Lonneke Van der Palen

Photographer

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, van der Palen says she experimented extensively with lighting and shadows for her shoot of Baltic Rim cuisine (page 144). In particular, she was anxious to avoid a plain studio setting. ‘I wanted to create images which were not only about good-looking food and nice tableware, but which also communicated a certain ambiance that reminds us of a very elegant festive dinner,’ says the Amsterdam-based photographer.