Diana Hubbell
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Diana Hubbell

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Eater

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

The global thirst for palm oil has never been more ravenous. Caught between it and a multigenerational war on Thailand’s poor are the farmers of the Southern Peasants’ Federation, who simply want a piece of land to call their own.

Eater New York

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The Complicated, Problematic Influence of TripAdvisor Restaurant Reviews

The travel site is beloved and trusted by tourists — a fact some New York restaurants are exploiting however they can.

Eater

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Facebook Scammers Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Posing as Luxury Restaurant Suppliers

The discounted Alaskan king crab legs and caviar were too good to be true.

Atlas Obscura

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Saving the Hogs of Ossabaw Island​

An eccentric heiress, a daring mission, and the fight for North America’s most unusual pig.

Atlas Obscura

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The Cult Roots of Health Food in America​

How the Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.

Atlas Obscura

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How America Embraced Aspics With Threatening Auras

From futuristic test kitchens to Under-the-Sea Salad, midcentury Jell-O took a turn for the weird.

Atlas Obscura

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How to Feed an Army

Go behind the scenes at the Massachusetts military lab engineering the fuel of the future.

Atlas Obscura

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The Once-Extinct Aurochs May Soon Roam Europe Again

After a decade, scientists are getting close to bringing back the massive wild cattle.

Atlas Obscura

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Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing

For 50 years, this bizarre act was one of the Atlantic City’s biggest attractions.

Atlas Obscura

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This Depression-Era Science Trick Transforms Water Into Pie

How resourceful home bakers managed to make dessert from practically nothing.

Atlas Obscura

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Make the Crystal-Clear Milk Cocktail Loved by a Spy and a Founding Father

Upgrade your punch game with a 400-year-old science trick.

Atlas Obscura

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Resurrecting the Spudnut, America’s Forgotten Halloween Treat

Bake the recipe remnant of a potato doughnut empire that once stretched from the United States to Japan.

Atlas Obscura

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Meet Baked Alaska’s Prototype, ‘Alaska, Florida’

This parlor trick of a dessert has a long, complicated lineage.

Atlas Obscura

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This Depression-Era ‘Magic Cake’ Has a Secret Ingredient

Hit with hard times, American bakers turned to tomato soup.

Atlas Obscura

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Meet Red Velvet Cake Before It Was Colorful

Before the invention of red dye 40, this confection looked very different.

Atlas Obscura

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The Debonair Restaurateur Who Inspired the First Chinese-American Cookbook

Chin Foin forever changed America’s relationship with Chinese food.

Atlas Obscura

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It Takes a Village to Feed Cambodia’s Ravenous Ghosts

When the gates of hell open on Pchum Ben, communities gather to feed returning ancestors with sweet and savory rice cakes.

Atlas Obscura

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To Earn His Crown, Germany’s Tofu King Had to Overcome Sausage and the Slammer

The country once arrested purveyors of meat alternatives.

Condé Nast Traveler

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Oumi Janta Is Leading a Skating Revolution in Berlin

COVID-19 may have closed the clubs for the summer, but Berliners have found a different way to dance.​

Condé Nast Traveler

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How Evita Robinson Built the Travel Tribe She Thought the World Was Missing

Learn how Evita Robinson, founder of the Nomadness Travel Tribe, is creating a community for millennial travelers of color.

Condé Nast Traveler

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Singer Laura Mam Is on a Mission to Revive Cambodia’s Vibrant Music Scene

A new era of Cambodian artists want to bring back the country's longstanding musical heritage.

VICE

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Banks Are Waging A Secret War Against The Adult Industry

When legal businesses are blocked from actually making money by banks and services like PayPal, our cultural acceptance of sex is pushed further into the fringes.

VICE

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This NYC Artist's Radical Bread Is Baked to Be Destroyed

"If you look at bread, you have to look at subsidies and revolts and taxation. Bread has never really been simple."

VICE

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An Inside Look at New York City Street Vendors' Fight to Survive

The city only gives out 4,000 permits a year, creating a black market for vendors securing them illegally—but now one local legislator is pushing to offer up more.

Off Assignment

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To the Divorcée at the Dive Bar in Berlin

On learning German and starting over.

Off Assignment

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To the Woman Crying in the Only Gay Bar in Wuhan, China

On secrets kept in times of transition.

Off Assignment

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To the Platinum Blonde DJ on Her Way to Laos

On running away and the story I didn't write.

Eater

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Porcelain That Looks Like Pastry

Margaret Braun’s sugar-sculpted marvels have appeared in books, museums, and before royalty. Now, she’s embracing a new role in the food world.

Playboy

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​The Queen of Thailand's Drag Scene Is Fierce and Fearless

​Pan Pan Narkprasert, a.k.a. Pangina Heals, is a force of nature who manages to say some serious stuff without ever taking himself too seriously.

VICE

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The Double Life of a Berghain Bartender

Meet Roman Shamov—the drink-slinger with a colorful past as a drag queen, puppet vocalist, television actor, and breathing workshop guru.

Architectural Digest

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This Architect Is Promoting Self-Sustaining Architecture Around the Globe

Michael Reynolds repurposed tires, bottles, and cans to design homes that can generate their own electricity, processes their own sewage, collect rainwater, and maintain temperature without any additional fuel.

The Washington Post

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Street art has become a global business — and artists are worrying over its future

There are more ways than ever for artists to make a living, but at what cost?

WIRED

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Sea of Solitude Captures the Loneliness and Anxiety of the Pandemic

The newly revamped game is the latest in a slew of indie titles normalizing conversations around mental health.

The Guardian

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New York's Chinatown pulls together to brighten the Covid darkness

The pandemic has devastated Manhattan’s Chinatown, but the community is uniting to support restaurant owners and make the upcoming Lunar New Year as festive as is safely possible.

The Guardian

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Bologna city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels

The opening of a food theme park will further elevate Bologna’s reputation as Italy’s culinary capital but the city has plenty more to offer, including superb art, music and medieval architecture.

The Guardian

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Harlem’s renaissance: how art, food and history are shaping its latest evolution

Longtime residents and new business owners celebrate the past and present of the neighbourhood.
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      • Photography >
        • Flushing, New York City, 2017
        • It's Showtime NYC, New York City, 2017
        • Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, 2017
        • Hong Kong, 2017
        • Malacca, Cameron Highlands, Pangkor Laut, Malaysia, 2017
        • Street Food, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017
        • Ubud, Indonesia, 2017
        • Unicorn Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017
        • Yangon, Myanmar, 2017
        • Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, Danang, Vietnam, 2017 and 2016
        • Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand, 2017
        • Trang, Thailand, 2017
        • Java, Indonesia, 2016
        • Sanya, China, 2016
        • Lago di Garda, Italy, 2016
        • Stockholm, Sweden, 2016
        • Mutura Sausage, Kenya, 2016
        • Masai Mara, Kenya, 2015
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  • Selected Work
  • About + Contact