365 dinners, 362 lunches, 361 breakfasts and 205 substantial snacks!

In 2006, I was fortunate enough to receive an Australia Council grant to exhibit the results of a year spent photographing everything I ate. This was before Instagram, mind you, so the novelty of that idea was fresh. Shooting this project was pretty bloody hard to do. Carrying a camera every moment of my day for a year and remembering to shoot everything before I took a bite was exhausting. (There was one meal I completely forgot and had to recreate from raw, uncooked materials afterwards - can you find it?)

Anyway, it was worth it, as the exhibition was a huge smash. I reckon there was one day I had at least six people through the gallery. Maybe seven! It’s quite difficult being so ahead of my time.

These two prints were exhibited along with a selection of my favourite (and infamous) meals. (One person asked, “Why are there so many donuts?”) The prints were 2.5 metres in length and affectionately named Guy Sebastian and Casey Donovan, after the 2003 and 2004 Australian Idol winners and the time frame I shot the photos in.

Guy was arranged chronologically from day 1 to day 365 — just as (a) God would have wanted.

Casey was arranged with my favourite meals at the centre and the least favourite at the edges. Messy and intriguing. I’m more fond of Casey.

Incidentally, the prints are gathering dust under my bed if anyone’s interested in seeing them or hanging them on their wall. (One’s a little bit ripped, but I think it adds something.) Call me!