Mattinson Shortlisted in World Food Photography Awards 2026

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Not one. Not two. But three of Campbell Mattinson’s photographs have been shortlisted in the World Food Photography Awards 2026 (including a colour version of the image below). The shortlisted images can be viewed here. Mattinson said, “I’d like to crack a half-funny here but the truth is, I’ve been dedicated to photography for a large number of years and a bit of recognition is not just humbling, it’s touching. Also, I love the image of Iago. I mean, I loved him, and I love the shot. So I’m super happy that this image in particular made it through.”

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The below image is of Georgian winemaker Iago Bitarishvili.

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Campbell Mattinson is a Melbourne photographer based in the city's western suburbs. His ongoing series Real Estate Novelist documents the houses, cars and people of Melbourne's suburbs – the pink houses, the parked Beetles, the ordinary streets seen in a light that is often stark, bright and beautiful. A journalist and novelist by trade, he photographs the way he writes: looking for the story, the light, the essence. He also shoots portraits, winemakers and wine regions.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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