Organic English Heritage Tomatoes
Colour, flavour and storytelling on a plate
There’s something deeply satisfying about a tomato that doesn’t look like it came from a supermarket shelf.
The image above can be found on the walls of The Rising Sun in Milland, part of an art installation by Sequoia Studios.
Lopsided. Sun-split. Ribbed, marbled and gloriously misshapen. Heritage tomatoes are alive with story.
Each one wears its own colour palette of golds, greens, deep plum reds, even stripes, like it’s been painted by hand. They speak of the soil they grew in, the season they belong to and the care that brought them from field to market.
From a food photography perspective, they’re irresistible. The natural variation. The imperfect beauty. The contrast of juicy flesh and crinkled skin. These are ingredients that don’t need styling, just honouring (before eating!)
At Sequoia Studios, I love to shoot locally produced, organic food and ingredients that celebrate the seasons, like these incredible English heritage tomatoes: from freshly picked still-life arrangements to a simple salad of tomatoes, creamy burrata, basil, olive oil and a scattering of flaky salt and ground black pepper, I love to bring out the flavour of the food through the lens.
It’s not about overworking the image, it’s just letting the food speak.
Because sometimes, that’s all it needs.
If your café, restaurant or kitchen is celebrating the seasons with produce like this, I’d love to help you capture it. Let’s turn your ingredients into visual stories that connect.
