Textural Stories of Drinks, Food & Travel
Kate Ireland is a Sydney based photogapher telling textural visual stories of drinks, food and travel. Her work has been recognised by the World Food Photography Awards and Head On Photo Festival.
kate@peckofpickles.com.au
Mixology Art
Mixology Art Photography of bespoke cocktails with syrups, pickles and ferments crafted from fresh seasonal produce – telling ingredient driven visual drink stories.
pouring a blood orange army and navy
adding a cinnamon stick to blueberry shrub syrup
pouring blueberry shrub pisco sour
straining cherry shrub syrup
cherry shrub brandy daisy
cumquat pickles
cumquat tonica with pickles and cumquat on barspoon
davidson’s plum sour with smoke
dusting fennel flower silver sour with fennel pollen
rainforest gin tonica
rhubarb and vanilla fiz with baby rhubarb
quince and apple jam
quince apple jam marmalade cocktail
dispensing ginger foam
watermelon pickle margarita
fermented watermelon radish martini
Mushroom Ocean
Sustainable food art photography of homegrown mushrooms revealing the oceanic forms, colours and textures of organic culinary fungi.
pink oyster mushrooms close up
pink oyster mushrooms on black velvet
white oyster mushrooms texture
full fruiting of white oyster mushrooms on black velvet
pink oyster fan detail
pink oysters coral
lion’s mane mushrooms texture
pink oysters flatlay
pink oysters rolling waves
summer chocolate oyster mushrooms fans
summer chocolate oyster mushrooms on silver velvet
tops of summer chocolate oyster mushrooms
yellow oyster mushrooms on chair
coral tooth mushroom focus stack on silver velvet
coral tooth mushroom texture – soft snow flakes
tops of yellow oyster mushrooms on gold velvet
king blue oyster mushrooms with detail of small mushrooms
yellow oyster mushrooms on yellow background
Food Jewels
Food art photography of fruit and vegetables styled and photographed on velvet, celebrating fresh produce as living jewels.
single half kumato on black velvet
dragon lychee in a vintage silver milk jug
3 dragon lychees together
cut open gherkin on top of a row of gherkins close up
inside and outside of a lime on top of other limes
lychees on red velvet with an open lychee in a flower shape
lychees on red velvet
cut passionfruit halves
turmeric on gold velvet
yellow finger lime
Seasonal Stories
Seasonal stories of fresh produce from fruits and vegetables to flowers, revealing fine details of their form, colour and texture.
full bunch of broccolini with a leaf on a green background
broccolini in vintage tea pot on green background
inside and outside kumato
orange candy melon cut open to show inside and outside
passionfruit interior cross section
3 passionfruits
pink finger limes with one pearl
baby rhubarb
rhubarb still life portrait with a baby rhubarb
macro waratah flower from above
Travel Textures
Travel photography showing shared cultural textures and everyday lived details of London, New York and Sydney – from shared streets to museums, food markets and the harbour.
Fresh sourdough at Marylebone Farmers Markets, London
Mirrored Sloane floral installation for Chelsea in Bloom, Sloane Square, London
Watermelons for sale, Harrow, London
Pea shoots for sale at Union Square Green Market, New York
Golden delicious apples at Union Square Green Market, New York
Met Cloisters in Spring, Fort Tyron Park, New York
Waratah steam tug with NSW historic coat of arms, Rozelle Bay, Sydney
Pelican and seagulls at West Balmain, Sydney
Waratah steam tug moored at Rozelle Bay, Sydney
