American Regional Cuisine
The 2015 World’s Fair—EXPO Milano—was the first in the event’s 160+ year history in which the entire focus was on food; specifically, how we’ll grow, source and prepare enough to eat as the planet’s population approaches 9 billion people. As part of it’s three-story pavilion, the United States offered a visual tour of traditions that are uniquely American, culminating in a series of images featuring people, places and plates that symbolize iconic regional cuisine around the country. I was commissioned to make these images, in partnership with the pavilion’s design firm, and James Beard Foundation. The portraits below are a small sample of what was on display during EXPO’s run, May through October, 2015.
![expo-map-highlight](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/expo-map-highlight.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-6](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-6.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-8](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-8.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-4](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-4.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-2](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-2.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-3](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-3.jpg)
![EXPO-Milan-1](https://jamescollier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EXPO-Milan-1.jpg)