KAI FEAST
the second book in the KAI series
Available now
Christall Raukawa Lowe
Ngāti Kauwhata, Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Food Photographer, Food Stylist, Author, Cook.
Serial entrepreneur and renovator.
Visual Storytelling extraordinaire.
Christall is a multi-award winning and seasoned creative, whose most recent accomplishments include publishing her stunning photojournalistic, award-winning and best-selling book, Kai - also named by Newsroom as “the cookbook of the year”.
In 2022 she was awarded the NZ Food photographer of the year, and more recently her book “Kai” won Best First Book (illustrated non-fiction) at the 2023 Ockham NZ Book Awards, Highly Commended at the Booklovers NZ Awards, and Highly Commended in the PANZ Book Design Awards.
As a self confessed “serial entrepreneur” for over 25 years, her artistic endeavours include creating an award-winning harakeke product - “Hāpene”, exhibiting her artworks both nationally and internationally, and pursuing a career as a food writer, food stylist and food photographer.
Described as a “great raconteur”, Christall loves to weave stories in both visual and narrative form, and knows how to flesh out a great story and bring it to life, especially when it comes to food and photography. Her goal is to capture and honour the mauri, or life essence, of all that she produces, which makes her an incredible visual storyteller with strong narrative vision.
“It’s my absolute passion to create stunning, engaging imagery that elevates products and brands, and of course, tells a story”.
ON THE BLOG….
Creating delicious brand stories
So much more than just a photo of food…
“We commissioned Christall for an ice cream shoot recently, and I was completely blown away with how amazing the results were! The images Christall delivered were more that we could have hoped for – absolutely stunning and could be from the pages of a world class cuisine magazine. She totally nailed the brief, and went over and above to tell the story of our brand.
Not only was her work incredibly outstanding, but Christall was an absolute pleasure to work with. Nothing was a problem, and I really felt like we were in capable hands. She made the entire process from brief to delivery so easy!”
- Julie, Kohu Road Ice Cream
Feature Client Showcase
Our clients include both local, national and international, small and large businesses from start ups to large export companies. Including:
Silver Fern Farms | Tatua Dairy Company | Temuka Pottery | Grove Avocado Oil | Farmland Foods | Marcels Pancakes | 5+ A Day | Arnotts | Westgold Butter | Cameron Jewellery | Zeffer Cider | Holland Road Distillery | Visa Wellington on a Plate | Kapura Group Limited | Plate of Origin | Ours Truly Milk | Earth Candles | Amayjen the Restaurant | The Alchemists Table | Kohu Road Ice Cream | Ola Pacifica Chocolate | Artisan Kitchen | Passionfruit NZ | The Avo Tree | Abe’s Bagels | The Whole Mix | Sip Sangria |