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The Extreme Diet of a Food Photographer—Who Also Happens to be a Powerlifter

Bon Appetit’s Alex Lau may just have the greatest job in the world; He gets to travel the world, dine on innovative food, and photograph it for the pages of a magazine. Oh, and did we mention he’s a competitive powerlifter? Spend a week in the life our (very cool) food photographer.

Released on 02/26/2016

Transcript

So I'm a food photographer.

And the question I get a lot is, Can you eat the food?

And the answer is, Definitely.

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This is at nationals.

He was squatting 490 pounds.

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Hey, can we eat this yet?

Awesome.

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I would describe my eating habits as...

What you put in front of him, he will eat.

It doesn't matter if he's already had dinner.

He will have a second dinner.

If he's had lunch, well he'll have more!

In the middle of the afternoon, time for a snack.

He's like a sports car that's always redlining.

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I'm surrounded by amazing and delicious food

on a daily basis.

What am I supposed to do?

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I get to eat, travel, and photograph things for a living.

What more could I ask for?

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