Hannah Caldwell is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in food, beverage, still life, and advertising. With nearly two decades of experience, she works across the full spectrum of commercial production, from campaign shoots for premium restaurants, hotels, and wineries to FMCG packaging and brand storytelling.

Her client roster includes McCain, Brown Brothers, Yarra Yering, Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, and leading Melbourne creative agencies.

Her work is defined by an emotive, considered aesthetic that balances beauty with intention. Published in Elle Decoration UK and Vogue, Hannah brings the same craft and care to commercial briefs that she applies to her fine-art practice.

Her fine-art projects — including the Paris Photo Awards Gold-winning Inside Out and Silver-winning Formation — sit at the heart of a practice built on restraint and an ongoing curiosity about texture and form, explored through personal projects ranging from the surfaces of wild mushrooms to tempered chocolate.

Hannah Caldwell is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in food, beverage, still life and interior imagery. Her work is known for beautiful light, careful composition and a calm, precise approach that helps subjects feel real and inviting. She brings a fine-art sensibility to advertising and brand projects, creating polished visuals that still feel tactile, atmospheric and warm.

Hannah works with agencies, restaurants, designers and producers across Australia, delivering cohesive image libraries for campaigns, packaging, web and social.

Her work has been internationally recognised, including selection in Lürzer’s Archive Top 200 Advertising Photographers Worldwide (23/24) and awards at the Paris Photo Awards and the International Photography Awards (IPA). Available for commissions in-studio or on location.

Hannah Caldwell is a Melbourne-based food, drink and still life photographer.

Her work is shaped by a fine-art background and a focus on light, texture and materiality—images that feel considered, atmospheric and precise.

She collaborates with agencies, producers and creative teams across advertising and hospitality, bringing a calm presence on set and a strong sense of craft from concept through to final delivery.

Recent projects include commissions for Savour & Grace, CleanSeas, Brown Brothers Wines, Fonterra, and Décor Australia, as well as venues within The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne.

Her work has been recognised by Lürzer’s Archive (Top 200 Advertising Photographers 23/24), the Paris Photo Awards (Silver), and the International Photography Awards (Judges’ Selection).

Hannah is available for commissions in Australia and the UK.

Hannah Caldwell is a Melbourne-based food and still life photographer who combines artistic sensitivity with a strong commercial focus, creating imagery that feels both refined and purposeful.

With a strong eye for tone, texture, and composition, she creates evocative imagery that captures the beauty and emotion within everyday subjects. Her fine art background continues to inform her approach—balancing technical control with creative intuition to craft timeless visuals that feel both honest and elevated.

For Hannah, food photography is about connection—to people, place, and culture, whether she’s capturing the detail of fresh produce or the atmosphere of a restaurant at dusk, her work celebrates food as both a sensory and emotional experience.

Her clients include Atria Dining at The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, Décor, Lemnos Foods, McCain, and Penguin Random House. Her photography has been recognised internationally by the Paris Photo Awards, the International Photography Awards, and Lürzer’s Archive Top 200 Photographers.

Hannah approaches each collaboration with curiosity and care, creating imagery that feels genuine, beautifully crafted, and true to the people and brands behind it.

Hannah Caldwell is a multi-award-winning Melbourne-based beverage photographer renowned for her elegant use of light, composition, and tone. Specialising in drink and cocktail photography, she brings a refined, art-driven aesthetic to commercial projects across editorial, advertising, and branding.

Her recent beverage work includes luxe cocktail photography for Ritz-Carlton Melbourne and a dramatic series for Lui Bar, part of the Vue Group. Whether it’s hero shots of spirits, wine, or crafted cocktails, Hannah’s images balance technical precision with emotional depth—designed to elevate brand perception and enhance visual storytelling.

Her drink photography has been featured in campaigns across Australia and internationally, with a focus on premium beverage branding. Clients include Brown Brothers Wines, Bacardi-Martini, and Vue Group.

Recognised by Lürzer’s Archive, the Paris Photo Prize, and the International Photography Awards, Hannah is available for beverage and hospitality commissions throughout Australia and beyond.

Hannah Caldwell is an award-winning food and beverage photographer based in Melbourne, known for her refined aesthetic, thoughtful composition, and use of cinematic light. With a background in fine art, she brings a considered and intuitive approach to every project, shaped by years of professional practice and creative insight.

Her work explores the layered connection between food, nature, and the human experience—capturing not just what is seen, but what is felt. Driven by a deep appreciation for how food brings people together, Hannah’s imagery balances rich texture, emotional resonance, and visual storytelling.

She has created images for leading brands including Brown Brothers Wines, Fonterra, Penguin Random House, McCain, and Vue Group’s Lui Bar, delivering high-end imagery across advertising, packaging, digital campaigns, and editorial features.

Internationally recognised by the Paris Photo Prize, the International Photography Awards, and Lürzer’s Archive Top 200, Hannah is available for commissions across Australia, the UK, and beyond.

Melbourne-based still life and food photographer, Hannah Caldwell’s images reveal a concern with rich colour, texture, light and shade, and have a clean, minimal feel that nevertheless shows her appreciation of drama and strong graphic lines.

Hannah finds inspiration is all around her and enjoys the challenge of capturing beauty and simplicity in a timeless form. She aims to seek out the essence of her subjects while staying true to her unique style and clients brief.

Hannah has created images for large retailers, advertising campaigns and local businesses and editorial publications both in Australia and overseas.

For Scottish-born Hannah Caldwell, one of the best things about living and working in Melbourne is the food. As well as being delicious, it’s the perfect medium to indulge her love of rich colour, texture, shade, and her fascination with capturing light, and she’s always inspired by the high-quality produce of her home state.

Caldwell has more than a decade’s experience in the photography industry and as well as food, she loves shooting interiors and still life. She infuses all her work with a painterly quality; her images have a clean, minimal feel, with strong graphic lines, while also expressing an appreciation of drama. Hannah creates an emotion and mood through the shot to really engage the viewer.

Hannah has created images for advertising and editorial both in Australia and overseas. She believes that great creativity often is the result of team effort and values working closely with her clients.

Recently, along side client projects Hannah has been working on a personal project entitled 'Raw' in which she explores the beauty of raw produce and ingredients, revealing a richness and depth which in their natural state is often overlooked and, especially in food photography, often underrepresented.

A Melbourne-based still life and food photographer, Hannah Caldwell’s images reveal a concern with rich colour, texture, light and shade, and have a clean, minimal feel that nevertheless shows her appreciation of drama and strong graphic lines.

Hannah finds inspiration is all around her and enjoys the challenge of capturing beauty and simplicity in a timeless form. She aims to seek out the essence of her subjects while staying true to her unique style and the client's brief.

Hannah has created images for large retailers, advertising campaigns, local businesses and editorial publications, both in Australia and overseas.

A Melbourne-based interior, lifestyle and food photographer, Hannah Caldwell’s images reveal a concern with rich colour, texture, light and shade, and have a clean, minimal feel that shows her appreciation of drama and strong graphic lines.

Hannah finds inspiration is all around her and enjoys the challenge of capturing beauty and simplicity in a timeless form. She aims to seek out the essence of her subjects while staying true to her unique style and clients brief.

With an eye for detail and a focus on clean and impactful imagery, Hannah regularly shoots domestic and commercial projects for architects, interior designers, hotels and restaurants.

Melbourne-based still life and food photographer Hannah Caldwell’s images reveal a concern with rich colour, texture, light and shade, and have a clean, minimal feel that nevertheless shows her appreciation of drama and strong graphic lines.

Hannah finds inspiration is all around her and enjoys the challenge of capturing beauty and simplicity in a timeless form. She aims to seek out the essence of her subjects while staying true to her unique style and client's brief.

Hannah has created images for large retailers, advertising campaigns and local businesses and editorial publications both in Australia and overseas. She believes that great creativity often is the result of team effort and values working closely with her clients.

For Scottish-born Hannah Caldwell, one of the best things about living and working in Melbourne is the food. As well as being delicious, it’s the perfect medium to indulge her love of rich colour, texture, shade, and her fascination with capturing light, and she’s always inspired by the high-quality produce of her home state.

Hannah has more than a decade’s experience in the photography industry. As well as food, she loves shooting interiors and still life. She infuses all her work with a painterly quality; her images have a clean, minimal feel, with strong graphic lines, while also expressing an appreciation of drama.

Favouring magenta hues, deeper blues and darker colours, Hannah creates an emotion and mood through the shot to really engage the viewer. She finds collaboration on shoots especially inspiring, and has worked with some wonderful chefs, art directors, and stylists.

Photography is Hannah’s career, but it’s so much more than that - it’s her way to convey the beauty she sees in the world.