Blink Gallery is a small, family-run online art gallery established to showcase Mike Annese’s personal fine art photography. Through his lens, Mike has captured the likes of wine, still life, landscape and travel photography, transforming everyday life into timeless art.
Award-Winning Commercial and Fine Art Photography by Mike Annese
For over 30 years, Mike Annese has been a leading South Australian commercial photographer, renowned for creating high-quality, visually striking images with a distinctive edge. With decades of professional experience, Mike has built an extensive portfolio of award-winning photography for advertising agencies, wineries, animators, publishers, and creative brands across Australia.
Mike Annese is widely recognised for his technical precision, creative vision, and ability to elevate everyday products into compelling visual stories. His work has earned him a number of prestigious industry accolades, including:
Master of Photography AIPP
Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year AIPP
Adelaide Art Directors Awards - multi award winner, including a Gold Chair Award (Yalumba Wines)
Multiple Australian Institute of Professional Photography Print Awards
Learn more at Mike Annese Photography.
Wine Art Photography - Specialist in Bottle, Product, and Wine Photography
While Mike’s work spans all areas of commercial photography, he is particularly known for his expertise in the highly specialised art of bottle photography and product photography. His meticulous attention to lighting, form, and detail ensures that every bottle, label, and product is presented at its absolute best.
Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of the region, Mike has also photographed the landscapes, produce, and products of the Australian wine scene, creating images that feel authentic, refined, and inviting. This playful and warm imagery can be found in our dedicated Wine Art collection, with a range of contemporary and vintage-style photography prints perfect for a wine lover, or to elevate a kitchen, restaurant, cafe or living area.
The Wine Art collection includes Mike’s signature Polaroid transfer series. These alluring images were taken using a Sinar 5x4 studio view camera before the Polaroid emulsion underwent a swift transfer onto diverse surfaces. The technique resulted in one-off textures and borders, transforming traditional Polaroid transfers into unique pieces of wall art.
Still Life Photography - Everyday Life Celebrated
This Still Life wall art series celebrates the beauty found in everyday life. Drawing on Mike’s extensive experience in bottle and product photography, this contemporary artwork series transforms familiar, everyday objects into striking works of art. Through precision, timing, and an eye for detail, ordinary things are elevated into visually dynamic fine art prints.
At the heart of the collection are fluid movements of liquids and fire, captured mid-motion to create crisp, playful, and unexpected lines. Set against clean white backgrounds, these photography prints feel fresh, modern and yet warm — perfect for contemporary interiors, kitchens, dining spaces, and entertaining areas.
Alongside the liquid works, simple objects such as a rose, a clock, and a plate are reimagined through thoughtful composition and storytelling. While ordinary at first glance, each still life artwork invites personal interpretation, evoking a sense of time, ritual, and shared experience. The clock and the rhythmic line of plates, in particular, create a warm, engaging atmosphere that speaks to moments of gathering and connection.
Travel Photography - A Family Holiday
Our Travel Photography Print collection features a series of images captured while on a family holiday in 2011. Travelling with his wife, daughter and mum, Mike journeyed through Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Molfetta, Rome, Venice, Florence, the Amalfi Coast, Paris, London and the Lake District. While surrounded by the icons of the Eiffel Tower, Colosseum and the Empire State Building, he was naturally drawn to the everyday moments unfolding around him. In addition to capturing these more well known landmarks, a lot of the photographs in this collection capture the subtle, idilic moments that uncover what it’s truly like to live and walk the streets of these magical places.
This collection aims to preserve those moments in time, bringing that same sense of warmth, calm within the chaos, and lived experience into a home, office or special place. A piece to remind you of a personal memory, or simply a feeling.
Landscape Photography - Australia’s Rugged Backdrop
Our Landscape Photography Print collection celebrates the unique and diverse Australian landscapes, beautifully articulated by the light at dusk and dawn. Captured at different times in the day, the sun transforms each landscape to draw out a rich range of warm tones and subtle contrasts. These carefully timed photographs allow the light to highlight the depth, texture and scale of Australia’s rugged terrain. The result is a series of fine art landscape photography prints that depict vast, untouched environments — places you can lose yourself in, inviting stillness and reflection. Each image serves as a reminder of the peace, scale and quiet beauty found within Australia’s natural world, thoughtfully created to bring a sense of calm and presence into a home, office or special interior space.
