Jackie S. Alpers in Tucson, AZ | Walnut Ridge High School - Columbus College Of Art And Design

Jackie S. Alpers

Female, 50 years old

I am an award-winning professional food photographer who writes, cooks, and styles recipes in my sun-lit studio and documents food travel on location. My popular food photography and recipe blog Jackies Happy Plate, showcases my culinary adventures as a Midwestern girl transplanted to the Sonoran Desert. I am especially interested in the emotional, psychological and spiritual relationship that people have with food and drink. Food lends itself to vast symbolism and interpretation and I love the rituals surrounding it. I wrote and photographed the book Sprinkles Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts, which was released on October, . In I photographed and edited the bestselling interactive iPad app "Angry Birds Bad Piggies' Egg Recipes" which won Best First Cookbook in the World at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards. I am a contributing author photographer for The Food Network, iVillage BroadwayThresher, and my work has been featured in Readers Digest, CNN Good Morning America. My photography clients include Random House, Simon Schuster, The Globe Pequot Press, Canyon Ranch, Loews Hotels, P.F.Chang's China Bistro, NBCUniversal, Epicurious.com, AARP Bulletin and The U.S. White House. I am the recipient of numerous awards from American Photography, The Photographers Master Cup, ASMP and the International Photography Awards (Lucies). In I received the the Black White Spider Awards, Merit of Excellence, and in I was awarded a bronze medal from the London Photographic Awards. read more ...