food & drink photography Jan 2012

Axel Waldecker is known for his natural, fresh food and still life imagery with over 20 years experience combining refined sensibility with masterful lightning to provide clients with beautifully produced images.

His studio near Stuttgart comes digitally equipped and has a fully working kitchen suitable for all types of food assignments. Axel shoots digitally in the studio or out on location worldwide.

Specialising his photography in still life, food, liquid and splashes.

He works for a variety of clients including Ben&Jerry's, Coca Cola, Davidoff, McDonald's, Ritter Sport and Wella.

His central Hamburg studio is fully high-end equipped.

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

Bernd is represented by Karina Bednorz Fotografen.

Carsten Eichner specialises in still and food photography and has his own fully equipped digital daylight studio in Hamburg.

He has international experience working for agencies and editorial magazines, both in the studio and on location.

Christian Lohfink is a high-quality still life photographer specialising in liquid and food images.

Since 1991, Christian has been working as a freelance photographer from his own studio in Hamburg. He is represented in German-speaking countries by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

Clients include Coca-Cola, Apollinaris, Staatl, Fachingen, Arla Food, CMA, Feinkost Käfer, Mars, Bitburger, Blanchet, Krombacher, Jacobs and Häagen-Dazs.

Food and lifestyle photographer Dan Jones is based in London and has shot for the top advertising, design and editorial agencies.

Dan has enjoyed a busy year shooting for AMV, Isobel, Jamie Oliver, Sainsbury’s, Country Homes & Interiors, M&S and Cox & Cox among many others.

Deborah Jones has been shooting professionally for 20 years. Today she works with a select group of clients including Four Seasons Hotels, Kashi, Diageo Wines and Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. 

Her most recent book, 'Mourad: New Moroccan', debuted fall 2011. She is currently working on the 'Bouchon Bakery Cookbook', her fifth with chef Keller, due for publication in fall 2012.

All images shown in this Spotlight are from jobs produced in 2011.

Erik Chmil is based in Cologne, Germany. He has been working as a freelance photographer in various countries around the globe since 1993. Erik is best-known for his high-end car and landscape photography but recently got a special request from a world-renowned top chef.

The gourmet restaurant Vendôme near Cologne, run by three-star chef Joachim Wissler, ranks among the best gourmet restaurants in Germany. Joachim is the country's most highly decorated cook: three Michelin stars, 19.5 points in the Gault Millau, and numerous other prizes have been awarded to him. He purposely asked Erik to support him with the creative realisation of his latest picture book. 

The collaboration has been highly successful with the Reddot Design Award, the World Cookbook Award by Gourmand, as well as a 'Bronze' from the Art Directors Club. In short, the publication was acclaimed worldwide as the best cookbook of 2011.

Erik is represented in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

Francesco Majo is an international food and lifestyle photographer. He shoots from his daylight kitchen studio in Paris as well as on location around the world for international magazines, design and advertising clients. He has a large choice of props and backgrounds on-hand and his work is easily recognisable through his fine mix of creative styles and food presentation. Francesco regularly works on campaigns in Italy, France and the UK.

Clients include Amica, Anna, Elle, GQ, Gulliver, House&Garden, Psychologies Mag, The Condè Nast Traveller UK, Sale&Pepe, Saveurs, Vogue Gioiello, Alli, Algida, Autogrill, Bertolli, Bo Frost, Bonne Maman, Buitoni, Carrefour, Ducros / Shwartz, Findus, Knorr, Kraft Foods Italy and Spain, McDonald's, Giovanni Rana, Nadec, Nescafé, Perugina, Philip Morris, Sony PlayStation, Swatch, Tre Marie, Unilever and agencies such as Athem, Callegari Gray Paris, Future Brand, Landor Madrid, Leo Burnett, Lorenzo Marini, JWT, Mc Cann Ericksson, Saatchi&Saatchi, Tbwa, RBA, Vibrand, WCRS and Young & Rubicam.

Francesco also shoots TV commercials and is represented in the UK, France and Italy. Prints are available to purchase direct or by email. Visit his website to see more of his work or to request a folio.

Gaby Zimmermann is a food and interior photographer based in Hamburg. She works internationally for both advertising and editorial clients in Europe and the USA.

Clients include: Smucker's (US), Coca Cola, Melitta, Bonne Maman, Knorr, Jacob's, Mövenpick, Gallo (Wein), Kellog's, Mon Cheri, Ferrero Küsschen, Raffaello, Kinderschokolade, Rocher, Tchibo, Effem, Omira, Hengstenberg, MHK-Musterhausküchen, SAS-Hotel, Elysee-Hotel, Renaissance Hotels (US),
General Electric (US), Villeroy&Boch, Feinschmecker, Elle Bistro, Essen&Trinken, Country, Living at Home, Brigitte, Für Sie, Meine Familie&Ich, Freundin, Lisa Kochen&Backen.

Visit her website for more information.

Graham Tooby has been expanding his portfolio recently with a selection of fresh images. The same commitment to detail and lighting is shown across his portraiture, food and drink and still life work.

This “warts and all” approach has not gone un-noticed, with campaigns for Ford (worldwide), Pepsi, Dettlo, Harvey Nichols, Mont Blanc and The United Nations World Food Program.

Working closely with his digital retouchers a definite style shines through, showing attention to detail as well as a sense of humour.

Graham is on the look out for conceptual work as well as big campaigns. Visit his website for more information and to drop him an email.

Henry is a young NY based photographer working with ideas that usually play around with food.

"I think food is such a fun medium to play, build and create with. In my pictures I want to subvert the genre, changing it from being pretty pictures of food into something, fun, challenging and provocative and ultimately try to make it cool! Anyway I hope there's something in here that puts a smile on your face..."

ilian, a food and still life photographer based in the UK, has over 20 years experience. His unique style balances commercial appeal with an acutely artistic eye.

Driven, bursting with creative ideas and a flair for thinking outside the box, ilian has been commissioned by leading food companies, restaurants and hotels from around the world.

As a passionate cook himself, ilian’s enthusiasm and enjoyment for food and drink, shines through in his images.

Jan was born in 1978 in the Czech Republic and soon after his family emigrated to Munich. While studying politics at the Ludwig-Maximillian-University, Jan started working as an assistant for several photographers and devoted himself more and more to the craft of photography.

In the year 2000 Jan decided to fully concentrate on photography. He started working at Schneider-Press, in the field of boulevard photography, while he was also getting commissions for several newspapers and agencies. In addition to the portrait and reportage work he also ran a photo studio together with a colleague photographer and worked on different projects including an experimental movie, "Road to Fokstugu" which was screened in various movie theatres throughout Germany.

In 2004 Jan decided to move to Prague and concentrate on his own projects. He worked for the weekly paper The Prague Post where he covered everything from reportage to food and restaurant photography. That was when he discovered his passion for food photography. In 2008 one of his cover pages won an Award of Excellence in the European Newspaper Awards. From that year on he specialised in the field of food photography, and he is now working for FOOD Magazine and the Agency Stockfood.com, amongst others. In 2009 he published his first cook book for Nescafe.

His work is published in newspapers and magazines all over Europe and overseas.

With more than 25 years of experience in the advertising business, Jovandenberg Photography + Film Studio is an industry leader in the field of visual presentation of product and packaging. In 2012 the Studio broadened its range of services and accompany every project from the first glimpse of an idea to the final visualisation of package design and the campaign around the product.

The team takes care of the whole process of production and production monitoring. This includes organisation, preparation of dummies, labels, photographic realisation, as well as electronic post production to match pre-press. Moreover, they offer complete table top film productions for TV and internet.

Clients: Atelier Peter Schmidt, Bacardi International, Barilla Italy, Mövenpick Premium Eiscreme, Block House Group, Coca Cola Deutschland GmbH, Chocolat Frey/Migros, Edeka Goup, Frosta AG, Ferrero Deutschland GmbH, Hochland Deutschland GmbH, Kraft Foods Europe, Mumm & Co. Sektkellereien GmbH, Olio Carli Italy, Stern Magazin, Spiegel Magazin, Zentis GmbH&Co KG.

Copenhagen based JSB Photography is a collaboration between three commercial photographers, Martin Juul, Christian Staehr and Morten Bengtsson, who shoot for
Danish, Scandinavian and international clients such as Carlsberg, McDonalds, Bang&Olufsen, Ikea, Novo and Pfizer. Their work has appeared in Luerzers Archive, 200 Best AD Photographers Worldwide and Commercial Arts Photography Annual.

With emphasis on food photography Christian Staehr shoots in a particularly graphic and iconic style.

“With Copenhagen currently at the center of attention of the gastronomic world there is a lot of exciting work going on here, a lot of extremely talented and dedicated people in the business. It is a lot of fun to be a part of all that and we learn something new every day” says Christian Staehr.

Highly acclaimed and award-winning photographer Lisa Barber creates stunning images for a variety of UK and international clients. 'Dessert', her second cookbook with David Everitt-Mathais, won Best UK Cookbook at the world Gourmand awards in 2009.

Her work appears in Waitrose Kitchen, Delicious (Australia), and Caterer & Hotel Keeper. Cookbooks include 'Divine Chocolate', 'Terre à Terre', 'Essence' and 'Gordon Ramsay Healthy'. Other clients include Twinings, Food & Travel Magazine, Lifestyle Channel, Easy Living and Quadrille Publishing.

For just over seven years Lisa's work has featured every week in the Independent on Sunday Review; her latest assignment was shooting food pages with Australian chef Bill Granger.

Based in Berlin, Manuel Krug is an editorial and advertising photographer who has been shooting people and food for nearly 20 years.

His work has been published in many magazines, including Gruner & Jahr Verlag, Jahreszeiten-Verlag, Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, Burda-Verlag, and more. Last year he developed a cookery book with over 90 images of countryside dishes, landscapes and animals.

Manuel's work was recently exhibited at the International Food Photo Festival in Tarragona, Spain.

One of his newest passions is high-speed liquid photography that he plans to develop this coming year. Manuel runs his own studio in the centre of Berlin and continues to work on location to get the full natural look into his images.

Nuno Correia was born in Lisbon and focuses on people, still life and food photography.

Clients include agencies Lowe, TBWA, DUDA, BBDO, Ivity and Ogilvy as well as brands such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Iglo, Gallo, Zon and Frank Muller.

Nuno has also shot editorials for magazines including Espiral do Tempo, Maxima and Vogue.

Visit his website for more information.

Hamburg based photographer Roland Liedke focuses his professional work on the essence of the material in front of him, and as a result his images captivate attention through their clear product related language. His style abides to the 'less is more' principle, an attitude that allows him to express his belief that "photography is full of joy".

His studio beside Hamburg port is not only a place for the daily work routine, but also for experimenting with new ideas. His clients appreciate both his experience and ability to 'go for a walk' inside the minds of creative executives.

He is working for well known advertising and design agencies like Kolle Rebbe, BrawandRiecken, Peter Schmidt Group, Landor and Stern Magazine.

Shirish Sen is a New Delhi-based photographer specialising in food and beverage photography, as well as product and people photography.

Since 2004, Shirish has been working independently, both on location and in his 2200 sq. ft. studio in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi. Facilities at the studio include Mamiya and Phase One digital equipment, Broncolor lights, a fully functional kitchen, as well as a wide range of props and custom-made backdrops. The studio offers a complete in-house workflow from pre-production to photography to post production.

Shirish’s images have appeared in advertising campaigns, editorial features and packaging for national and international clients, including General Mills, KFC, Pizza Hut, Ruby Tuesday, Bacardi, Pepsi and Minute Maid. In 2011, his work was also included in an exhibition at the Food Photo Festival in Tarragona, Spain.

Visit his website for more information.

Tim and Zoe Hill are recovering from shooting Christmas, and trying to find some enthusiasm to put on the real thing.

Their latest toy is a laptop to enable shooting on location, since a cushion shoot for Hugh Ehrman involved location work the laptop has made it easier and more fun to do.

The baking part returns in January as well as more cushions - Zoe is currently scouting locations. February has an on location cookbook pencilled-in so there is a lot of gearing-up to do.

An ongoing love of food, from the market to final prep and presentation, drives Tim Turner to achieve a “less perfect” perfection. He is the visual author of over 50 highly successful cookbooks and a multiple winner of The James Beard Award for Food Photography.

His work can be seen on a wide range of packages in almost every aisle at the grocery store, in many ad campaigns and at the local drive thru.

Clients include McDonald's, H.J. Heinz, Hyatt International, Oscar Meyer, Omaha Steaks, Smithfield Meats, Morton’s Restaurants, On the Border Restaurants, Jones Dairy Farm, Global Beam Brands, Frito-Lay, Armour-Eckrich and Weber.

Jason Dewey has been photographing food, drinks, people and the gastronomic world for almost 20 years. He specialises in real-world location shoots that capture the rich textures and vibrant colours of all types of culinary styles, and is known for his attention to detail and collaborative approach to working with chefs and culinary artists.

Commercial clients include Anheuser Busch, Whole Foods and American Airlines, and his work has been published in many magazines including Food & Wine, Saveur, Gourmet, Chefs, Delicious, Elle Décor, Condé Nast Traveller and Travel & Leisure.