The shortlist has been revealed for the 2024 Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year awards, the world's leading celebrating of food photography. 

The Awards, open to professional and amateur photographers alike, shine a light on food stories from around the globe through the world’s very best food photography, through over 25 categories. You will see families eating together in celebration of religious festivals to food styled for magazines, images of the realities of food production to food growing in its natural setting.

Image: ‘Walk on the mallow side’ by Jacki Gordon, Shortlisted, Production Paradise Previously Published

From growing, farming and harvesting to cooking, eating, celebrating and surviving, the images offer a unique insight into the lives of people around the world through the universal language of food. Thousands of images poured in from over 65 countries across the globe for the competition’s 13th edition. The standard of entries displays both exceptional technical prowess and incredibly powerful storytelling.

This year’s global judging panel, chaired by legendary food photographer, David Loftus, includes: Clare Reichenbach, CEO, the James Beard Foundation, Tom Athron, CEO, Fortnum & Mason, Asma Khan, Presenter, Chef’s Table, Cookbook Author and Founder, Darjeeling Express, Fiona Shields, Picture Editor, The Guardian and Rein Skullerud, Senior Photographer & Photo Editor, World Food Programme.

Image: ‘Love’ by Mohammad Fayzul Mowla, Shortlisted, World Food Programme Food for Life

The winners will be revealed on Tuesday 4 June 2024 at an Awards Evening in London. The Overall Winner will take home a prize of £5,000 GBP.

An exhibition of all the Finalist images will premiere at The Mall Galleries, London. The free-to-enter exhibition runs from Wednesday 5th June - Sunday 9 June and forms part of the first-ever Plate! St James’s, a new festival which will celebrate food, drink and photography from 5th - 23rd June.

View the full Shortlist here.