Ana Gutman is a food designer, photographer and creative director based in Mexico City that explores food narratives.

She reflects on the powerful impact the food industry has on our planet and our personal, emotional, well-being, and through visual storytelling and design techniques, she hopes to create better food systems that can help us heal and strengthen our relationship with food.

She’s also the Co-Founder and Creative Director of YACA ÑACA, a company that focuses on plant-based products made with jackfruit that follows a regenerative agriculture production system.

Currently, she’s collaborating with initiatives like Food Design Nation, a digital platform that focuses on collectively creating better food futures. She’s constantly giving talks, workshops and organizing events, as well as telling photographic stories for clients like Alma Tierra.


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Press & Publications

2021, FdzeeN publication feature, cover image, editor.
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2021, Feature in Filodiritto
Milan, Italy.
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2020, Selected photography featured in “DIY Decadence” by Bompas & Parr.
London, United Kingdom.
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2020, Selected finalist for Fountain of Hygiene competition by Bompass & Parr.
London, United Kingdom.
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2020, Feature in Max Siedentopf’s “Home Alone: A Survival Guide”.
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2020, Feature in Food Play Food.
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2018, Paolo Cardini’s “Global Futures Lab”, selected project “Anima”.
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2018, MINI COOPER México, collaboration with CENTRO project feature.

2017, COOLHUNTERMX, featured project “En Blanco”.
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Exhibitions, Talks & Workshops

2022, FDzeeN launch,
CDMX.

2022, SPACE10,
Featured in Mexico City pop-up event.
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2021, Food Design Festival, speaker.
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2021, IAM Weekend 21, speaker.
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2021, Food Photography Workshop for Clube das Miçangas.
Brazil.

2021, Online class “Creative Food Photography”
for The Online School of Food Design.
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2021, Food Photography for Self Discovery.
Talk with Dr. Francesca Zampollo.
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2020, Dutch Design Week, “MetamorFOODsis”
project presentation.
Eindhoven, NL.
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2020, Fountain of Hygiene Exhibition.
London & Hong Kong.
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2019, Core 77 Design Awards, Honorable mention with project “Anima”.
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