On international Women’s Day, we salute our winners of The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers In celebration of International Women’s Day, we caught up with our first two  winners of The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers. This Award, which was introduced in 2021, is in memory of Claire Aho, Finland’s greatest woman photographer. The Award aims to encourage and celebrate women photographers.    Marina Spironetti won The Claire Aho Award in 2021 for her image, ‘Female Butchers of Panzano - Martina’   Why did you enter the CAA? A good deal of my personal work fo ..read more

Four long-standing judges of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year share their personal thoughts on what makes an image really stand out for them:   Nik Sharma, Cookbook author, Photographer, Columnist at San Francisco Chronicle, Food Writer at Serious Eats "I'm looking for photographs that immediately capture my attention and make me think or rethink the way I used to view a subject.  They might challenge my opinions on a topic or help me see it differently.  The photos that I find are the strongest are the ones that hone in and stick to sharing their point of view wit ..read more

How a successful Finalist’s love for photography and food grew…   For our latest blog, we interviewed Lynne Kennedy, who has been a Finalist of the Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer category every year she has entered the competition. After scooping her first Finalist award, Lynne was called by the editor of a famous publishing company asking her to join their photographers list. So take note of her tips below! Lynne hasn’t been a keen photographer since childhood; she didn’t buy her first camera until she was 30. But her love for the art and her success with it has been gro ..read more

  We caught up with Hugh Johnson, food photographer with several decades of top-level experience and Finalist in Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year on many occasions.   Tell us about your artistic background - was it always inevitable you’d be a photographer? From my very early teenage days, I have been extremely lucky always knowing I wanted to be a photographer. No one else at school had a clue what careers to follow. Growing up watching Jacques Cousteau diving in similar countries to where I grew up made me come to England to become a wildlife film maker. However, without th ..read more

As Director of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, I have had the huge privilege of looking at every single image entered into the Awards since they began in 2011. The shortlisting process is very intense and extremely exciting. I’m often asked, How on earth do you choose from all the thousands of images?   It is, I’ll admit, very tough, Every image is properly considered in turn. Your brain has to make the infinitesimal shift from looking at one image after another, taken by a different photographer, with a different world view. You enter into a different mindset each time, and by ..read more

Zoe Whishaw - Pink Lady Blog questions   How did you get involved with the world of photography?  I was given my first serious camera for my 18th birthday (a Canon AE1 SLR) and became obsessed immediately. I am a scientist by training but during my research phase after university, I found myself spending more and more time in the darkroom developing and printing my own work, which culminated in an exhibition in 1992 at the then-prestigious ‘Cambridge Darkroom’.   I moved out of pure science to work in publishing, producing scientific school books for children, where I first real ..read more

In a special tenth year celebration, this 2022 we are delighted to have shared our Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year finalists.  Thousands of images poured in from countries around the world. Once again the standard of entries has not only displayed incredible technical prowess but the most evocative and powerful storytelling. This global competition continues to help connect us and offer an exclusive insight into the universal language of food culture. Across past ten years, we have seen such diverse storytelling across all of our categories, including that of our Food Film Shorts ..read more

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year encompasses a range of genres of food photography across an array of different categories. With categories ranging from Food Stylist Award, through to World Food Programme Food for Life, Fujifilm’s Award for Innovation to Politics of Food, there is something for every kind of photographer. Our judging panel is carefully crafted to maintain an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience. Chaired by David Loftus, our panel range from photographers and magazine editors to creative directors and film directors, to food retailers a ..read more

  In a series of short interviews, we took some time to catch up with previous finalist photographers of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year from 2021. Each year, we are so honoured to learn about the incredible stories of our entrants from across the globe.    We have been joined by more of our finalists who have shared with us their journey with the competition and their images from our tenth year in 2021.    They have also shared with us advise for those looking to enter Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year this 2022.      &nbs ..read more

  Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year reflects an abundance of genres of food photography across an array of different categories, all of which are open to both professional and amateur photographers.  In a series of short interviews, we took some time to catch up with previous finalist photographers of Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year from 2021.    Each year, we are so honoured to learn about the incredible stories of our entrants from across the globe.    We have been joined by more of our finalists who have shared with us their journey wi ..read more