I was very excited to receive this email this morning:
Dear Robert,
CONGRATULATIONS!
We are delighted to tell you that your image has been shortlisted for the first ever Pink Lady ® Food Photographer of the Year!
Your picture ‘Butcher & Kabob Stall, Afghan Refugee Camp’ submitted to Food in the Street has been selected as one of the seven finalists in this category for the exhibition to be held at The Mall Galleries, London.
I must admit that this genre of food photography has not been our focus at 2GM recently; but it is, nonetheless, extremely gratifying to receive this type of recognition for an image which has always remained in the top 25 of my personal photographs. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel to the Northwest Territories of Pakistan, to have photographed there, and to have met some incredibly interesting people there. And I am deeply saddened by the events that daily unfold in that region, by the continuing callousness of all governments involved, and unrelenting bloodshed of the indigenous people.
