Photographer Henry Hargreaves and food stylist Cailin Levin, created Power Hungry, to show the disparity between meals between rich and poor through time. The display, called Power Hungry is a basic way to show class distinction at play in cuisine. The table is set on either side so that the rich and poor can literally look across and see what the other side is eating.

United States of America

One in six live under the poverty line. The low-class meal (left) is cheap and unhealthy compared to the wealthy meal just across the table.

Syria

 
President Bashar al-Assad and his wife feast on a Western-Middle Eastern combo while thousands starve to death with nothing.

18th-century France

Marie Antoinette reputedly said “Let them eat cake!” It was the phrase that launched the French Revolution in 1789 at a time when an unskilled labor had to spend 97% of his wages on bread while monarchs dined on sugared fruit and champagne.

Ancient Rome

The average, everyday Roman had a diet of mostly millet while the wealthy had over-indulgent feasts.

Ancient Egypt

The pharaohs enjoyed a rich variety of foods while the poorer had to make do with bread and vegetables.