Selection for the FOODPHOTO FESTIVAL 2010

All selected photographers and food-stylists that confirmed their participation in the exhibitions will be presented here:

Category: Still | Amélie Lombard

© Amélie Lombard

Vinaigrettes Abstraites
(Abstract vinaigrettes)

Vinaigrettes abstraites tells the story of an impossible but nevertheless so desirable marriage: the oil and vinegar’s. The photos draw the scenes of this tumultuous relation in all its forms. As an eternal dance, these fluids mingle and repel each other, continually. The vinaigrette is an utopian alchemist quest, represented as a tribute to Abstraction. With the variety of oils and vinegars as a palette, Vinaigrettes abstraites takes inspiration in famous abstract works, to catch their primitive emotion: a shape, a color, a movement.

Amelie Lombard is a Paris-based photographer, specialized in food photography. For Amélie, Photography is first and foremost… a matter of taste.
Wherever she focuses her lens, she always looks for a subtle blend of flavors, the harmony of the textures and the nuance of the emotions. She works on a judicious combination of inspiration and technique, precision and improvisation, as a chef concocting recipes.
Her recipe? A good dose of elegance, a light pinch of daring, a zest of sensuality. Sift with imagination and curiosity and leave to simmer with patience and greed. A delight to look at!

Past exhibitions:

2010 Vinaigrettes abstraites, Lov’in, Paris
2010 MAC, Marché des Arts culinaires, Fontainebleau
2010 Lil’art, Marché d’art contemporain, Les Lilas
2009-10 L’Abc des crustacés, Festival International de la Photographie culinaire
Showroom La Cornue, Paris
2009 Japanese Inspirations, JPO Bagnolet

http://www.amelielombard.com

Category: Still | Frank Croes

© Frank Croes

TASTY EXPOSURE

Category: Architecture | Roland Halbe

Calatrava: Bodega Ysios, LaGuardia © Roland Halbe

Wine architecture
by Roland Halbe 1998-2008

Calatrava: Bodega Ysios, LaGuardia
Gaztelu/Fernandez: Bodegas Otazu
Manzanares: Bodegas Enate, Huesca
Moneo: Bodegas Chivite, Arinzano
Cruz Ovalle: Bodega Perez Cruz, Paine/Chile
Hadid: Heredia Wineshop, Haro
Gehry: Hotel Marques de Riscal,Elciego
Paredes Pedrosa:Bodegas Real,Montiel
Sancho Madridejos: Bodega, Picón/E

www.rolandhalbe.de

Category: Still | Ray Massey

Bacardi & Coce © Ray Massey

Liquid Illusions

The images in this series show a selection of work produced by Ray Massey for international advertising agencies over recent years. They have all been produced in Ray’s studio – a deconsecrated Church Hall in London.

Ray’s practice focuses primarily on photographing liquids and drinks using his passion for solving problems, creating illusions and making effects special. Ray uses many in camera techniques to produce a number of the effects shown in these photographs, complemented by system composing and retouching.

Ray Massey:

I was first exposed to light in Somerset in the southwest of England. Thirteen years later I discovered photography whilst experimenting with a pinhole camera made from a coffee tin. To this day, I am still reminded of the magic of photography and my enchantment watching my first print develop before my eyes, each time I capture a fleeting reality.

Having studied photography and fine art at Somerset College of Art and a further three years at the Medway College of Art in Kent, I inevitably became an assistant in London. During a period of eighteen months, I assisted several inspiring photographers before realising I was unemployable and becoming freelance at the age of 20.

My earliest work consisted of editorial commissions working on location for magazines before life threw me into the studio as a commercial problem solving photographer. Today, the majority of my work arrives from international advertising agencies and is produced in my converted Church Hall in London's Camden Town. I have always enjoyed working with creatives from different cultures where I find insight into varied perspectives and approaches to producing an image. During the last eighteen month I have produced campaigns for clients in the USA, Germany, Dubai, Istanbul, Lagos, Greece, Dublin, Moscow and Sweden. Still life, action, liquids, drinks and physical artistry keep me busy most of the time.

To refresh, I try to set aside time to work on personal projects both in and out of the studio. Out of the studio, I have a passion for travel photography and recent travel projects include Himalayas, Vietnam, Madagascar, and a series of images to bring awareness to the “Kanyike” project in Uganda(www.kanyike-project.co.uk) set up to raise money for villages in this area to aid recovery from many years of civil war and ravages of the HIV epidemic. My most recent project has been T.E.A.B.A.G. (The education and book appeal for Ghana) in Mankoadze village in Ghana (www.teabagcharity.org.uk)      

Category: Photo Film | Mathilde de L´Ecotais

RAISIN © Mathilde de L´Ecotais

Food for thought

Navet :
The taste is build on the capacity to dissociate the original flavor: sweet, salty, bitter. As my mouth detects the different flavors my eyes disperses the textures in the light  and reconstruct an abstract image with it. The process of creation goes trough the spectator. Any of us will  have a different interpretation as a dream.
And it is only a radish!!!

RAISINS = grapes
What is very very small looks like the very very big! A grape in his juice looks like a planet in the cosmos! We, huma, must stay very humble in front of such amazing Nature because we are just a part of it.

Category: Still | Jason Hindley

© Jason Hindley

Observations and Still Life with Food

The exhibition comprises of Jason’s food related images captured in his unique subtly observed way. His photography brings out beauty in these ordinary and somewhat banal subject matters. The Plastic Food series included in the exhibition was a project in which Jason recreated ordinary, unglamorous settings using the plastic food models found in restaurant menu displays all over Japan. The aim was for these models to give the images a slight oddness. Perhaps at first the viewer may not realise that the food is in fact fake but feel that there was something not quite right within the setting. 

Hindley’s photographic career began as one half of the acclaimed still-life duo Giblin & James. In 2006, Hindley began to pursue his own personal style of photography, capturing enchanting images of the mundane and ordinary and focusing on the small oddities in everyday life that can so easily go unnoticed. In 2009, Hindley closed the chapter on Giblin & James, bringing together his location work with his award-winning studio still-life work. Hindley has been awarded numerous awards worldwide, including OneShow, D&AD, Cannes Lions, Campaign, CommArts, PDN, AOP and Golden Drum. 

Category: Still | Björn Lindberg

The Taste of Colour © Björn Lindberg

The Taste of Colour
Green, Red, Yellow. White and Black

by Björn Lindberg

lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.

Björn has specialized in food photography since the late sixties, and has seen several trends in cooking as well as in food photography come and go during the years.

Björn has above all gained professional acknowledgement for his more than sixty cookbooks and prolonged contribution in cookery magazines. An example as good as any of his skill is the fact that the book The Magic of Wine  with Björn’s foodpictures was awarded ‘Best Wine Book In The World 2006’ by The Gourmand World Cookbook Award.

1945 Born in Stockolm, Sweden
1962 Photoschool, 2 years, in Malmö, Sweden
1965 Commersial photography at Stenberg Bilder, Malmö, Sweden
1967 Commersial photography at Studio Hansare, Helsingborg, Sweden
1969 Permanent job at the lifestyle magazine Femina, Stockholm, Sweden
1979 Freelans with direction in food photograph.
1995 The Golden Egg, Advertising Association of Sweden.
2005 The winner of General Public Prize "Les Lauriers Beaujolais de la Photo" Lyon, France.

www.bjornlindberg.com

Category: Still | 35 years of FOOD Photography

1988 Aale ©Reinhard Wolf

How Quickly Food Photos Age
35 Years of Food Photography" 

Thirty-five examples from 35 years, all taken by first-class photographers and published in the leading german magazine Der Feinschmecker, document a delicious, occasionally funny slice of history, and invite you to enjoy a culinary visual journey. The production of food always reflects much of the spirit of the times as well as the attitude towards life that is particularly prevalent among the people in our culture. The pictures tell a story about how the aesthetics of food have changed over the past three decades and how the subject has gained in importance. 

Category: Still | Jenny van Sommers

© Jenny van Sommers

MEAT!

Jenny van Sommers is an award winning still life photographer. Van Sommers was awarded "The Golden Lion" at Cannes for her work with Stella Artois among other awards. Van Sommer´s still-life advertising clients include Audi, VW, Nike, Adidas, The Gap and Apple. Her still life photography has featured in French Vogue, German Vogue, English Vogue, Intalian Vogue, Pop. V Magazine, Another Magazine, 10 and Ponystep.

www.jennyvansommers.com

Category: Feature | Jan-Peter Westermann

© Jan-Peter Westermann

Chinese Temple Cuisine

Westermann’s work has long been a bright spot in the confusion of an overly stimulated media world. The achievement, of course, is a challenge he savors. Amid the tropical Asian climate, carrying 40 kilos of equipment, he functioned as photographer, stylist, food stylist and assistant, all in one. Embracing the asceticism of China’s Buddhist temples–a realm into which food photography had not yet ventured–he brought forth images of great meditative simplicity, bespeaking his own reverence for authentic locations, the centuries-old culinary tradition, and its character and products. Thus the compositions and their subjects were united in a new vocabulary of artistic expression.

Jan-Peter Westermann, born in 1959, began his professional career in the mid-80s as a studio photographer, specializing in food, in Hamburg. Today he is one of the most sought-after photographers in his profession. In 2002 he teamed up with his partner, Nikolai Buroh, to found Westermann Studios so they could carry out even larger projects.

www.westermannstudios.de

Category: Still | Peter Knaup

© Peter Knaup

"Natures Mortes de Fruits et Légumes" 

I have spent several years photographing fruit and vegetables at my home in the south of France. On Saturday mornings we would go to the local market at Uzès, where the region's farmers offered their wares. We would buy the best specimens the season had to offer and then we’d get to work back at the house. The still lifes were all shot in daylight in 4” x 5” format. The prints were developed at the legendary Fresson studio in Savigny-sur-Orge, near Paris, using the carbon print process, which was developed in 1899 by the great-great-grandfather of the current generation of Fressons.

Biography Peter Knaup:

After completing his Business Administration studies at the University of Mannheim in 1972, Peter Knaup began his autodidactic career as a photographer. He started in Barcelona, where he spent six months photographing the Catalonian architecture of Antoni Gaudi.

He moved to Paris in 1982 where he quickly became a successful photographer working for magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle and Décoration Internationale. He was also hired by the most prominent publicity agencies and worked for many years as the photographer for the culinary section of Marie Claire.

Awards:
In addition to the many awards obtained for his work in Germany and France, he received the Gold Medal of the Art Directors Club of New York 1988, in the category of Photography. In 2006, Peter Knaup received a coveted invitation of the Museum of Decorative Arts of the Louvre to participate in the exhibition “La Photografie Publicitaire en France.”

Category: Feature / Still | Måns Jensen

© Måns Jensen

Scandinavian food & cooking

Swedish photographer Måns Jensen worked as a chef for 16 years in Sweden, Denmark and Mallorca. Three years ago he switched to photography. TRAVEL & LEISURE (USA) and GOURMET (Sweden) appreciate his natural daylight style combined with this cooking knowledge.

Mans Jensen will exhibit photos about leading Scandinavian restaurants like Noma (Copenhagen), The Paul (Copenhagen), Herman (Copenhagen), Restaurant M.R (Copenhagen) - all michelin star restaurants! Others are top quality restaurants in Sweden & Denmark such as: Vendel@alestenar (Sweden), D.B Krog (Sweden), Fiskebaren (Copenhagen), Bocu Nero (Sweden).

www.mansjensen.com

Category: Still | Neil Corder

© Neil Corder

Rollings vinyards

Born 1965 / South Africa

3 year diploma in photography at the Natal Technikon, South Africa.
Worked at Naspers, Media 24 for 3½ years as an in-house magazine photographer.
Went freelance and opened studio in 2002.
Moved to Dubai 2007..

Awards: Bronze medal for student portfolio in 1997, Finalist Award in 2000 for the Mondi Paper Magazine Awards and Best Photographer for the Media24 Excellence Awards, Ivor Ginsburg award for excellence in photography, Gourmand award for best foreign cookbook in English 2005 by Garth Stroebel. Best Book in Entertaining, Merit award for Posh Nosh Cookbook at Gourmand 2006. From my oven Highly commended at the 2007 Gourmand Cookbook awards in London.

Clients include: Jumeirah Group, Alec construction, Dubai Holding, Starwood Hotels, Woolworths, Costa Coffee, Café Nero, Ogilvy, Parmalat, Brand House, Mc Cains, BBDO, Leo Burnett, Old Mutual, Ackermans, Emirates Airline, King James, Aswaaq, Landor, Adabisc, Burrda, The Look, Kraft, Tobleronne, Emaar, Burj Al Arab, One and Only, Atlantis the Palm, HKLM, Joie, Furnish, Target, Maersk, Dubai Petroleum, Brandcom, Tonic, Zaya, Al Barari, Sharjah Maritime museum, Sharjah Tourism, Wunderman, Aya global, Lowe Mena, Gulf Finance, Shvo, Swiss watch group, Paris Gallery, Salam stores, Tecom. Bateel, Spur, Arla foods, Roya International, Spinneys…

www.neilcorder.com

Category: Feature / Still | Olaf Tamm

© Olaf Tamm

Journeys of Taste

Coming from the studio based food and still life photography, he has become very passionate about food reportages. Still what he considers most valuable is the mutual inspiration both fields "Still and Life" hold for each other. The Pizza Napoli story is unpublished and private work.

Olaf Tamm is working for various national and international magazines such as MARE, Stern, Feinschmecker, GeoSaison, Elle Bistro, Merian, Food Illustrated UK and the Australian Marie Claire Lifestyle.

First prize for food stills "Reinhart-Wolf-Preis"

www.olaftamm.de

Category: Architecture | Pep Escoda

© Pep Escoda

INSIDE INSPRIATIONS

Prizes:

Winner of 14 LUX prizes, National Photography Prizes granted by the AFPE

Work chosen as a finalist for the 1992 Laus Prize

Tarragonès Prize for professional artistic career (granted by the Tarragonès County Council)

2004 Repsol YPF prize for Aturat en el Temps (Frozen in Time)

Pep Escoda has been a participant in more than 50 exhibitions, both collective and solo, including SCAN 2009 (Tarragona), the Festival del Sol of San Sebastián, Galería Audi Forum (Madrid), Tarazona Foto, Devil’s Museum (Kaunas, Lithuania), MAMT (Museo de Arte Moderno de Tarragona), etc.

He has published approximately 150 works, both collective and individual, and has worked with many of the world’s publishing houses and national and international magazines, including Germany’s Taschen, Daab and Teneues, and Harper Design International, Vogue, The New York Times and HBI (New York, USA), just to name a few.

Selection of books:

Bars designer& Design (H.Klicozowski)
Cool Restaurant Paris (TeNeues)
Cool Restaurant New York (TeNeues)
Cool Hotels América (TeNeues)
Design Hotels (HBI)
Tuscany Style (Taschen)
New Hotels (Harper Design International)
New York Minimalist (Harper Design International)
Las 12 cosechas del Fraile (Art& Pixel)

www.pepescoda.com

Category: Feature | Julia Zimmermann

© Julia Zimmermann

The "Oktoberfest"

Julia Zimmermann, of Germany, has captured the very essence of the spectacular Oktoberfest - the German Beer Festival. In her reportage, the life of beer is explored; from taking the first drink and the simple celebrations through absolute and utter exhaustion from non-stop beer drinking. Her photos display a sharp and insightful exploration of beer as a gastronomic element, and its effects on the people enjoying it.

Julia Zimmermann Curriculum Vitae:
2008: Degree in Photographic Design from the
University of Hannover
2007: Official Documenta12 Photographer, Kassel
1997-1999: School of Photography and Visual Arts
Masters in Communication Design, Vienna

www.imagetrust.de

Category: Still | Francesc Guillamet Ferran

© Francesc Guillamet

Francesc Guillamet Ferran will open his archive from the production of numerous books he shoot with spains celebrated chefs.

Selection of books:

El Bulli - El Sabor del Mediterráni (Ferran Adrià)
Entre mar i muntanya (Xavier Sagristà)
los postres del bulli (Albert Adrià)
La cucina SOTTOVUOTO (Juan Roca, Salvador Brugués)
Paco Torreblanca 1 & 2
Carme Ruscalleda Del plat a la Vida
Foie Gras (André Bonnaure)
elBulli 2003-2004 (Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià)
elBulli 2005 (Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Albert Adrià)

www.francescguillamet.com

Category: Photofilm | Robin Willis

© Robin Willis

Walter ate a Peanut

Synopsis: Covering 3 generations “Walter ate a Peanut" is the story of Walter, an elderly man who is has a deadly allergy to peanuts. This alergy was discovered when when was a toddler and snuck a peanut into his mouth which caused him to go into anaphylactic shock. Rushed to the hospital by his parents his life was saved but it was obvious that his life would have to be peanut free.

Director’s Bio:
Robin Willis has been a television commercial director for the last 10 years and has been involved in the film business for over 25 years. Shooting all over the world he has created award winning spots for international clients such as Wieden & Kennedy, Jung Von Matt, TBWA, Grey, Saatchi and Saatchi, McCann-Erickson and brands like Cola Cola, ESPN, Reebok, Texaco and Arco.

Awards:
2009 Finalist Cannes Short Film Corner: Amazon Competition
2009 Finalist Cannes Short Film Corner: National Film Board of Canada

Walter ate a Peanut

Category: Still - Portrait | Günter Beer

© Günter Beer

*** STARS

Spain’s Günter Beer presents portraits of the world’s most illustrious chefs, as well as a documentation of their amazing bodies of work. This series was commissioned by “Der Feinschmecker”, Germany’s prestigious gastronomic magazine.

Among the featured culinary stars are: Ferran Adrià, Santi Santamaria, Carme Ruscalleda, Joan Roca, Andoni Aduritz, Elena y Juan Mari Arzak, Martin Berasategui, Michel Bras and Jean-Louis Neichel

A Selection of Günter Beer’s Books:

2007 Andalusien Kitchen & Culture
2006 Fisch & Seafood
2005 Pasta
2004 Salat
2003 Witzigmanns Kreta Küche
2002 Witzigmanns CrossOver Küche
1994-2000 Culinaria Europe, Culinaria Southeast Asia, Culinaria Spain, Culinaria IItaly, Culinaria France, Europe a la carte

www.beerfoto.com