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Debdatta Chakraborty Wins Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022

“In today’s world, more than ever, we feel the need for comfort, for love,” says awards Founder and Director, Caroline Kenyon. “There is so much to reassure us here – the beautifully captured billowing embrace of the smoke, the golden light, the subject’s expression as he prepares the food for sharing. Sparks fly from the skewers, whose roasting we can almost smell. We imagine the warm, delicious aroma. This image, gentle but powerful, nourishes our soul,” she adds.

Three other Indian photographers also achieved success in the competition. Indigo Lamour was awarded Second Place in the Young (11 – 14) category for her image capturing offerings of food and prayer at the festival of Chhath Puja in Delhi, and Johncie Correia was awarded Third Place in the On the Phone category for a rustic shot of Goan rice cakes on wood fire, while Dheeraj Paul was Highly Commended in the Food for the Family category with an image of Muslim devotees breaking fast during Ramadan.

Photograph/Johncie Correia

This year’s global judging panel was tasked with assessing the thousands of entries submitted from over 60 countries across the world, was chaired by legendary food photographer, David Loftus, and included Fiona Shields, Head of Photography, Guardian News & Media, Krishna Madhavan Pillai, Chief Editor, Better Photography, NA Risong, Art director and curator of Inter Art Center Gallery, Beijing, Nik Sharma, Cookbook author, Photographer, Columnist, Tasneem Alsultan, Investigative and National Geographic Photographer and Rein Skullerud, Head of Photo Unit, World Food Programme.

Photograph/Dheeraj Paul

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The exhibition of the 2022 Finalists will be premiering at The Royal Photographic Society, one of the world’s oldest photographic societies, in Bristol, England. The exhibition will run from 20 November to 12 December 2022.

To view the online gallery of all the 2022 finalists, please visit www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com

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