Consider the coffee photo. Once the telescoped realm of the professional, cordoned off behind layers of access and equipment, the images we saw of coffee—its preparation, its production, its cultivation, its enjoyment—were tightly controlled by those with the means and proximity to capture coffee in all its beauty. Then, a revolution, as cell phone cameras democratized the means of production around the coffee image, giving anyone with a data plan and an idea the ability to not just photograph coffee, but disseminate those photographs via online sharing platforms, from the early days of Flickr straight through to today’s free-for-all hogpile of meta-Meta sharing.
There’s never been more coffee photography, never been better coffee photography, and the medium has never been more important, more immediate, and more worthy of deeper consideration. That’s why for the first time ever this year, we’ve created an awards platform that includes coffee photography as an indelible part of the wider narrative around coffee as an aesthetic movement, fusing art and design and coffee together with meaningful results.
Best Coffee Photograph Of The Year
The Sprudge Design Awards are live now for 2024, and this year we’ve got a special new category, honoring the very best in coffee photography. That’s right: we’re searching for absolutely incredible, stunning, original coffee photography to honor as part of this year’s awards. Entries are open now through October 11th at our official Sprudge Design Awards website.
This award honors the most captivating and evocative coffee photograph of the year. We seek photographs that tell a story, evoke emotion, or simply showcase the beauty of coffee. Professional photographers, hobbyists, and coffee enthusiasts are all encouraged to submit their best coffee-themed photographs for consideration.
Photos of beautiful coffee shops, cafes, or coffee displays? Yes
In-depth photos of coffee as it brews? Absolutely.
Evocative photography depicting coffee cultivation and production around the world? Most definitely.
Travelogues, coffee tours, photographs of coffee in beautiful locations? We’d love to see it.
All this and so much more is eligible for the Sprudge Design Awards—Best Coffee Photograph of the Year category. We can’t see what you’ve snapped. Submissions are open now through October 11th!
