Chinese photographer Li Huaifeng, has won the title Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2021 with a beautiful and intimate image entitled ‘Taste’. Li’s image shows a young family preparing food in their home in Lichang, Shanxi.
Speaking about the image, Caroline Kenyon, Director/Founder of the Awards said ‘This picture is technically outstanding in its use of light and composition, but what raises it to the level of historic importance is the depth of its storytelling and emotion. It tells of a year of isolation and living indoors, living in tiny communities of immediate family. Here, the scene is bathed with love, with echoes of Madonna and child. An exceptional shot which perfectly demonstrates that photography need not shock or disturb to be great or memorable. This exquisite image lingers in the mind’.
The winners were announced in an online ceremony hosted by Fred Sirieux and streamed live to the competition’s YouTube channel.
This year the finalist images will be exhibited at The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol. The exhibition will run from 20 November – 12 December 2021. Entry is free.
Scroll down to see the overall and category winners or follow the link to visit the online gallery.
Food for the Family (and Overall Winner)
Taste
Li Huaifeng, China

Bring Home the Harvest
Drying Okra
F. Dilek Uyar, Turkey

Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photographer
Many a Slip
John Armstrong-Millar, France

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year (and Produce winner)
A Grape View
Oscar Oliveras, Spain

Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year People
Pressing the Pinot Noir
Victor Pugatschew

Errazuriz Wine Places
The Vanishing Craft
Lana Svitankova

Food Influencers
Lumière d’automne
Deborah Trocchia, Italy

Food for Celebration sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
Happy Birthday
Li Huaifeng, China

Food in the Field
Farmer with his Longhorn Cattle
Harry Williams, United Kingdom

Food Stylist Award
Winteropulenz; Veggies; Salumi; Fruits de mer; Cobia fillet
Martin Grünewald, Germany
Fujifilm Award for Innovation
Making Rice Noodles
Abdul Momin, Bangladesh

Food at the Table
Breakfast at Weekly Market
Thong Nguyen, Vietnam

Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture
Mulled Pears
Harriet Harcourt, Australia

One Vision Imaging Cream of the Crop
Cinnamon
Emma Sheldrake, Australia

Spayne Lindsay On the Phone
Blackberries
mxprivé, Germany

The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers
Female butchers of Panzano – Martina
Marina Spironetti, Italy

The Philip Harben Award Food in Action
Head to Head
David Thompson, Taiwan

Pink Lady® Apple a Day
Apple in cake
Natalia Bogubowicz, Poland

Politics of Food
Old Friends
Sandro Maddalena, Italy

Production Paradise Previously Published
After Party
Remko Kraaijeveld, Netherlands

Street Food
Enjoying
Viet Van Tran, Vietnam

Student Food Photographer of the Year supported by The Royal Photographic Society
Beetroots Still Life
Sarah Blandford, United Kingdom

Winterbotham Darby Food for Sale
Street Vendor
Joseph Smith, Malta

World Food Programme Food for Life
Drinking from Garbage
Md Mahabub Hossain Khan, Bangladesh

WFP Storytellers Innovation Award
Family
Ziney Abdulhakim Ibrahim, Iraq

Young (15 – 17)
Spill the Tea
Dewi Hollema, Egypt

Young (11 – 14)
Odisha Tribal Markets
Indigo Larmour, India

Young (10 and under)
Mussels with steam
Evie Grimshaw, United Kingdom

Food Film Shorts
Parallel Lines
Gareth Evans, United Kingdom