food & drink photography Sep 2008

Alan Newnham is a London-based photographer specialising in food, drink and flower images.

He works for a wide range of high profile clients including Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Muller, Del Monte and Knorr, and his flower images have been sold worldwide through Ikea.

A set of flower posters will shortly be available to purchase from a new dedicated website.

For more information or to request the portfolio, contact Alan.

This year Andy Seymour decided to move studio. After a very happy stay in Holland Park, he moved to Bloomsbury, London WC1.

Andy finds that the new location and studio is proving very popular with established and new clients alike. He recently worked with clients including Cadbury CDM, The Bodyshop, Pedras Water, KFC, Knorr and Super Boc beer, along with many more for the domestic and worldwide markets.

Bernd Ebsen has been working as a freelance photographer specialising in stills and food.

Since the early 90s he has been concentrating on still life photography from his studio in central Hamburg. Bernd is represented by Karina Bednorz Fotografen.

Visit his website for more information, and to take a closer look at his portfolio.

Bob Marchant is a long established advertising photographer specialising in drinks and special effects liquid photography.

An early convert to digital photography, he works from his fully equipped studio in London using high-end camera  systems. Bob enjoys creative challenges, such as the "storm in a bottle" shoot for Talisker whisky and the "invisible glass" shoot for Bacardi.

The studio has fully colour managed in-house retouching and postproduction facilities, including CMYK press ready image supply and ISO certifiable proofing.

Recent commissions  include photography for Bacardi, Absolut, Baileys, Talisker, Grants, Grand Marnier, Guinness, Stella, Jim Beam, Grand Marnier, Balvenie and Pepsi.

Christine has had a passion for food photography for over 25 years. She works with both digital and analogue, in the studio and on location.

Previous clients have included Haagen Daazs, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Nestlé, Chambourcy, Danone and Perrier, for whom Christine has produced both stills and TV commercials. She has also taken photographs for over 20 cookery books, The Observer and Daily Telegraph newspapers, and has undertaken trips for the Sunday Times to Italy, France, The USA and India.

She has had exhibitions in Paris and London and is a member of Lensmodern - a group of world renowned photographers. She has also directed many commercials in London, Paris, Milan and Turkey through The Producers, including for Sainsbury's, McDonald's, Lea & Perrins and Nestlé through her Italian and French agents.

During a recent trip to Italy to photograph a cookery school, Christine produced a personal record of the trip in the form of a hand-printed book 'Flavours of Italy'. She has been working in her London studio and on location in the English countryside on a recipe book for a new restaurant. Christine is currently planning a trip to the Himalayas to record the lives of indigenous people - culminating in an exhibition and book.

Gareth Morgans has had another busy year, having just completed photography for Sainsbury's Food & Drink Christmas brochure, an advertising campaign for Morrisons and a food and entertaining book by Jo Pratt, published by Penguin. Clients this year have included Waitrose, M&S, Caffe Nero, Tesco, Heinz, Weight Watchers and The Co-Op, and he continues to make regular contributions to editorial titles such as Delicious, Olive, Sainsbury's and Good Food.

Gareth's work has a beautifully light, graphic quality, and he endeavours to make all shoots a wonderful experience for the client to achieve the best possible results. Testimonials from past and present clients are available on his website, which is regularly updated with new work. Gareth shoots digitally from his North London garden studio.

He is currently looking for representation in the UK and Europe, and would welcome contact from established agents.

It has been another busy summer for successful food photographer Gareth Sambidge.

Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Asda and Tesco are all long-term regular clients, and this year Gareth has welcomed new names Glennfiddich, GQ, Amoy and Unilever.

Shooting advertising, packaging and editorial, Gareth has developed a solid reputation as a hardworking and easygoing photographer with an immaculate and creative approach to his work.

Based in South London and shooting from his own daylight studio, Gareth continues to be one of London's most sought after photographers.

Hilary Moore continues with her busy schedule, shooting for major brands such as Heinz, Knorr, Asda, Tesco, Nestlé, Felix, Frico, Dunnes, Birds Eye, Burger King and Peroni/Giorgio Locatelli.

Recent projects include the new 'Luxury Berry Burst' ice cream campaign for Burger King, an advertisement for Ugo's Paninis, and the new Birds Eye campaign with AMV BBDO.

Hilary shoots digitally from her centrally-located studio in Vauxhall, London, which features natural daylight, a fully equipped kitchen, car park and easy Tube and rail connections.

James Murphy continues to work with an impressive number of editorial, packaging and advertising clients.

More photographs can be viewed on his website and in his portfolio.

Jean Cazals shoots from his daylight studio in Notting Hill, as well as on location around the world for clients including Conde Nast, Martha Stewart, Gourmet, Elle, The Sunday Telegraph, Olive, Delicious, Vogue Entertaining and House&Gardens.

Jean has worked on over 60 cookery books with many top chefs, including Jamie Oliver, Raymond Blanc, Peter Gordon, Alain Ducasse and Gordon Ramsay. He was nominated for 'Best Photography' at the 2007 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards, and for 'Best Bread Book' for his work with 'Dough' at the James Beard Awards. Jean was also nominated for 'Best Photography' with 'Indulge' and 'Best Bread Book' with 'Crust' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2008.

The photographer has produced design work for clients including Conran, M&S, Waitrose, Birdseye, Radisson Hotels, Havana Club, Danone, Sainsbury's, Grano Panado and Robuchon.

His studio is equipped for film as well as digital photography, with a fully-fitted kitchen and a large selection of props and backgrounds available to clients. Jean also shoots TV commercials, and his production company can be contacted at Spoke.

Prints of his photos are available to buy, email Jean Cazals for details.

Patrice recently shot another campaign for Schwartz with Callegari Grey Berville, Paris, with the emphasis on food inspiring art, and art inspiring food.

Her campaign for Jacques Cider for St. Lukes, for which she was in her element creating artistic sculptures with food whilst maintaining its taste factor, is also currently running.

As well as contributing to the launch of new food magazine Gorge, Patrice has recently ventured into pastures new as a specialist consultant, with BBH commissioning her to oversee the packaging and design for some new food products.

Meanwhile, she continues to pin-down famous faces in the music world for her latest book, 'Love Music, Love Food'. A percentage of the profits will be going to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Paul has had a busy month shooting a new recipe book for Ken Hom as well as winter and Christmas treats for Delice de France.

He continues to shoot Waitrose packaging and has three fine art exhibitions to come later this year.

Paul's art collection can be viewed here.

Phil Cook shoots digitally from his own fully equipped daylight studio in London. He specialises in still life work including lifestyle, interior and food photography.

Clients include Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Homebase and Tesco, for whom he has shot autograph ranges, lifestyle, room sets and food.

He works alongside top food stylists to achieve a clean, crisp photography style. Respecting client briefs, he aims to produce uncluttered images that represent the best of a product or brand.

Phil enjoys shooting under a relaxed atmosphere to encourage creativity, and uses light techniques and a sound knowledge of the camera to produce high quality, memorable images.

Rob White has a fully eqiupped food studio in Central London. He has always tried to keep a wide variety of design, advertising and editorial clients, which has led to him working comfortably with very tight or sometimes very loose assignments.

The central core of his style is based around colour, form and simpicity.

Rob's clients include Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Conde Nast, Observer Food Monthly, National Magazines, Arena, Food Illustrated, Times Style, and many others.

This year Rob has gone back to his roots and managed to escape the studio to shoot on location. He has also been working on a couple of food-based short films.

Based in Buenos Aires, Sebastian Israelit has been shooting renowned clients for over 15 years in both the local and international markets. He has a huge passion for food photography and has completed campaigns for Hotel Sofitel in Rio de Janeiro and Martini on the river Seine in Paris.

Following a publication for Ultilisma, in 2005 Sebastian won 'Best Cook Book Of The Year' at the Gourmand Awards in Singapore.

He works out of his 170m2 professionally equipped studio which is perfect for all kinds of food shoots, and collaborates with many of the leading food stylists.

Clients include Cinzano, Gray Goose, JWT, NIke, Jumbo, Kraft Foods, Danone and Quickfood.

International companies can take advantage of the highly competitive pricing that makes Argentina an attractive option when considering where to complete productions.

Well-known and established London-based photographer Struan Wallace has been fulfilling client assignments in both the UK and international markets for many years, working especially with supermarkets and agencies.

Struan's clients appreciate his experience and ability to implement their ideas.

Working out of a fully equipped studio that includes a kitchen area (available for hire), he also offers on-site location finding services.

Struan shoots digitally and is currently working on projects involving CGI, 360vr Web animation, and 360 degree object and product photography for Web advertising purposes.

Visit his website to see Struan's recent work along with an updated client list.