We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging.
Ryan doesn’t just take photos, he hunts down moments with personality, attitude, and a pulse. Anyone can push a button, but not everyone can bottle a feeling and make you swear you were standing right there when it happened.
He’s powered by curiosity, caffeine, and a healthy disrespect for “good enough.” Give him a tricky brief or a technical curveball and he lights up. Where things get complicated, Ryan gets creative. Ordinary is boring. Messy problems? Delicious. And if the shot feels impossible, that’s when he knows he’s exactly where he’s meant to be.
Clients
Clients
Bupa, Ogilvy, Kraft Heinz, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sick Dog Wolf Man, Reborn, Thinkerbell, Cadbury, McCann, VMLY&R, Wunderman Thompson, Ovolo Hotel Group, Spinach, Grill’d, Sustainability Victoria, Red Jelly, Garnier, Penfolds, Five:am, Puma, Bakers Delight, Kathmandu, AFL, Havas, Mayvers, Tuckshop, Stomping Ground, Marmalade, Australian Open, The Reactor, Two Birds, Death Gin, Sunday Somewhere, Hardhat, David Jones, Myer, Wrangler, Schwarzkopf.
Accolades
Accolades
International Photography Awards 2025: Subcategory Winner Fine Art-Still Life ‘Seasons in Bloom - Summer’
International Photography Awards 2025: Honourable Mention Fine Art-Still Life ‘Seasons in Bloom - Winter’
Lürzer's Archive - 200 Best Ad Photographers 2025
International Photography Awards 2023: Winner Advertising-Self-Promotion ‘Attraction’
International Photography Awards 2023: Official Selection, ‘Idioms’
Lürzer's Archive - 200 Best Ad Photographers 2023/24
One Eyeland - Australia’s Top Still Life Photographers 2022 - Rank #1
Prix de la Photographie, Paris. Bronze - Advertising /Product Category
Prix de la Photographie, Paris. Bronze - Nature/Wildlife Category
One Eyeland - Australia’s Top Wildlife Life Photographers 2022 - Rank #1
One Eyeland - World’s Top Wildlife Life Photographers 2022 - Rank #3
Lürzer's Archive - 200 Best Ad Photographers 2020/21
International Photography Awards 2021 - HM
One Eyeland - World’s Top Still Life Photographers 2020 - Rank #4
One Eyeland - Australia’s Top Still Life Photographers 2020 - Rank #1
International Photography Awards 2020 - HM, The Natives
One Eyeland - Australia’s Top Still Life Photographers 2019 - Rank #1
FAQ
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Ryan Creevey is a Melbourne-based commercial and advertising photographer specialising in food, beverage, still life, and product photography, alongside portrait and personal fine-art work. His client list spans agencies including Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann, VMLY&R, and Thinkerbell, and brands including Kraft Heinz, Cadbury, Penfolds, Bupa, Grill’d, and Puma.
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Ryan is based out of his studio in Thornbury, Melbourne. The studio comes fully equipped with its own kitchen, so food and beverage work can be genuinely cooked and styled on set rather than faked. He also shoots on location when a brief calls for it, from client kitchens to agency-run sets.
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Both. Ryan’s work spans agency-led campaigns and direct-to-brand projects, and he’s comfortable slotting into either world: taking tight creative direction, sharing the workload with an in-house team, or running a shoot end to end for a brand with no agency involved.
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Yes. Some projects need a lean, agile setup for a quick turnaround; others call for a full production build with stylists, props, a producer, and art direction. The production is scaled to suit the outcome the brief needs, not the other way around.
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Email hello@ryancreevey.com or call 0422 409 960 with the brief, timeline, and scope, and Ryan will follow up with availability and next steps.
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Usage is discussed and agreed for each project individually, based on how and where the images will run. Get in touch to talk through what a specific campaign or brief needs.
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Yes, limited edition prints from The Natives series are available directly through The Natives Printshop, linked from the project page.
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Yes. Recognition includes a place on Lurzer’s Archive’s 200 Best Ad Photographers list in 2025, 2023/24, and 2020/21; an International Photography Awards win for Attraction (2023); an Official Selection for Idioms (2023); Honorable Mentions for The Natives (2020 and 2021); two Bronze awards at Prix de la Photographie Paris, for Advertising/Product and for Nature/Wildlife; and multiple number-one rankings from One Eyeland for still life and wildlife photography in Australia. A full list is on the About page.