Portrait of a Cotton Candy Seller Wins Food Photographer of the Year

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Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Overall winner — Pappu Jaiswal, a cotton candy seller in Mumbai, India | Jon Enoch/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023

The winners of the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023 have been announced with a striking portrait of a cotton candy seller taking home over $6,000.

The Candy Man by John Enoch taken in Mumbai, India beat off the competition to be crowned the overall winner.

“I’m ecstatic to receive this award, it’s a real honor to get this recognition in such a prestigious competition laden with wonderful imagery,” says Enoch.

“The winning image was part of a personal project — a huge amount of time and thought went into capturing it so it’s great to be recognized by such an esteemed panel of judges.

“Ever since I first saw the candy floss sellers I was drawn to the shapes, colors, and juxtaposition of the candy and the urban environment.”

Category Winners

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Politics of Food category winner — Ramadan meals among the ruins of Idlib, Syria | Mouneb Taim/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Claire Aho Awards for Women Photographers category winner — Adua’s kitchen, an 86-year-old woman who had to leave her lifelong home during the pandemic | Carla Sutera Sardo/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food Photography category winner —Children play around the family table at a huge wedding | Isabelle Hattink/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Food in the Field category winner — Sow taking a nap in a hole, meanwhile her piglets feed themselves in the hot weather of Palenque, close to Cartagena, Colombia | Felipe Pizano/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Food Influencer category winner — Grandfather with his love’s favorite fruit, still unable to take off his ring after her death. Food connects us emotionally and this is a true example | Indu Vishwanath Singh/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Champagne Taittinger Wedding Food for Celebration category winner —Dinner with the King and Queen of Sweden held at the Royal Castle in Stockholm | Jonas Borg/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Food Stylist Award category winner — This image is one of several in the collection ‘Beauty in Destruction’ shot with Frankie Turner | Keiron George (Photographer: Frankie Turner)/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
On the Phone category winner — A Saturday afternoon street food in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka | Hein Van Tonder/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Pink Lady® Moments of Joy category winner — Hanging up persimmons | Zhonghua Yang/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture category winner —A Venetian fritto misto | Cara Cormack/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Production Paradise Previously Published category winner — Hanging up persimmons | Kris Kirkham/
(Stylist: Lola Faura)/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year (China) winner — Pulling sugar in Zhejiang province | Zhonghua Yang/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Bring Home the Harvest category winner — A fisherman in Vietnam braves a storm | Khanh Phan Thi/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year Overall and People winner — A girl rests after emptying a vat of fermentation of the grapes in a vineyard in Burgundy | Thierry Gaudillére/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year Places winner — A vineyard worker burning vine branches from the previous season in the Pommard Rugiens vineyard in Burgundy, France | Oscar Oliveras/@wineographic/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Food for the Family category winner — A little girl enjoys spaghetti bolognese in Ireland | Catherine Falls/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Food at the Table category winner — An orphanage monastery in Myanmar. The children are training to be Buddhist monks | Jesslyn Jocom/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year Produce winner — Chardonnay lees forming a striking pattern at the bottom of a stainless steel fermentation tank | Adrian Chitty/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Hotel Art Group Cream of the Crop category winner — Mushrooms in a Seville market | Susan Astor-Smith/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
MPB Award for Innovation category winner — A flowing still life | Elisa Villa/Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023

The judging panel received thousands of entries submitted from 65 countries and the winners will be exhibited at The Royal Photographic Society in Bristol, U.K. It will run from Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, June 11.

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