People, Food &

Documentary

Photographer


Imperfectly perfect. Specialising in storytelling / documentary projects, people, food & lifestyle - often with playful close crops, curious detail & feeling.

PLAYFUL · CONSIDERED · HUMAN

Kay’s work is influenced by a background in journalism - creating a mix of authentic realism mixed with a vibrant & considered styled aesthetic.

Capturing all aspects of life with an essence of curiosity, sensitivity & exploration, the versatile image-maker has a deep love of visual storytelling and over 20 years’ experience creating images that feel both honest and artful.

Commercial & advertising commissions have seen Kay trusted by global brands & agencies to bring her energy, tenacity & intuitive eye; from shooting a billboard campaign with young South-Sudanese fishermen on the banks of the Nile during the brink of civil war - to collaborating with a team of stylists to create a ‘risotto tornado’ in a studio kitchen and directing talent like Ben Fogle to frolic in a cornfield.

Her personal projects focus on the human condition and our relationship with food.

She works on location worldwide & from various studios in London.

Clients include: Google, Oddbox, Mindful Chef, Deliveroo, Harper's Bazaar Interiors, Healthy magazine, Help Age International, News UK, Psychologies, World Society for the Protection of Animals, UCC Coffee, Leap Wild Fish, Barfoots Farms, Zain Group, Royal Thai Embassy, The Food Marketing Experts, Fragata, Idée Fixe.

Exhibitions / Awards:

  • RPSInternational Photography Exhibition 163

  • Bethlem Museum of the Mind - ‘All Consuming: Food, Mental Health and Wellbeing’

  • Wildlife Crime exhibition at London’s City Hall - World Animal Protection / Metropolitan Police

  • National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year - Finalist

  • Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year - Finalist

All photographs © Kay Lockett 2024. All rights reserved.