mumbai Sep 2015

Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Errikos Andreou studied Fashion Design at the University of Westminster (BA) and the College of Central St.Martin's (MA). After his studies he worked in various positions within the Industry as a designer, stylist and, since 2009, as a photographer.

Errikos is an amazing story-teller who loves weaving strong emotions in his images. There is always a sense of contagious happiness in him with which it's easy to engage and enjoy his artistry.

Currently based in India, his clients include Vogue, Elle, GQ, L'Officiel Hommes, L'Oréal, Diesel Black Gold, Sophia Kokosalaki, and more.

Tarun Khiwal's life journey as a photographer began 20 years ago. With no formal training in the subject, his skills as a photographer were acquired and developed hands-on, learning through his mistakes. Throughout this journey, Tarun has explored the medium without any inhibition; challenging and questioning every rule and notion that governs the visual language.

It has been this fearless approach in expressing his vision that has won him the praise of many, national and international accolades, the likes of which include being the first and only Indian to be honored as a Hasselblad Master.

Tarun is also the first Indian whose work was chosen for the Swiss light manufacturer Broncolor’s annual calendar in 2012, which for the first time saw the calendar deviate from its standard imagery and print blurry fashion images created by Tarun. He was also featured in Tom Ang’s book ‘The Complete Photographer’ as one of the world's 20 top professional photographers.

Tarun’s work has been extensively published in national and international magazines Tank, Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, L’Officiel, and more. His portfolio today includes clients such as Emirates, L’Oréal, Maybelline, Emmar, Adidas, Nokia, Motorola, Pepsi, Hutch, Nestlé, Sony, Nike, Reebok and Lakme. He has created images of several personalities including international artists Christy Turlington Burns, Yanni, Kitaro and Bollywood superstars, as well as corporate honchos.

Alexander Manton and his team at MotionPicturesAsia specialise in producing large-scale corporate media projects for multinational corporations in Asia. Equally skilled at creating video and photo content, he and his team have shot in every major city in Asia over the past 25 years, with a particular emphasis on the banking, corporate, oil and gas, and hospitality industries.

Shooting both types of rich media content on the same shoot with the same crew not only saves valuable time and money, but also creates a stronger brand identity through visual continuity. Clients worldwide rely on his knowledge of Asia and his ability to bring a global perspective to shoots anywhere in the region, be it in a boardroom in Singapore, a high tech facility in Shanghai, or a trading floor in Mumbai.

Having lived in India on and off for many years, Alexander has a special interest and love for this great country and is actively looking to work with Indian and global clients who need projects shot in India.

Clients include Citibank, Unilever, Caltex, Halliburton, AT&T, General Electric, Ensco, Goodyear, and many others.

Martin Prihoda is a Canadian-born advertising and fashion editorial portraiture photographer based in Asia. Within a short three years of entering the Indian market, Martin has risen to become one of the top ad photographers in Mumbai.

With work characterised by strong lighting and dramatic portraiture, his subjects include A-list celebrities such as Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan and Katrina Kaif, shooting regularly for Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Verve, Marie Claire and Cosmo.

Advertising clients include Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe Lintas, JWT, Contract Advertising, RKSwamy BBDO, WK, TBWA and Y&R for brands such as Adidas, Axe, Kingfisher, RoyalChallenge, Signature Whiskey, Amante, Louise Philippe and Raymonds.

Martin is also an award-winning film-maker and is currently in pre-production on his first feature film that he is scheduled to direct in 2015.

He is currently represented by TAP WorldWide in India and DIVA in Dubai.

Darren Capp shoots cars in India, Australia, and China. Autos are his passion, and have been for over 25 years since he completed a Fine Art degree in Melbourne.

Darren infuses drama and style into a broad cinematic look. Whether the shoots are on location or in studio, he always imparts his sense of fun with a strong technical understanding of car photography.

Recent assignments include steamy New Delhi to an extremely cold but beautifully sunny Beijing, shooting the range of Mercedes E400-Long through BBDO Beijing. Locally, Darren shot a campaign for Mercedes-Benz B-Class 250 4matic and the Lexus IS350 F.

Sushmendra Dubey is popularly known as 'Dubs'. With extensive experience in the world of advertising as a creative director at multinational agencies, he has worked on a range of brands and creative challenges. The gifted photographer has managed to convert his passion into a successful career.

Treasuring beauty and expressing it in images that show a refined sensuality and elegance, Dubs' work is classic, romantic and clean. His photography - be it advertising or fashion - is described as "aggressive, yet sensual.’’ Travelling across india - be it metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore or the remote interiors and abroad - he has enjoyed shooting fashion, corporate, food, kids and celebrities.

Clients include Nikon, Whirlpool, Samsung, Hyundai, Yamaha, Boeing, TATA DOCOMO, Dish TV, Chambor, HDFC, Bausch+Lomb, MAAZA, McCain Foods, Nokia and DA MILANO - Italia.

Thankam Kumaran is a freelance photographer based in Kochi, India. She is also known by the name Bindaas Thankam and runs her Facebook fan page by the name of Bindaas Thankam Shots-Out Photography.

A self-taught photographer, Thankam specialises in working with natural light. She combines both candid and documentary styles of photography in her work and feels natural light gives her subjects the most poetic justice. Thankam specialises in portraits, travel, newborn, kids, food, lifestyle photography and is a certified graphic designer. She is also a recipe developer, cook and food stylist.

Thankam started as a travel photographer, travelling all over India capturing candid portraits of people from all races. Portraits are her favourite subjects as she feels a human face is just like a playground where many emotions can be captured. She got into kids photography two years ago and newborn photography in January 2014. A love for kids and a keen interest in human psychology enables her to capture them with ease.

As for photography she says, "You've got to have an eye to capture life."

Specialising in still life, industrial, jewellery, food, architectural and product photography, Ian Pereira has over 30 years of professional photography experience.

After being awarded a Diploma in Professional Photography from the Polytechnic of Central London in April 1984, he proceeded to Chicago, USA where he assisted a number of photographers. He set up studio in Mumbai in October 1984 and has worked on various assignments for direct clients and agencies, some of which have won awards for the agency.

Ian is the winner of A&M Magazine’s ‘Photographer of the Year’ award in 1993 for the ESCORTS corporate campaign.

Visit his website for more information.

With more than two decades of pushing the boundaries, Hardesh Dhingra is renowned for digital photography and acknowledged as a pioneer in the field.

Hardesh prefers working in a controlled studio environment. He owns and operates a full service 16000 sq.ft. studio in Manesar, Gurgaon that can handle any project, from small still life assignments to large automobile SUV shoots.

His client list includes top Indian advertising agencies and leading national and international brands. Hardesh excels in conceptual photo projects which are challenging and require a combination of photography and digital post-production skills to create a powerful final image for his clients.

Vanguard Films is a full service production company that always strives to achieve the best and most satisfactory experience for clients from inception to execution. The company prides itself on delivering the highest standards and provides prompt attention to every detail, responding to the individual needs of every client and project.

Vanguard Films facilitates all aspects of a project, including, but not limited to permissions, locations, budgeting, casting, transportation, collaboration with local talent photographers, models, stylists, hair and make-up artists, etc).

Its location database allows clients to choose from leading hotels, natural settings, palaces and forts, as well as lesser-known yet exquisite hidden gems.

The denominator of Inega's businesses is to bridge the ever-expanding Indian market with opportunities to work in and with international markets. Film and still production globally has been a progression resulting from well-crafted international alliances of producers and Inega's two-decades of experience with the advertising market in India.

The endeavour is to execute an assignment at an appropriate location in a time-bound and financially-viable manner - whilst the premise of each project remains precision in execution by maintaining the highest attention to detail.

Based in Jaipur, and with an office in Mumbai, Shoot Rajasthan is one of the leading full service production companies in India. For over two decades the company has been associated with a range of prestigious international and Indian names from across advertising, editorial, photography, film direction, production houses and direct clients.

The company can arrange everything from casting to catering, from props to post-production.

Shoot Rajasthan has one of the largest location libraries in India that has been built up over many years of experience in its scouting work.

Clients include Glamour, Memory in Motion US, Jan Magazine, Africa-Interactive, FMO Production, Henne Magazine, Look Magazine, IPC Media, Revolution Films UK, INDISKA, DGA and DAYS, Bodén & Co. Sweden, Opticus Inc., BVLGARI, Doc-Team, Fieber Films Germany, Cot Style, La Mustache, Rio Tinto Australia, Vincent Dixon Studio, Akshya Patra, Vogue Magazine, Image AdFilms, And Designs India Ltd., cut2cut, Salt Management, Next Media, SGN Entertainment and many more.

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