food & drink photography Oct 2007

Based in west London, Clive shoots Food, Drink, Lifestyle, and Interiors for advertising, packaging, books, and marketing.

He has international experience both in the studio and on location, and the majority of his work is captured digitally.

His clients include Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Thornton's Chocolates, Heinz, Fullers Brewery, Godiva, Neff, and many more.

Clive's agent is Rosie Beckett.

Dominic has shot food over many years both at home and abroad.

He brings a fresh and relaxed approach to food photography.

See his website for a selection of food, interiors and people photography.

Food Centrale is a photo library that presents an entire world of culinary pleasures through visual images from the leading food photographers working in the industry.

Whether food photos, recipes, food stories, stills, cut outs or beverages - all varying in style, perception and presentation - Food Centrale's database offers clients extensive download possibilities of the tastiest rights-managed pictures for cross media uses.

Gareth's clients include Waitrose, M&S, Sainsbury & Tesco, as well as editorial titles such as Delicious, Olive, Waitrose Food Illustrated and Sainsbury's Magazines.

He has just completed photography for Sainsbury's Food & Drink Christmas brochure and will be starting on a Christmas project for Morrisons.

Gareth shoots digitally from his north London garden studio.

Gary Bryan is an advertising photographer who has worked on many major accounts.

He has won numerous accolades including a Gold Award at the Association of Photographers.

He was heavily influenced by his mentor Terence Donovan, and also by Guy Bourdin and Irving Penn.

He believes that photography "has nothing to do with photography. It's all about your eye".

G.T.F. (Good Taste Foodfotografie/Scarlini-Bender) have been working for many years as successful and independent food-photographers for renowned publishers and advertising agencies. Their 150sq m studio is located in the heart of the city of Hamburg.

Along with a customised production approach, the company's broad experience, methods of interpretation, and overall vision for food-photography offers clients a wide range of options and choice as part of the complete service they provide.

With a wealth of creative ideas, their practical and technical knowledge combines to produce high quality, unique results for every project.

Photographer Ian O'Leary has a fully equipped food studio studio with both traditional and daylight areas.

He specialises in food, drink and lifestyle photography for top advertising, editorial and design companies.

His work in recent years has included shoots for Amoy, Dorling Kindersley, Coca Cola, Nestlé, Esso, and Waitrose.

He is passionate about all aspects of food and drink, and enjoys being involved in the creative process.

Ingrid von Hoff is an acclaimed food photographer, but thanks to her stills, interiors, and people photography she demonstrates a broad professional competence. Across all her genres of photography, she is known for the calmness and precision of her compositions.

Ingrid von Hoff’s career began with Hartmut Kiefer and Uwe Ziss in Düsseldorf. In 2000 she decided to look for a new challenge, moving to Hamburg where she established her own fully equiped photo studio. With complete lighting and digital capture equipment, Ingrid can offer the latest in industry standard photography techniques.

She has worked for agencies such as Jung von Matt and Peter Schmidt. International companies Unilever, Niederegger, and Gruner & Jahr are amongst her clients.

Jean Cazals shoots from his daylight studio in Notting Hill, as well as on location in various parts of the world for clients Conde Nast, Martha Stewart, Gourmet, Elle, Sunday Telegraph, Olive, Delicious, Vogue Entertaining, and House & Garden. He has worked on over 60 cookery books with many top chefs, including Jamie Oliver, Raymond Blanc, Peter Gordon, Alain Ducasse, and Gordon Ramsey. 'Dough: Simple Contemporary Breads' was short-listed for both 'Best Photography' at the 2007 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards and 'Best Cookbook' in the USA.

Cazals has produced design work for clients including Conran, M&S, Waitrose, Birdseye, Radisson Hotels, Havana Club, Danone, and Sainsbury's. He has also shot for TV commercials.

His work is both moody and graphic with importance placed on elegant, atmospheric styling.

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.

Well known and established Hamburg photographer Jo van den Berg said recently of his work:

“Two basic things are most important: communicative power and the precise message of a picture or image. Ideas for new photographs are developed not only in your head but also by your gut feeling!"

He works for international clients such as Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Barilla Italia,
Coca-Cola, Bacardi International, and Jacob Suchard, between Hamburg, Milan and Paris.

Marie-Louise Avery delights in producing lively, effective photography for advertising design groups and editorial. Her central London loft-style studio is a perfect place for relaxed shoots with great daylight, a stylish kitchen, and cupboards full of props.

Her experience and enthusiasm shows through the energy in her photography, and the latest digital techniques have helped her in being flexible and responsive to clients needs. Marie-Louise is half Swedish and the clarity and freshness of Swedish design style is evident in her work.

Recent clients include: Asda, McDonald's, Bombay Sapphire, Beefeater Restaurants, and Sainsbury.

Martin Krapohl works as a freelance photo designer out of his studio in Düsseldorf. His area of expertise is food photography, generating packaging designs, advertising materials and images for cookery books.

One of the early photographers to exploit the benefits and capabilities of digital technology, his clients have included Maggi, Thomy, Herta, and Eismann. Working with experienced food stylists, Krapohl creates studio images which are guaranteed to tempt the tastebuds!

Madrid-based photographer Pasquale Caprile specialises in food and packaging photography, shooting large-scale productions for top international brands and agencies for over 25 years. He works out of his fully equipped studio-kitchen in Madrid, shooting in both analogue and digital.

His client list includes Coca-Cola, Campofrio, Lay's, García Baquero, Aquarius, Kraft, Kellogg's, and El Corte Ingles, amongst others.

Pasquale recently said of his work: "My aim is always to convey a photographic approach that is personalised to each project; an image that reflects reality, freshness and has its own personality in-line with the client".

Paul Webster has had a busy summer shooting for Waitrose, The Lowry Centre in Manchester, At Home Catering, Slimfast, Hardys Wines, Lyons Seafood, Tiffin Bites restaurants, and The Ugo Group.

He also shot on location for a new development close to the Bluewater Mall in Kent. Paul had a recent exhibition of personal images at Battersea Arts Fair, and he will be displaying work at the Islington Design and Art Fair in October.

His new daylight garden studio is close to Hammersmith Bridge in west London.

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 workaday 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.

His latest projects include work for JWT (Jacobs Kaffee), Kolle Rebbe (CMA) ,Castenow Communications (McCafé), Peter Schmidt Group (Guhl), Landor Associates, Interbrand Zintzmeyer&Lux (Knorr), and the journal Fit for Fun.

Stephen Conroy specialises in food, drink, and still life photography. His client list includes major supermarkets, advertising and design companies, cookery books and magazines.

He aims to produce top quality results in a laid-back, friendly environment.

His new central London studio is in easy reach of all major transport links. From there he also offers a daylight photography hire studio, which is also suitable for castings.

From his studio in Shepherds Bush, Steve shoots for a large number of international and UK companies, amongst them Heinz, Ocean Spray, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose, and Weightwatchers. He works with agencies and also directly with clients.

Editorially Steve works with many UK magazines, and shoots in New York, Sydney and mainland Europe.

His current work is available both in his folio and on his website.

Photographer Struan Wallace shoots food and drink assignments for supermarket and brand agencies alike, in both the UK and international markets.

He recently worked on a re-packaging campaign for Purina One's range of products, and completed a video recipe blog for the supermarket chain Morrisons in conjunction with Result Marketing. 

He is currently working on a new personal project involving 360vr web animation, 360-degree object and product photography for web advertising purposes.

Stuart MacGregor has been shooting food, drink and still-life photography for the best part of 20 years. He has shot for most of the leading, and many of the smaller, UK supermarkets and food suppliers. He specialises in packaging photography, but also produces work for point of sale, in-store and online promotion, editorial and advertising.

He has been producing high quality digital images on his Sinar system for the last 5 years and provides a retouching service and Iris Proof prints, if required.

Stuart is currently looking for representation in the UK and would welcome contact from experienced agents.