Biography
Jackie Alpers is a Tucson, Arizona based professional advertising and editorial food photographer and cookbook author who was named the world's most famous food photographer by Shotkit and Art in Context, and the #7 best food photographer in the world by Great Big Photography World. She cooks, styles and photographs food and recipes in her natural-light studio, and documents food, chefs and restaurants on location.
Jackie Alpers was inducted into the 2025 Taste Awards Hall of Fame for food and beverage photography. She is shortlisted for the 2025 World Food Photography Awards in two categories - Food Influencer and Cream of the Crop. She has won the prestigious American Photography award 10 times and she has multiple gold Muse Photography Awards in the food photography category, dozens of awards from The Lucie Foundation's International Photography Awards, The London Photography Awards, The Color Awards and The American Advertising Federation's ADDY awards including the 2024 Best in Show for the cover of Tucson Guide Magazine. Her Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook is shortlisted for the 2024 Communication Arts Photography Award. It is the only cookbook nominated in the books category.
Alpers experiments with regional culinary influences while exploring food history, symbolism and cultural significance. She is a noted expert on the Sonoran cuisine of southern Arizona and the author of four cookbooks including Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona which is an official selection of UNESCO's Tucson City of Gastronomy, and a RUSA and Eating the West Award winner.
Alpers also wrote, styled and photographed The Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook, The Unofficial Elf Cookbook, and Sprinkles: Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicous Desserts.
Jackie Alpers began contributing a monthly food column, food photography and additional illustrated articles to the Food Network and Refinery29 in 2013.
She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Reader’s Digest, CNN, Good Morning America, The New York Times, NPR. Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Glamour, Better Homes and Gardens, MSN, Thrillist, Brit + Co. Delish, and Buzzfeed Food.
Select Clients:
AARP
Arizona Convention and Visitors' Bureau
Canyon Ranch Health Resorts
Cherry Bombe Magazine
Cooking Channel
Cuisinart
Edible Magazines
Epicurious
Food Network/Warner Bros. Discovery
Food Network Magazine
Heinz
George Foreman Grills
Glamour Magazine
Lipton Ice Tea
Loews Hotels
Madden Media
Mattress Firm
McCormick Spices
Media Lab Books
NBC/Universal
Nestlé
Newman's Own
Oreo Cookies
Pei Wei Asian Diner
Penguin Random House
P. F. Changs
Real Simple Magazine
Refinery 29
Rovio Entertainment/Angry Birds
Serious Eats
Taste Cooking
Taste of Home/Trusted Media Brands
The Kitchn
The U.S. White House
Thrillist
Today Food
Tucson Guide Magazine
Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
Visit Tucson
Walmart
Jackie Alpers is an experienced educator who speaks on food photography practices, techniques & history, Sonoran & Southwestern cuisine, and other industry related topics at workshops and universities. She has been a professional photo editor for over 25 years, starting her career as the managing photo editor at Swanstock, the premier fine art photography division of Getty Images.
To contact Jackie for assignment bookings, please email: Jackie@jackiealpers.com or call 520-465-5214.
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Rights managed stock imagery represented by Gallery Stock with additional royalty free imagery at Getty Images.
Jackie Alpers has an extensive archive of food, drinks and restaurant related images available for stock photography licensing. Email hello@jackiealpers.com with your research request.
