Food Photographer Sri Lanka | Dihan De Silva – Commercial Food Photography

Dihan De Silva is a leading food photographer in Sri Lanka, specializing in commercial food photography, culinary styling, restaurant photography, and hospitality brand imagery. Based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dihan works with restaurants, hotels, chefs, food brands, and hospitality groups to create distinctive, high-impact food photography for advertising, menus, packaging, social media, digital campaigns, and brand communications.

With a creative background at leading advertising agencies including JWT Sri Lanka, Leo Burnett, and Grant McCann, Dihan brings a strong understanding of advertising, branding, and visual storytelling to his photography. For over 14 years, he has focused his craft on food and beverage photography, developing a signature visual style defined by dramatic lighting, rich textures, intricate culinary details, and imagery designed to make food truly irresistible.

His commercial portfolio spans restaurants, luxury hotels, hospitality groups, chefs, and multinational food and food-solution brands, including Unilever and Nestlé. This experience allows Dihan to approach food photography from both a creative and commercial perspective—understanding how powerful food imagery can influence brand perception, advertising, packaging, menus, and consumer engagement.

Dihan's creative career has also received international recognition. In 2011, he won the Roger Hatchuel Award, earning the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka at the Cannes Advertising Festival. That same year, he was featured at the Japanese-born global design and creative platform PechaKucha as an emerging creative to look out for.

Today, as a commercial food photographer and culinary stylist based in Colombo, Dihan photographs everything from fine dining and luxury hospitality to restaurants, cafés, fast-casual concepts, packaged food, and multinational food brands. His work combines food photography, culinary styling, art direction, and visual brand strategy to create imagery that not only showcases food beautifully but also strengthens the identity and commercial appeal of the brand behind it.

Available for food photography projects across Sri Lanka and internationally, Dihan De Silva provides professional photography and creative direction for restaurants, hotels, chefs, food and beverage brands, advertising campaigns, menus, packaging, social media, and hospitality marketing.