Hi, my name is Molly DeCoudreaux (pronounced de-Coo-drow) and I’m a photographer based in San Francisco. My personal interest in food culture drives much of my work and I enjoy creating lifestyle photography that communicates the essence of a brand's story. I love to travel for both client and editorial work, and though I also do studio work, I thrive on-location. Working collaboratively with my clients, I art direct most of my projects.

Having the creative license to respond to the environments in which I’m shooting, and then capturing the moment through nuance and gesture- this is what makes my heart sing. I believe that my special sauce is in my balance of observation, respect, collaboration, and direction.

As a Bay Area native, I have deep connections to the Northern California food & restaurant community in addition to small business owners, designers, artists, & creatives. My experience as a photographer with my own food industry work background allows me to nimbly access restaurants and kitchen environments while navigating the culture and production of food with a deep respect, and unquenchable interest. The people who cultivate, create, and transform food through labor and love are whom I want to spend time, learn from, and eat with!

My work can be seen in the recently released book DESIGNING WITH DRIED FLOWERS as well as the cookbooks; ITALY BY INGREDIENT, (SERIOUS) NEW COOK, SHARP and FEED YOUR PEOPLE.

Clients include Ritual Coffee Roasters, Osito, Masienda, Stumptown Coffee, Rainbow Grocery, Octavia + Frances, Wise Sons Deli, Evening Land Vineyards, Bernal Cutlery, Starter Bakery, Trumer Pilsner, Birite Market, Equator Coffee, Scribe Winery, Annie's Homegrown, Quince, Fernet-Branca, Mile IQ, Fort Point Beer, Shelter Co, Hana Ranch, The Battery, The Wine Group, Dandelion Chocolate, Outpost Trade, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Greens Restaurant, Culture Magazine, Ambrosia Magazine, Refinery29, Mother Magazine, SF New Deal, Siduri Winery, MIXT, and the New York Times.

Made By Hand, Photographs from the making of SHARP is an ongoing display in the interior of Bernal Cutlery’s 766 Valencia St. location. This exhibition represents my own personal edit of images from the 2 years of international photography for the book, and reflects what most held my focus- the gesturally rich nexus of the knife makers and their work.

CONTACT: studiomanager@mdx.photo