Hugh Johnson

Hugh is an Award winning London & Italy based food and drink photographer whose passion for making the everyday norm appear beautiful allows his work to be both familiar and foreign. His portfolio celebrates simple combinations that work, without dressing-up. Egg and chips without the condiments. He recently won the prestigious Fortnum Photographer of the Year award winning 100% of the jury’s votes & is on the Shortlist again to win in 2024..

HJ was selected for a special attention by George Rodger, founder of Magnum and has since become a major international award winner with Grand Award at the International Advertising Festival in New York, Golds and Silvers at Art Directors Club, AOP, D&AD, Campaign. Hugh was the only British based photographer selected for the V&A exhibition Photography Now.

2023, 2022 saw the acquisition of several new awards, Winner at the International Colour Awards, LA, double winner in both the American Masters Cup, IPA, Assoc’ of Photographers Awards and a Pink Lady Photo Awards Finalist.

HJ was was also one of 2 British based photographers selected to exhibit in the World Food Photography Awards in Denmark and inclusion in Luerzer's Top 200 World Photographers. His latest books, the Kew Garden Cookbook will be published in 2022, Curry Cuisine and Ray Mears’ Wilderness chef were published by DK & Bloomsbury in 2021, Kricket with chef Will Bowlby was published by Hardie Grant in 2021 and voted one of the top ten cook books of the year. Hugh is currently working on ‘The Second Renaissance - a Year in the Life of a Tuscan Trattoria and Its Farm’, a personal book project with writer Nick Farrell (publishers welcome).

Hugh has shot many iconic award winning International and European campaigns for Coke WorldWide, Lego, Landrover, Rolex, Levi’s, Heineken, Guinness, Silk Cut, British Army, BMW,, Audi, Volvo, Waitrose, Channel, Dior, Gucci, Graff, Cartier, David Bowie RCA, BAirways, Virgin, World of Interiors, Vogue, Sunday Times, plus the Wembley project with David Beckham.

Hugh has recently been commissioned for two Food Photography Presentations at the Sony & Assoc of Photo Awards.

Please follow HJ’s daily shoots on Instagram @hugh_nt_johnson