04/04/2026
📣 ✨Thrilled and honoured to share that ‘Strings, Sips, and Stories’ has been shortlisted in the World Food Photography Awards 2026, in The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers.
Captured from the hip while walking past a small café‑bar in Guatapé, Colombia, this spontaneous moment celebrates the shared drinks, drifting music, and easy connection that define the heart of local food culture. While this isn’t your standard food photo, it sits squarely at the intersection of people, food, and culture.
I like how this looks like a posed composition when it most definitely is not — a quick glance to my left while navigating the colourful and busy streets of Guatapé and my eyes, brain and heart worked together to click the shutter and keep walking. It wasn’t until I returned home and started culling that this gem was revealed.
📷 Best of luck to all the other photographers who submitted or were shortlisted in this prestigious international food photography competition. And thank you to the judges for including me. I look forward to learning who captures the awards in London on June 2nd!
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