Shoot the Chef

Sydney College of the Arts, Master of Documentary Photography candidate Niobe Syme, was announced winner of the Sydney Morning Herald Shoot the Chef student prize (trip for two to Europe) with her picture Eight Yings Make Light Work.

Symes says, "Ying Tam and I shared a few hours one August day, in between guests and staff shift changes, creating the Shoot the Chef image 'Eight Yings Make Light Work'. We had taken quite different pictures at the front of the restaurant earlier on (with amused diners observing), but it was the nuances of available and reflected light in the kitchen, our growing rapport and Ying's playful mood by the end of the lunch period that seemed to best capture his passion for fresh, sublime and dimensional food, as well as the overarching responsibility in running a kitchen and restaurant."

Image: Niobe Syme, Eight Yings Make Light Work, Image of Ying Tam, Restauranteur/Chef of Ying's Seafood Restaurant, Pacific Highway, Crows Nest.