2015 PDN TASTE Winners Gallery

Congratulations to the 2015 winners and runners up of Taste, PDN's food photography contest. Professional, amateur and student photographers are recognized in TASTE for their remarkable and appetizing culinary imagery. Professional grand-prize winner Scott Pitts will receive a $2,500 cash prize and amateur grand-prize winner Chunya Jiang will receive a $1,000 cash prize. Both photographers will also receive a one-page profile in PDN, in addition to a prize package from B&H and PHOTO+.

SCOTT GORDON BLEICHER

Scott is an award-winning environmental portrait and conceptual still-life photographer and filmmaker focused on food and farms from New York City to the Hudson Valley. He is the photo editor for Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn magazines.

JILL VISIT

Jill Visit has led an award-winning design team at Whole Foods Market for the past ten years. Among other things, it has been her good fortune to work with some of the best food photographers around.

CLAUDIA WU

Claudia Wu is the co-founder of Cherry Bombe magazine and freelance creative director. Prior to Cherry Bombe, she was co-founder of Orphan, a multidisciplinary creative agency, as well as design director of artist Peter Halley’s Index Magazine and art director of V and Visionaire Magazine. She also publishes the indie magazine Me Magazine when the spirit strikes.

MAGGIE KENNEDY

Maggie Kennedy is the photography director at Garden & Gun magazine. Since the premiere issue in 2007, she has helped shape the visual identity of the G&G brand. Her work was recognized with a National Magazine Award in General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2011 and 2015, and by the Society of Publication Designers and Photo District News. Kennedy previously worked as a creative director and producer of commercial photography in San Francisco and New York.

ALEX POLLACK

Alex Pollack is the director of photography at Bon Appétit. Under her tenure at Bon Appetit, the title won the 2014 ASME award for Photography. Previously, she was part of the award-winning photography department at New York, where she worked for over six years. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Dave, her two boys Arlo and Izzy and her Boston Terrier, Chopper.