Mary Beth Meehan andMary Beth Meehan is an independent photographer and writer. The workers of Silicon Valley rarely look like the men idealized in its lore. During the depths of the pandemic, four in 10 families in the area with children could not be sure that they would have enough to eat on any given day, according to an analysis by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies. Just months later, Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, who recently added “Technoking” to his title, briefly became the world’s richest man. The median home price in Santa Clara County — home to Apple and Alphabet — is now $1.4 million, according to the California Association of Realtors.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2021 06:56 UTC