SURREAL BANQUET
(Photography), (Creative Direction)︎ 2025
SURREAL BANQUET is a photographic series exploring the intersection
of food, art, and surrealism through playful and unexpected scenes.
This project pays homage to Les Dîners de Gala by Salvador Dalí—a
beautiful cookbook where food transcends its physicality and becomes
a vessel for excess, sensuality, fantasy, and philosophical
reflection.
Through a series of carefully crafted scenes, this project explores the
relationship between indulgence and discomfort, creating a dreamlike
yet unsettling atmosphere infused with a playful sense of fantasy.
SURREAL BANQUET is where food becomes more than sustenance—
it transforms into a tool for introspection, with the human body
acting as a medium for both consumption and contemplation. It
encourages viewers to explore their own relationship with desire,
excess, and fantasy through symbolic, hauntingly playful scenes.
FULL TEAM CREDITS:
Concept, direction, photography, prop and set
design, food design: Ana Gutman
Concept, food design, food styling: Daniela Estrada
Food styling assistance: Charles Buttner
Food styling assistance: Selmma Ledry
Styling: Tino Portillo
Hair and makeup: Pily Gutiérrez
Talent: Casandra Franco
Agency: We Love Models
Styling Assistant: Abigail Navarrete
Art Asistant: Isa Hallivis
Assistant: Pia Alcafe
Set assistant: Alejandro Argumedo
SOMOS VINO 2
(Product), (Creative Direction)︎ 2024
Somos Vino is a progressive wine provider
that is looking to break the mold in the
industry.
We provided a different approach to
wine product communication while
playing with color, storytelling and sensory
experiences.
We kept the traditional bones of wine
(like the importance of food), but we gave it
a spin to make it feel fresh and modern.
MEZCAL UNIÓN
(Photography), (Product)︎ 2025
MEZCAL UNIÓN produces mezcal in Oaxaca, México, and is known for its
artisanal production process and focus on social development and fair
trade for its producers. The brand is about unity and collaboration and aims
to preserve the traditional methods of mezcal making.
Through these series of photographs, the focus was to reflect those
same values visually, for example, with the use of natural materials like
artesanal clay tiles or soft, earthy, washed-out tones on the walls.
The drinks are perfectly styled, looking fresh but natural. Inviting you to
a memorable afternoon enjoying mezcal with friends under the sun.
Concept, direction, photography, prop and set
design, drink styling: Ana Gutman
Drink styling: Daniela Estrada, Charles Buttner
Asistant: Isa Hallivis
Set production: Alejandro Argumedo
Talent: Elena, Adriana, Sinead, Pablo
Special thanks to Diana Fernández.
