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Veronika Vanakova
Spain
Veronika Vanáková is an award-winning food photographer and videographer based in Spain, working with international food and beverage brands to create high-end visual content. Through her studio, Veka Photo Studio, she specialises in recipe photography with product placement, food advertising imagery, and motion content that highlights texture, freshness, and flavour.
Her recent work includes a full visual campaign for Grupo Jafisa, a Spanish meat-industry company, along with creative shoots for boutique producers and hospitality clients with a focus on restaurants.
Driven by her passion for culinary storytelling and technical precision, Veronika helps brands — big or small — communicate authenticity, freshness, and quality across digital and print platforms.
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Winston Zhou
Maryland - New York
Winston Zhou is a food and still life photographer with a passion for beer, hygge, and chubby pets.
Colorful and dynamic, but always with a nuanced touch, he focuses his work on food, still life, and people.
His studio is based out of Baltimore and New York. Good people, good drinks, and good food will always have a home in front of his lens.
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Stephen Conroy
London
Stephen Conroy is a positive client focused food & drink photographer. He has a global client list who all have a great experience at his fully equipped kitchen studios in London to go along with the delicious results.
This Spotlight features Stephen's versatility with sweet treats. From slick supermarket chocolate bar packaging requiring precision, consistency and attention to detail — to family favourite recipes like ice cream sundaes and jelly for an upcoming cookbook.
For more examples of Stephen’s work, check out his website or get in touch to discuss your project.
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Rose Mordaunt
London
Rose is a London-based food photographer specialising in bold, high-impact imagery for restaurants and hotels. Known for her love of bright, punchy colours and dramatic lighting, she creates visuals that celebrate flavour, texture, and the energy behind every dish.
Her style blends creativity with a strong commercial focus, helping brands elevate their menus, campaigns, and social presence through standout photography.
Recently having worked with Prezzo, Colicci, and Mama Shelter, along with several luxury hotels in Bali, she captures vibrant stories that reflect each brand’s unique personality and setting.
Whether shooting a hero dish, a full menu, or an immersive lifestyle scene, each project is approached with a commitment to detail, collaboration, and visual storytelling. The goal is always the same: to craft images that make people hungry, curious, and excited to experience the food for themselves.
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Krzysztof Czernecki t/a Christopher Photography
London
Krzysztof Czernecki, known professionally as Christopher Photography, is a London-based drinks photographer specialising in high-end commercial beverages and liquid imagery. Known for his bold, polished visual style, he blends technical precision with creative instinct to capture splashes, pours, and reflections with striking clarity. Using advanced high-speed and motion-control techniques, he turns the movement of liquid into powerful, eye-catching visuals that stand out in advertising and branding.
His portfolio features a range of leading drinks brands and hospitality clients, each project reflecting his signature attention to detail, dramatic lighting, and deep understanding of how to elevate a simple beverage into a visual centrepiece.
Working from London and collaborating worldwide, Christopher Photography creates impactful imagery for commercial drinks campaigns, bar and restaurant photography, and brand-focused advertising.
For clients seeking inventive, detail-driven liquid photography, Krzysztof Czernecki continues to push the creative possibilities of the craft.
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Andrea Zoltanetzky
Berlin
Andrea Zoltanetzky is a Berlin-based food photographer with roots in New York City. She specialises in creating vibrant, mouthwatering food photography that highlights the beauty and flavor of every dish. Working with restaurants, global food brands, and culinary entrepreneurs, Andrea crafts visually striking images that capture the essence of great food — whether shooting in her Berlin studio or on location.
With a background in marketing and advertising research, Andrea combines creative artistry with strategic insight to produce photography that connects with customers and drives engagement. Her work spans product packaging, brand campaigns, editorial content, and restaurant menus — all designed to make food look as irresistible as it tastes.
Her clients include Jamie Oliver Kitchen, Wolt, Lufthansa, and TiNDLE Foods, among others.
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Paula Wilson
Canada
Paula Wilson is a Canadian food and lifestyle photographer. Her award winning work for restaurants, cookbooks and brands showcases her unique artistic vision and signature style.
Paula’s strong collaborative skills and vibrant energy inspire creativity and harmony in every project. Her team offers exceptional digital, video, and retouching services along with a talented network of stylists and designers.
Her clients include McCormick, Boston Pizza, Kraft, McDonald's, Tim Hortons, Pizza Hut, and Kellogg's.
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Stephen Hamilton
Chicago
Stephen Hamilton is an award-winning food and beverage director and photographer whose work has appeared almost everywhere you see images of food - on television, in national magazines and cookbooks, on packaging, and across seven seasons of Top Chef. Stephen built his career showcasing ingredients in all their organic, natural beauty.
"We specialise in producing both motion and still photography assets for our clients, streamlining the content creation process by handling everything under one roof. Shooting pizza might sound simple—after all, it’s one of the most photogenic comfort foods—but doing it well is a real art. The best pizza photos make you smell the melted cheese through the screen, crave that first bite, and appreciate the textures and colors that make each slice unique. The art lies in capturing not just the pizza’s look but its feel: the gooey cheese pull, the golden crust bubbles, the rustic flour dusting, or the sheen of olive oil on a golden crust."
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Diego Papagna
Italy
Diego Papagna is an award-winning photographer from Milan, Italy, specialised in food and product photography. His work merges technical precision with a bold, creative approach to photography.
In his commercial and artistic projects, he explores the expressive potential of light, texture, and material to create images that are both visually striking and conceptually refined. His versatility and visual sensitivity define an approach that adapts seamlessly to each brief.
He collaborates with brands, agencies, and magazines to create high-impact images that balance creativity, elegance, and precision. Always exploring new perspectives, he brings fresh ideas and a sophisticated aesthetic to every shoot, from crafted set designs to clean, minimal compositions.
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Rosie Van Der Elst
The Netherlands
Rosie van der Elst is a British commercial and editorial photographer based in Amsterdam, specialising in food photography, drink photography, lifestyle imagery, and brand storytelling.
With a background in art history and years of experience in the creative industry, she brings a strong sense of narrative and a refined yet playful aesthetic that blends editorial style with commercial appeal. Her photography captures the energy, texture, and personality of each subject — whether photographing food and drink, a dining experience, or the people behind a brand.
Rosie partners with agencies, publishers, and brands to create high-quality, authentic, and dynamic visual content. She shoots both on location and in the studio, producing imagery that supports campaigns, product launches, and brand identities. Her work has been commissioned by clients including Magnum, HEMA, KitKat, and 24Kitchen, reflecting her ability to craft engaging and distinctive visuals across industries.