UAE represents in World’s Best Food Photographs - in pictures
‘Kebabiyana’ by Debdatta Chakraborty of India won the overall prize. All photos: Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022
‘Banana Blossom’, taken in Kerala, India, earned UAE resident Manju Jisto first place in the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (The Gulf) category
‘Goat Attack’ by Shyjith Onden Cheriyath, also of the UAE, was awarded second place in the Gulf category. ‘At a date farm in Fujairah, near Wadi Shees, this farmer was bringing harvested dates to the farm house. On the way, the goats are trying grab them from him,’ Cheriyath said.
‘New Life’ by Thushara Kambil (UAE) was awarded third place in the Gulf category.
‘Feast for Faith’ by Christopher de Castro Comeso, of Abu Dhabi
Ameyaa Akhil Vinayak entered ‘Frozen’ in the Young (age 10 and under) category for the UAE
‘Bananas for Sale’ by UAE resident Shyjith Onden Cheriyath
‘Soup and Croutons’ by Aws Bourahmah of Kuwait (The Gulf)
‘Movement of Noodles’ by Chang Jiangbin (China), winner in the Bring Home the Harvest category
‘Drying Stockfish’ by Kasia Ciesielska-Faber (UK), winner of the On the Phone category
Chhath Puja Offerings by Indigo Larmour (India), winner in the Young (11 to 14) category
‘Traditional Food’ by Weining Lin (China), Food for the Family category winner
‘Central Park’ by Yuliy Vasilev of Bulgaria, who won in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation category
‘Flower Girl with a Packet of Simba Chippies’ by Marguerite Oelofse (South Africa) - winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (African Territory)
‘Traditional Skill’ by Chen Ying (China) - Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration winner
‘Summer Veg Tart’ by Carolin Strothe (Germany) - Food Stylist Award winner
‘Carrot Field Forever’ by Paolo Grinza and Silvia Vaula (Italy) - One Vision Imaging Cream of the Crop winners
‘Cook’ by Weining Lin (China) - winner in the Philip Harben Award for Food in Action category
'Anchovy Catching' by Thien Nguyen Ngoc (Vietnam)- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (South East Asia) winner.
'Where Dreams Fly Away' by K M Asad (Bangladesh) - Politics of Food winner.
'Food After Work' by Faisal Azim (Bangladesh) - World Food Programme Food for Life winner.
'At The Table' by Marguerite Oelofse (South Africa) - The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers winner.
'Food-processing' by Joyjit Das (Bangladesh) - Young (15 - 17) category winner.
'Herbwoman' by Anna Loraine Hartmann (Germany) - unearthed Food for Sale winner.
'The End Of The Day' by Daisy May Nixon (UK) - winner of the Bring Home the Harvest category.
'Dinner at the Bar' by Lucas Ober (Argentina) - On the Phone category
'Throwing up the Nan' by Chongfeng Wu (China) - Street Food category
'Wild Carrots' by Anne Mason-Hoerter (Germany) - The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers category
'Flooded Hotel' by Faisal Azim (Bangladesh) - second place in the Politics of Food category
'Helen's Bar-B-Q, Brownsville, Tennessee' by Simon Urwin (UK) - Unearthed Food For Sale category
'Happy with Food' by M Yousuf Tushar (Bangladesh) - second place in the World Food Programme Food for Life category
'Market by the Railway' by Chongfeng Wu (China) - Street Food category
'Effervescent' by Paul Steven (UK) - Pink Lady Apple a Day category
'Fish, You Can!' by Yuliy Vasilev (Bulgaria) - Fujifilm Award for Innovation category
'Children in Camouflage' by Sandro Maddalena (Italy) - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (Europe) category
'The Pani Poori Stall' by Anthony Marshall (UK) - Street Food category
'The Sole Lady Elderly Fishmonger' by Chua Bing Guan (Malaysia) - Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (South East Asia) category
'Sunbaked Fish' by Samiha Hossain (Bangladesh) - second place in the Young (11-14) category