PHOTOGRAPHERS from Scotland have triumphed amongst the thousands of entries submitted from across the globe for this year’s Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, the world’s leading celebration of the art of food photography and film.
Amanda Farnese Heath, East Lothian won the Pink Lady® Apple a Day category with ‘Autumnal Woodland Apple Party’, a magical shot of young girls enjoying a tea party of toffee apples and cake in a Scottish wood. (see main image above)
Lynne Kennedy, Ross-shire triumphed in the Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer category. Two of Kennedy’s images were Highly Commended: ‘Soaked’ and ‘Stormy Fizz’, which both feature newlywed couples celebrating their marriage by popping a bottle.
Caroline Trotter, Fife was Highly Commended in the Food in the Field category with a stunning winter photograph of grey partridge in flight. Grant Jolly, Glasgow, was Highly Commended in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation category with ‘Eggpocalypse Now’, a creative shot of toy soldiers and eggs.
“As Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year enters its second decade, never has the importance of photography and food been so great,” says Phil Turnbull, CEO of APAL, owner of Pink Lady®, and headline sponsor of the Awards since 2011. “Huge global events – war, famine, the end of lockdowns, the revival of the hospitality industry, the chance to celebrate with friends and family again – all these are recorded in the Awards, which show so vividly how food touches every aspect of our lives. The competition continues to be a truly global celebration of the art of food photography.”
The winners were announced by globally acclaimed chef and co-presenter of UK Masterchef: The Professionals, Monica Galetti, in an exciting Awards ceremony that was live streamed on the competition’s YouTube channel on Tuesday 26 April 2022. It was watched by an audience across the globe, including celebrities from the food and photography world.
This year’s global judging panel, tasked with assessing the thousands of entries submitted from over 60 countries across the world, was chaired by legendary food photographer, David Loftus, and included Fiona Shields, Head of Photography, Guardian News & Media, Krishna Madhavan Pillai, Chief Editor, Better Photography, NA Risong, Art director and curator of Inter Art Center Gallery, Beijing, Nik Sharma, Cookbook author, Photographer, Columnist, Tasneem Alsultan, Investigative and National Geographic Photographer and Rein Skullerud, Head of Photo Unit, World Food Programme.
The Overall Winner of this year’s competition was Kebabiyana, a smokey street food shot by Indian photographer Debdatta Chakraborty. An exhibition of all the 2022 Finalists will be premiering at The Royal Photographic Society, one of the world’s oldest photographic societies, in Bristol. The exhibition will run from 20 November – 12 December 2022. Entry is free.
To view the online gallery of all the 2022 finalists, please visit www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com
