Trapped, submerged?
Can’t breathe…
Home alone?
Black child in a white world
Extended paternity & maternity leave
Will restaurants ever re-open?
MORE AWARDS - ASSOCIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS SERIES
One glow of light from the Lockdown was having another series in the AOP awards, several successive years and about 100 individual images since I began my career.
I rate the AOP awards as the best photo awards as the judges are either photographers, art buyers or clients that commission photography. Too many awards are judged by people who may not be the most knowledgeable on photography.
Sour dough
Seeded batch
Waste-less bread, such a good use of old bread
CORONAVIRUS
Despite the coronavirus we are still working from my environmentally controlled studio. Surfaces are wiped down with disinfectant and no one is allowed in accept for our team.
We’re all prepared to shoot product shots remotely or with an art director present.
We hope to see you soon
MORE AWARDS at INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS & PINK LADY FOOD AWARDS
Delighted to have won the International Color Awards for the 3rd consecutive and nominated for the Pink Lady Food Awards.
Octopuses Garden in the Shade is part of a 3 image collage shot as a series of tests with Italian School Dinners and Cooked Mussels
GREENE KING IPA
Greene King IPA has always been a huge supporter of British sport.
This summer sponsoring the English Cricket and rugby team with their success in WorldCups.
My poster, press and social media campaign using 6 images focussed on sporty chats in pubs over a beer.
INDIAN SUMMER - TOMATOES
RAY MEARS BOOK COVER & RECIPES
Hugh shot bush craft expert Ray Mears new book cover for Bloomsbury Publishing. Wilderness Chef will be available to buy on Amazon in the spring
On very wet day, deep in Ashdown Forest Ray started a fire, gutted and boned a whole wild salmon with his bare hands.
Ray is a lovely man, a black belt 7 dan judo artist who trained with Terence Donovan in the Paddington gym. They became good friends with huge mutual respect of each others craft. Terry loved military precision so would have loved Ray’s skills.
Getting the fire going in the rain.
A fresh wild salmon cooked over birch wood tastes fantastic, especially when you have been standing in the rain for a few hours.
NEW MULTIGRAIN CAMPAIGN
With the harvest season in full swing Hugh was asked to shoot a campaign for Westmill showing the Elephant Atta product, multigrains and their wonderful chapatis. The brief was to shoot the 7 multigrains on a natural kitchen work top scenario
The campaign consists of posters, social media and stop frame animation.
THANK YOU DAVID MELLOR
It is an honour shooting this with David Mellor. I have always loved their designs.
MR. McGREGOR'S VEG' PATCH
Perfect veg patch with wonderful green home-grown rocket.
Thank you to the Slow Food Movement and Soil Association #vegetarian #vegan
VAGABONDS – a day working in a wine bar!!
Spending a summer’s day shooting cool beer, chilled wine and food on the canal at Paddington was a dream come true. Thank you to all the great people at Vagabond’s Wine Bar.
Fresh radishes
Cheese board
Pain au chocolat. You can’t better French pastries, all that butter!
Skashuka, love this dish
Salmon toasts
Turkish eggs, a decent reason with Imam Biyaldi to go to Turkey. (and kebabs!!)
MORE ITALIAN INGREDIENTS
After Hugh's winning series Italian Ingredients at the AOP Awards it was lovely shooting another lovely project with Sacla, one of the great Italian and British food businesses supplying Italian produce.
Wild garlic
Parmesan
Quadratto di Asti peppers
Fresh n’duja bruschetta
Loving n’duja whether on pizza or pasta
Courgette pasta
A huge thank you to the Romans for giving the planet these wonderful ingredients
HUGH JOHNSON WINS 3rd PLACE IN PINK LADY FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2019
‘Only Italians’ - when Hugh saw two Italian telecom workers eating a hot lunch in Soho, he immediately fell in love with the scenario. Only Italians would down tools at 1.00 in a busy Soho street, set up 2 tables and prepare a hot plate of pasta for two with Parmesan, oil & pepper.
Hugh’s photo captures his love of Italians & their culture. There was no conversation between the two workers as is often the case in Italy as they’re too busy enjoying & appreciating good food.
Hugh has four photos at the Association of Photographers Awards on Tuesday 14th May 2019.
(PS - all the rest are rubbish!!)
WINNER at INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS
I love winning awards. My shot ‘Bar Snacks' for Kricket London has won more success, this time at the International Color Awards 2019, NYC.
There were a total of 7,241 entries received from 79 countries. This follows on from winning the Fortnum & Masons Photographer of the Year 2018 and the inclusion of 4 images in this year’s Association of Photographers Awards. Hopefully there’s more to follow….?!
MORE AND MORE MUSSELS
Yesterday I had a lovely day in Tate Britain looking at the Don McCullin show. It made me realise there are now very few photographers attached to newspapers (& record companies etc) and very few gritty Sunday supplement covers featuring wars and politicians. The days of memorable ‘news’ pictures are over. Don McCullin’s work really captures news stories from the last 60 years; it’s like flicking through an old diary. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/don-mccullin
One painting I really liked in Tate Britain (along with David Hamilton’s Keith & Mick (Stones handcuffed after their 60’s drug conviction) was by Lisa Milroy. I never previously knew her work but now absolutely love her paintings especially one of pairs of black shoes. This really inspired me to shoot a test of mussels based on her idea. This probably sounds a little obscure but they look so similar. https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain Please see my test below
Vongole
I really love Lisa’s work. http://www.lisamilroy.net/c/11/shoes
MORE AWARDS #AssocOfPhotographers
Once again I am humbled to receive more awards from my photography & advertising peers. This time with four in the Association of Photographers Awards 2019
Wonderful oozy creamy burrata
Rack of ribs, Tuscany
Grape harvest, why over complicate a shot? Simple is often best.
Fresh girolles from the Dolimities (or as predictive text tried to write fresh girlies from the Dolimities)
NEW SCIENTIST - DANGERS OF CHEESE
Cheese is not only beautiful but tastes wonderful too. We always have a large selection from Neals Yard at Christmas but sadly eat very little at other times of the year apart from Mozzarella and Parmesan.
So many vegetarian friends consumed cheese as a source of protein and probably felt they were helping to save the planet. However…. read on!!
FORTNUM & MASONS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The Fortnum & Mason awards is one of the highlights of the year and winning the Photographer of the Year is so rewarding. I already want to repeat it next year.
The party is superb, wonderful champagne and nibbles plus a room full of stars - Rick Stein, Nadiya, Mary Berry, Nigel Slater, Ottolenghi with my award presented by Claudia Winkleman.
What a great night.
NEW FILM PROJECT
We have been shooting a series of short films and gifs for a new project ‘Shred my boss’ with superb creative Michaela Pannese.
Each of the selected politicians, Donald Trump & Jeremy Hunt, chefs, Gordon Ramsey, Media Moguls and Editors, Piers Morgan, Anna Winter, Rupert Murdoch portraits are etched onto a sheet of pasta and shredded. Please see some of the stills from the project.
Who’s going to be tagliatelled??
Trump for shredding
Anna Wintour
Devil wears Prada, the pasta version
Cabinet minister, Jeremy Hunt
Piers Morgan
Mr President - “I’m goin’ to make America great again!”
Link for short films, plus gifs to follow soon
PROVENANCE
We are all becoming obsessed where our food comes from with more and more people especially younger generations growing their own. The Sussex Peasant www.thesussexpeasant.co.uk sources food from nearby farms and the mileage of each item purchased is printed on the receipt.
Most of us eat Brussel sprouts for Christmas and the tops are incredibly popular in the restaurant world. My home-grown tops were full of so much flavour.
