Slurrp Editorial
Updated:Jun 06, 2024
Share15 images by Indian photographers were the finalists at the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024, the world’s leading celebration of food photography and film.
Image Credit: Udayan Sankar Pal and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
INDIAN photographers achieved a strong showing at the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024, the world’s leading celebration of food photography and film. From the thousands of entries submitted from over 65 countries across the world, a total of 15 finalist images were from India.
Debdatta Chakraborty won the Pink Lady® Moments of Joy category with a heartwarming image, ‘Breakfast with the Brokpas.’ The Brokpas, a small group found in the union territory of Ladakh, have a diet based on locally grown barley and wheat, and Gur-Gur Cha, a brewed tea. Chakraborty was also Highly Commended in The Philip Harben Award for Food in Action category for his image ‘Tea Tales of Terai’.
Other finalists from India included Konark Basu, Gurudas Bate, Arun Saha, Kainaat Arif, Indigo Larmour, Udayan Sankar Pal, Mohammed Rimon, Haider Khan, Sanghamitra Sarkar, Udayan Sankar Pal and Saurabh Sirohiya.
A haunting image, Red Bean Paste Balls, by Chinese photographer Zhonghua Yang, won the overall prize. Yang’s image had previously won in the Champagne Taittinger Food for Celebration category as well.
This year’s global judging panel was chaired by legendary food photographer David Loftus, and included Chef’s Table presenter Asma Khan, Guardian News & Media’s head of photography Fiona Shields, chef Ian Kittichai and cookbook author Nik Sharma.
Here’s a look at the Indian finalists’ images.
Kulasai Dasara by Udayan Sankar Pal | Kulasai Dasara is an annual festival that takes place in October in Tamil Nadu. Photo © Udayan Sankar Pal and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Harnai Beach by Udayan Sankar Pal | An everyday morning scene at Harnai Beach in Maharashtra. Photo © Udayan Sankar Pal and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Traditional Dinner of a Shepherd Family by Konark Basu | A shepherd family having dinner at the Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan. Photo © Konark Basu and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Black Fish by Haider Khan | Cargo ships dumping oil into the sea go unpunished. Photo © Haider Khan and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Tea Stall At Varanasi Street by Arun Saha | Varanasi’s street food areas are a must-visit for anyone who travels here. The best among them are the tea stalls, brilliant for both sipping and spectating. Photo © Arun Saha and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Morning Work by Sanghamitra Sarkar | Fishermen of Inle Lake prepare for a day’s work in their boats in the early morning. Photo © Sanghamitra Sarkar and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
Fruits of Labour by Kainaat Arif | In a village in northern India, a girl toils to help her family on their farmland. Photo © Kainaat Arif and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2024
