About

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Photography has been a passion for me since I was a child flipping through the pages of Zoo Books magazine and marveling at each photo. Flash forward 25 years and I started a food blog on Instagram. At first, it became my way to share the food I love with my friends, like xiao long bao and shakshuka. Bu those old photos weren’t doing the food or the incredibly talented people behind it justice. It was upon that realization that I started a new journey, to improve my skills so to embody the cliche of eating with your eyes.

Although this is a recent career, it’s the one that truly speaks to me. Every day doing this for a living has been a creative exploration. It has brought me to meeting and working along side some of the most passionate people in the industry. Its given me even more motivation to strive to make every photo something I can look back on and at least not cringe at. Like many artists, I’ve never known perfection - just the drive to reach for it.

I have invested heavily, not just in education, but in hardware and gear. Only recently, my girlfriend and I have moved into a space that has become my photography studio. With a studio space comes the need to fill it with anything and everything that could one day serve to create a hopeful masterpiece.

You can check out some of my work with restaurants like:

Seneca, Sweet Mimi’s Cafe & Bakery, Pierogi Shoppe, The Wishing Well, Darling Doughnuts, PPang Bakery, and Jess Eats Well

Thanks for reading!

Ryan Manning