Chinese talent cook up success in photography competition

China's best photographic talent enjoyed another night of international success after the winners of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 awards were announced at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London on Tuesday night.

Out of the 23 different categories, four were won by photographers from China, with an additional 18 honors being picked up for placed finishes or high commendations.

The 11th staging of the competition drew over 9,000 entries from more than 60 countries and continued a rich vein of success for Chinese photographers, who won the competition's overall top prize in 2019 and 2021.

The overall winner for 2022 was Kebabiyana by Indian photographer Debdatta Chakraborty, in which Chakraborty captured an ordinary street in Srinagar that is transformed by street vendors at night lighting up their ovens and filling the air with smoke and aromas.

Among the category winners, Lin Weining achieved double success in both the Food in Action category, with an image of an old man preparing vegetables in a sun-drenched courtyard, and the Food for the Family category, depicting a family in western Hunan province making food for Spring Festival.