RISING ROSE

The Rising Rose is my best friend's baking brand, and a project I've returned to shoot again and again. Each shoot chases the same question: how do you make baked goods interesting — even sexy? The goal was never just food photography. It was styling pastries to look like what the "cool girls" ate.

Close-up of a person's face with eyes closed, holding a chocolate chip cookie above their mouth, with milk being poured onto their face.
Close-up of a person with their eyes closed, face tilted upwards, and chocolate and vanilla ice cream being scooped onto their face.
Close-up of a person upside down, holding a cookie near their open mouth.
Close-up of a chocolate chip cookie with oats and chocolate chunks on a blue surface, with white round object and edge of a white dish visible.
A chocolate chip cookie with white icing being drizzled over it, with a few cookies and a white cupcake liner in the foreground, against a bright blue background with falling white sprinkles.
A hand holding a cookie over a clear cocktail glass filled with a white beverage, with reflections on the glass and a blue sky background.
Close-up of a hand kneading dough in a glass bowl, with a plain white wall in the background.
A round stone sculpture depicting a face, partially covered by a wide-brimmed hat, with surrounding white fabric.
Close-up of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream served in a clear glass bowl on a white surface with a gray background.
Freshly baked cookie dough balls with chocolate chips on parchment paper and a large bowl of cookie dough to the side.
Stack of chocolate chip cookies on crumpled white paper.
A stack of chocolate chip cookies resting on a person's arm, with a white crumpled paper background casting shadows.
Woman with brown hair wearing black sunglasses eating a large chocolate chip cookie outdoors on a sunny day.
A hand wearing a black strappy high heel shoe holding a stack of three chocolate chip cookies against a plain white background.
A loaf of bread with a dusting of flour in a blue container lined with brown parchment paper.
A loaf of rustic bread with a soft, airy interior, sitting on a wooden cutting board with a white cloth background.
A woman with long dark hair is eating a cookie at night on a rooftop or balcony with a city skyline in the background, including the Empire State Building illuminated.
A table with a plate of four cookies, several glasses of a golden-colored drink with lemon slices, and partially visible hands and legs of people wearing red shoes and socks. The setting appears to be indoors with warm lighting.