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Plates And Dishes: The Foods And Faces Of The American Diner by Evan Orensten

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Plates and Dishes is a new photographic journal by Stephan Schacher that captures the food and personalities of American diner culture. The portraits are fresh and the colors subdued, and it's easy to live vicariously through Schacher's journey across America and parts of Canada as he explores the country through its diner food and the people who serve it.

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This entry posted on 12 May 2005 at 5:38 AM
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