A special Global Issues lecture will be given by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio on Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 pm in Violette Hall 1000. Menzel is a photojournalist known for his coverage of international feature stories on science and the environment, and D’Alusio is a former award-winning television news producer. Since 1996 they have been collaborating on a series of documentary books, beginning with Material World: A Global Family Portrait, and Women in the Material World. Two of their most recent books are Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (2005), and What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets (2010). In Hungry Planet, the authors detail one family’s weekly food purchases and total costs in 24 countries, and use thought-provoking interviews. The centerpiece of each chapter is a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries. Hungry Planet won the coveted James Beard Best Book Award in 2006, and in 2005 received Book of the Year from the Harry Chapin World Hunger Media Foundation. What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets is a photographic journey across 30 different countries that shows us what 80 people eat in a typical day. Through Menzel and D’Aluisio’s evocative narrative style and exceptional photojournalism, What I Eat shines a far reaching beam of light into the pantries of ordinary individuals, revealing a lot about their culture, economy and way of life. Their lecture at Truman is entitled “Calories and Culture: A Worldwide Photographic Journey.” It will feature images from their award winning books Hungry Planet: What the World Eats and Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects. More information about their work can be found at www.menzelphoto.com, and in a recent NY Times article.