Production Paradise

Warsaw [Poland]: AF Photo

AF Photo is a creative hub for Polish photography. Since its inception the company has supported and promoted talented young artists in both their commercial and artistic development.

AF Photo focuses on the natural talent and unique visual expression of each of its photographers, widening the understanding of photography as a method for visual communication.

Proud of its photographers recent work, AF Photo presents:

• Rafal Milach - World Press Photo 1st prize winner in Art & Entertainment category for his series "Retired Circus".
• Marcin Tyszka - completed a set of editorials for magazines including Vogue Spain and Elle Germany.
• Aldona Karczmarczyk and Marysia Przybysz both did global campaigns for Avon and Oriflame.
• The agency supported Szymon Szczeniak in his personal exhibition "Mediterranean Journey", publishing the accompanying catalogue.

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Zurich [Switzerland]: Avocado

Avocado's photographers have been busy over the last few months.

• Markus Wendler shot for Courvoisier through creative agency Pubilcis United Moscow. He also travelled to the Nappa Vally near San Francisco to shoot in a beautiful west coast mansion.
• Fadil Berisha shot Roger Federer for Rolex. Avocado produced the entire session for JWT New York.

The company completed various projects in the Russian capital Moscow:

• Urs Wyss shot for Fly mobile phones, through creative agency Pubilcis United Moscow. He also shot a new Glamour cigarettes campaign for the Russian market.
• Marco Grob, who is now fully represented by Avocado throughout Eastern Europe, shot for Swiss watchmakers Zenith, using some of the most beautiful locations in Moscow.
• Stephan Schacher travelled to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, to photograph President Ilham Aliyev for the magazine Baku.
• Also for Baku, Seb Michel shot a 10-page fashion and cover story in Moscow.

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London [UK]: Carolyn Trayler Agency

The Carolyn Trayler Agency is proud to announce two new arrivals; the dark portraits of Andrzej Dragan and the fantastical illustrations of Athler.

Recent projects from the agency's talent:

• Patrice de Villiers: Created delicate ads for Schwartz and Hellmann's.
• Jasper White: Produced eco-conscious spreads for The Observer Magazine. He also got caught creating disco themed set-ups illegally in a graveyard!
• Simon Mills: Has a new, very graphic portfolio alongside his first foray into the movies: co-directing a short film about his favourite thing... a classic 1972 Triumph.
• Peter Lippmann: Has completed a Flora campaign with BBH, and a Lenor shot for Grey. He also travelled to NYC to shoot Planters Nuts.
• Stuart Hall: Shot a campaign for BMW set against dramatic Kowloon backgrounds, and also some delicate trompe-l'oeil ads for Kia.
• Tim Macpherson: A finalist in the National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Prize with a personal shot from Kazakhstan, as well as a contender for the AOP series award with his Stop Teenage Pregnancy ads.

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Buenos Aires [Agrentina]: Civiles Management

Civiles represents a number of talented professionals from outside of its Argentine base, including Japanese artist Namiko Kitaura, Brooklyn-born Andrew Burmeister and Mexico-based Argentine Ramiro Chaves. Adding their lens and skills to this growing list are new entries Chris Clor and Napoleon Habeica.

• Based in Rochester, Michigan, Chris Clor's portfolio includes such clients as Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, General Motors, Nissan, Carhartt Clothing and the US Navy. He has also shot for ad agencies BBDO, Doner, Ogilvy, Y&R, Campbell-Ewald and McCann-Erickson.
• Napoleon Habeica is a Mexican artist for Proyectos Monclova Art Gallery who has also developed a wide commercial career shooting campaigns for Puma, Nike and American Apparel across the world. Printed in magazines such as Nylon, Self Service, GQ, Metal and Harper's Bazaar, his photographs have also been requested by the music industry through major labels Universal Music, EMI and Virgin Records.

Civiles Management's Art Department features a Special Bookings division within its photography roster. 

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Hamburg [Germany]: Claudia Bitzer

Claudia Bitzer Fotografenrepräsentanz represents a variety of innovative and highly talented landscape, car, beauty, lifestyle, still life, portrait and fashion photographers. The company has well established contacts with both agencies and customers alike, whilst Claudia Bitzer's aspiration to work exclusively with photographers in whose achievements she strongly believes ensures the highest quality results.

Claudia Bitzer represents:

• Oscar van de Beek - car, landscape, and people.
• Dietrich Bode - lifestyle, people, and fashion.
• Peer Brecht - car, people, and fashion.
• Ulrich Hoppe - still life.
• Verena Knemeyer - people, portrait, and fashion.
• Christian Schmidt - landscape, car, and people.
• David Spaeth - fashion, beauty and portrait.

website claudia bitzer

London [UK]: David & Rose Lambert

Recent projects from the agency's photographers:

• Allan McPhail finished off 2007 shooting five ads for a global Volvo campaign with Nitro London. He has also just returned from Argentina where he shot the new BMW campaign for WCRS, with And Production.

• Tessa Traeger has been working with Jasper Conran on his Wedgwood, Waterford Crystal and Bridal lines. She also just completed a Glenfiddich campaign for Purple Creative, Abercrombie and Kent for M+C Saatchi, Uncle Bens for Proximity and Morrisons for DLKW.

• Kulbir Thandi has been working for Sony with WWAV Rapp Collins, Citroën for Euro RSCG London, Audi for BBH, Jeep for AMV, Lexus for PAA, and Morrisons with Billington Cartmell. He also just completed a new Toshiba campaign for Grey London.  

• Sam Armstrong has been working hard this year on new portfolio material, as well as with DLKW on Bank of Scotland. 

• Dario Mitidieri has been continuing his work for the Army with the COI and Publicis, Abbey and Churchill Insurance for WCRS, Fullers for DCH and also RBS for M+C Saatchi. 

• Josh Cole is working on his ongoing personal projects as well the Met Police Operation Trident for MCBD, Vodafone for DDFHB Dublin, and Nokia for Grey London.

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London [UK]: Esser Associates

Esser Associates has had a great start to the year. Recent projects include:

• Landscape photographer Julian Abrams has just finished shooting a series of urban night time shots in his own particular style.

• David Burgess recently returned from the States where he shot several new launches for Ford using a mixture of conventional and CGI photography.

• Ashley Cameron has been very busy shooting for a variety of clients including Slim Fast, VW, and The Times, and is currently shooting an advertising campaign involving lions and monkeys roaming the streets for Bristol Zoo.

• Ed Lee shot a CGI project for Honda in Los Angeles and is currently in the studio shooting for Land Rover.

• Still life photographer Dom Mowbray has been busy shooting liquid in the shape of the new Terminal 5 building for British Airways, and is about to start on a large project for Kenwood.

• Recent agency addition, portrait and celebrity photographer Daniel Smith, is currently working on a new series of surfers to follow on from his shots of Australian rugby players. Daniel also has several projects in the pipeline involving some very high profile actors.

website esser associates

Hamburg [Germany]: Found Fotografenagentur

Found represents eight international photographers from the areas of still life, fashion, beauty, people, lifestyle, landscape and transportation.

Company founder Christine Popinger is able to offer a broad spectrum of expertise whilst cultivating a personalised style that sets the Hamburg-based agency apart.

The team includes artists such as Raphael Just, Thomas Popinger, Pascal Malamas, Philip Bruederle, Lia Avant, Bob Leinders, Caroline Rommel and Anka Bardeleben.

Clients have included: Classicon, Aloys F. Dornbracht, Palmers, Daimler AG, Alape, Parador, Philip Morris, Ikea, C&A, Procter&Gamble, Kadus, Pascarel, Olympus, Reno, Tchibo, Beiersdorf AG, and Mercedes AMG GmbH.

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London [UK]: Horton-Stephens Photographers Agents

Horton-Stephens has been London's leading photographers' agent for over 20 years. The company represents a full spectrum of photographers and is affiliated with partner agents M Represents in the USA, MM Photographes Paris and Horton-Stephens Warsaw. Access to these sites can be found on the Horton-Stephens website, where a new zoom feature allows visitors to see images in all their glorious detail.

Horton-Stephens represents Diana Miller, Eugenio Franchi, Fernando Milani, Florian Geiss, Gary Salter, Graham Tooby, Holger Pooten, Jan Steinhilber, Julian Wolkenstein, Mervyn Franklyn, Nick Dolding, and Richard Ansett.

See also Um, a talented team of amazing CGI artists represented by Horton-Stephens since inception. With its vast photographic experience Horton-Stephens manages the process of working with CGI in the most Art Director-friendly way, ensuring a smooth process during  which progress can be approved at all the crucial stages.

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Auckland [New Zealand]: IDC Photographers

Based in New Zealand, IDC was founded in 1999 and has since been facilitating successful campaigns for internationally acclaimed agencies. Recent clients include:

BBDO Shanghai, Grey New York, TBWA Singapore, BBDO Dusseldorf, and Grabarz & Partners Werbeagentur Hamburg. IDC also regularly works with all the leading New Zealand and Australian-based agencies.

IDC is proud to offer a personalised service based around the ability to match the specific needs of clients with the individual skills of its photographers. The whole team is united in their passion to produce stunning photographic imagery.

On the production side, the company has a dedicated team to efficiently manage any size of photographic production. This includes assistance with street casting, studio booking, location scouting and budget estimating.

"Working with IDC is to work with some of New Zealand's most experienced professionals in a relaxed atmosphere that supports creative collaboration and problem solving".

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London [UK]: Jamie Stephen

Jamie Stephen Represents is a London-based photographic and production agency, representing a diverse range of talent - photographers, directors, and directors of photography. Thanks to extensive production experience with broad and far-reaching contacts, the company is involved in advertising, editorial and catalogue shoots all over the world.

• Represented artists: Alex Macro - people, reportage. Andy Whale - people, still-life. Colin Thomas - animals, people. Graham Westmoreland - cars, landscapes. Grey Zisser - fashion, beauty. Ian Scigliuzzi - still-life. Jez Matthews - cars, landscapes. John Bennett - still-life. Michael Sugrue - people, places. Sandrine and Michael - fashion, celebrity. Stelianour Sani - fashion, beauty. Lee Brimble - cars, lifestyle.

Clients include: BT, London Docklands PLC, Smirnoff, Talk Radio, Dyson, John Lewis, Nationwide, AMEX, BMW, IBM, Shell, M&S, Warehouse, Oasis, Gossard, Porsche, British Airways, Honda, Courvoisier, BSkyB, Vodafone, Chrisitan Lacroix, Microsoft, Harrods, Revlon, Peugeot, Channel 4, Ford, Mac, Neutrogena, and Nivea.

Publications include: Elle, Tatler, Vogue, Glamour, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Saturday Times Magazine, Harpar's Bazaar, GQ, Boden, Freemans, LL Bean, and Next Directory.

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London [UK]: Noelle Pickford Photographers' Agent

News from Noelle Represents:

• Jess Koppel has been shooting chips, chips and more delicious chips for Beattie McGuinness Bungay's client McCain.

• Sara Morris has been kept busy by BBH and their client KFC.

• George Kavanagh won Gold in the London Photographic Association portraiture competition with his stunning series of Fishermen. He has also been shooting on location in California for GAM, and is currently in South Africa for Grant Thornton.

• Paul Thompson continues working with Isobel alongside shooting for The Discovery Channel and working on personal projects.

• Angus Fraser has been on location working on various car shoots, amongst them a campaign for Lexus commissioned by Partners Andrews Aldridge.

• Rob White has been shooting for Swag and their client Swartz.

• Carl Lyttle shot recently for Nissan in Paris, and moved on to California and the Canadian Rockies for Ogilvy.

• Spencer Rowell has been collaborating with Simon Cheshire at The Gate on some very eye-catching campaigns.

website noelle pickford photographers' agent

London [UK]: Process

Following a hugely successful 2007 Process moves into its seventh year of representing an exciting roster of talent.

It has been a great start to the year for the company's photographers, who all shoot for a hugely diverse client base. This Spotlight features recent tests and commissioned work from Bill Robinson, Dylan Collard, Gareth Sambidge, Louisa Parry, Tim Morris, and Rainer Elstermann, for clients including O2, Fiat (The Flagship Store, London), Virgin Atlantic, Cadbury's, Ernst & Young, Waitrose, Sony, and Boden.

Take a look at the agency's website and sign up to receive regular newsletters to keep up to date with all things Process.

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London [UK]: Sue Allatt

 Latest news from the Sue Allatt photographers:

• Having just shot COI's latest 12 ad campaign, Tif Hunter now finds himself busy travelling the length of the UK photographing exquisite classic cars for the upcoming book "Cars Freedom Style Sex Power Motion Colour Everything", due to be launched this autumn. An exhibition of Tif's beautiful shots will also be held at Tate Modern.
  
  
• Pete Seaward has just returned from the jungles of Borneo after shooting for the Shangri La Hotel chain. He also shot for Land Rover, the English Tourist Board and Strawsons.
  
  
• Andy Blohm, the most recent talent to join the agency, has successfully been in the ring with Ricky Hatton - shooting a series of shots for the Guardian. He is currently putting together an exhibition which opens in London at the end of the summer.
  
  
• After Nigel Parry's great success with his latest book "Blunt", he's been as busy as ever shooting with Angelina Jolie, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Martin, Brad Pitt and Robin Williams.

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London [UK]: Wyatt-Clarke & Jones

Wyatt-Clarke & Jones' photographers have been as busy as ever. In this feature you can see a showcase of new work, including:

• Peer Lindgreen's work for Wieden & Kennedy London on the latest Honda campaign (you may have seen this in last month's Archive magazine).  

• Lol Keegan's work for Euro RSCG on the Lactofree campaign (also in Archive), along with his work for Dunhill with VCCP.  

• Work by Andy Glass for Renault and Chris Frazer Smith for Ford.

• A portrait of Terry Gilliam by Larry Dunstan and a sneak preview of work from Adam's Hinton's book on China, which will be launched at the Host Gallery later this spring. If you don't receive an invitation for this party contact WC&J and the agency will get your name on the door.

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