book Material World, pages 236-237. Their house is 4,850 square foot one-story house (with a full basement) in a residential neighborhood.
    Kuw_mw_01a_xxs.jpg
  • The Castillo Balderas family of Guadalajara, Mexico, outside their home with all of their possessions. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 144-145.
    Mex_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • Nalim and Namgay's family of Bhutan, with all of their possessions. From pages 72-73, Material World. The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can (often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil). Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.
    Bhu_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Kuenkaew Family, 5:30 pm, May 31 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Ban Muang Wa, Thailand. Published in Material World, pages 80-81.
    Tha_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • The Samuel Msomi family in Soweto, South Africa with all their possessions in the back yard of their house. This family was not chosen for the Material World book, but they are, like the Qampie family in the book, statistically average for South Africa.
    Saf_mw_711_xs.jpg
  • The Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Standing, wearing yellow, is Soumana's father. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. Material World Project.
    Mal_mw_700_xs.jpg
  • The Thoroddsen Family posed with all of their possessions in front of their home, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. Published in the book Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 162-163. The Thoroddsen family lives in a 2,000 square foot wooden frame house overlooking the harbor in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (near Reykjavik). Bjorn is a pilot for Iceland Air and Margaret (called Linda) is a milliner.
    Ice_mw_01_xxs.jpg
  • Çinar Family of Golden Horn (or Haliç) area, Istanbul, Turkey, with all of their possessions outside their home. The photograph was made by Peter Menzel and patterned after his 1994 book, Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Tur_mw2_61_120_xs.jpg
  • A neighboring family of Nalim and Namgay was photographed in the village of Shingkhey, Bhutan, for the Material World Project. They are shown outside their rammed earth house with all their possessions. Shingkhey Village, Bhutan.
    Bhu_mw_741_120_xs.jpg
  • Çinar Family of Golden Horn (or Haliç) area, Istanbul, Turkey, with all of their possessions outside their home. The photograph was made by Peter Menzel and patterned after his 1994 book, Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Tur_mw2_61_120_xs.jpg
  • A neighboring family of Nalim and Namgay was photographed in the village of Shingkhey, Bhutan, for the Material World Project. They are shown outside their rammed earth house with all their possessions. Shingkhey Village, Bhutan.
    Bhu_mw_741_120_xs.jpg
  • Bhu.mw2.6.xs.A portrait of Namgay, 57, family patriarch of the Material World family, in Shingkhey, Bhutan. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
    Bhu_mw2_6_xs.jpg
  • Market in Wangdi Phodrang From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Well-worn and water damaged copy of Material World: A Global Family Portrait that was given (new) to Nalim and Namgay's family after it was published in 1994. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
    Bhu_mw2_721_xs.jpg
  • Photograph of Nalim and Namgay's family with one week's worth of food constructed for the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
    Bhu_mw2_162_120_xs.jpg
  • Soumana Natomo's two wives and a number of their children in the community of Kouakourou, Mali, look at photographs from the initial countries shot for Material World: A Global Family Project before they decided to paticipate in the project. Mali was the third country photographed. The Natomo family lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together.
    Mal_mw_702_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of a Northern Californian family at dawn, seen with items they own that contain microprocessor chips. From the One Digital Day book project. (1998)
    USA_SCI_COMP_15_120_xs.jpg
  • Battle scarred hillsides around Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001. ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
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  • Cemetery on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium complex in Sarajevo, the site of the 1984 winter Olympics. A large portion of the athletic fields have become graveyards for the people killed during the siege of Sarajevo. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001.  ©2005 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
    Bos_mw2_701_xs.jpg
  • A pilgrim reads holy scriptures on the banks of the Ganges before dawn. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges at Hardiwar, India. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles. Under the watchful eye of police and lifeguards, the faithful throng to bathe in the river.
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  • Feeding pigeons at a downtown park in old Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
    Bos_mw2_703_xs.jpg
  • (1997). Broken and obsolete machines formerly stored in Peter Menzel's and Faith D'Aluisio's garage set ablaze for a Christmas card in 1997. Napa Valley, California.
    USA_FIRE_1_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of a Northern California family with items having microprocessor chips, all in front of their home at dawn. From the One Digital Day Book.
    USA_SCI_COMP_16_120_xs.jpg
  • Getting water from Eeika Biiyaha, a mineral water factory tank in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
    SOM_10_xs.jpg
  • Portrait of a Northern Californian family at dawn, seen with items that contain microprocessor chips. From the One Digital Day project. (1998)
    USA_SCI_COMP_14_120_xs.jpg
  • Longhaired sheep nursing near Ballynahinch, West Ireland (Connemara).
    IRE_ANML_03_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_122_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_33_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_33_120_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_35_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_35_xs.jpg
  • From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2001. The Batsuuri family, with whatever new possessions (only a color TV set) they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait.
    Mon_mw2_122_xs.jpg
  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini with their daughter, Caterina on the balcony of their home. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
    ITA_MWdrv05_149_xrw.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.323.x..Anil Yadav portrait. Son of Bachau and Mishri Yadav. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
    IND_MWdrv04_323_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.228.x..Mishri Yadav brushes her teeth in the courtyard of her family's home. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Health..
    IND_MWdrv04_228_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.127.x..One of the Mishi's youngest children plays butterfly with a photographic reflector as her mother and extended family harvest wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work. Children, Child..
    IND_MWdrv04_127_x.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.009.x..Ahraura Villagers harvest wheat, Uttar Pradesh, India. {{Ahraura is the home village of the Yadavs?India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.}}.
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  • Taking a smoke break on the balcony of the house are Daniela Ciolfi, wife of Fabio Pellegrini (and unseen, translator Jennifer Zaid of Philidelphia and Rome). Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
    ITA_MWdrv05_179_xrw.jpg
  • IND.MWdrv04.193.x..Mishri Yadav harvests wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her family must pay half of the harvest to the owner of the land that they farm. They grow one planting of wheat and then rice during the rest of the year. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work..
    IND_MWdrv04_193_x.jpg
  • Fabio Pellegrini in his office in the home he shares with his wife Daniela Ciolfi and their daughter Catarina. The home has been in Daniela's family for many generations. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
    ITA_MWdrv05_202_xrw.jpg
  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini with their daughter, Caterina on the balcony of their home. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
    ITA_MWdrv05_156_xrw.jpg
  • Daniela Ciolfi and Fabio Pelligrini take a walk through their historic walled town of Pienza. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
    ITA_MWdrv05_105_xrw.jpg
  • A rider walks his bike along a lane within the walled town of Pienza, Italy. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • Italian cheese rounds in a shop, Pienza, Italy. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site. Taken during revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.395.x..Portrait of Seema Yadav, who wasn't yet born when the Yadav family Material World portrait was taken in 1994. .Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.373.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Marriage..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.366.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Marriage..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.355.x..Bachau and Mishri Yadav's oldest child, daughter Nishadevi, 19, called Guddi, is betrothed by family arrangement to a boy living in a village 30 km from her home village of Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Children, Child, Marriage..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.239.x..A young girl's feet with ankle bracelets. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.099.x..Mishri Yadav harvests wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her family must pay half of the harvest to the owner of the land that they farm. They grow one planting of wheat and then rice during the rest of the year. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Work..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.079.x..Children in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. {{Ahraura is the home village of the Yadav family. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.}}.
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  • IND.MWdrv04.058.x..Seema Yadav, in pink, reading in her school classroom, wasn't yet born when the Material World family portrait was taken in 1994. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. Child, Children, Education..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.025.x..Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Bachau Yadav, 42 with his father. Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. Revisit with the family, 2004. The Yadavs were India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait..
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  • IND.MWdrv04.006.x..A girl carries a bundle of harvested wheat in Ahraura Village, Uttar Pradesh, India. {{Ahraura is the home village of the Yadavs?India's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 64-65), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait.}}.
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  • Taking a smoke break on the balcony of the house are Daniela Ciolfi, wife of Fabio Pellegrini and translator Jennifer Zaid of Philadelphia and Rome. Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site.
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  • ITA.MWdrv05.169.xrw..Daniela Ciolfi shows a picture of her daughter Caterina as a young girl made by the photographer Catherine Karnow, who photographed the Pellegrini family for the book Women in the Material World (1995). Revisit with the Pellegrini family, 2005, Pienza, Italy. The Pellegrinis were also Italy's participants in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, 1994 (pages: 198-199), for which they took all of their possessions out of their house for a family-and-possessions-portrait. In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site...
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