cars & landscape photography + motion May 2017

Ongoing and evolving with the zeitgeist of automotive photography, Alex Howe’s fresh approach, exceptional technical ability and unique eye are the cornerstones of the world's leading car manufacturer communications.

Alex does phenomenal work across advertising, editorial, brochure and all brand communication.

Highlights from Anton Watts' latest work include:

A dynamic campaign series for BMW M3 and M4, shot in Spain and Portugal in August 2016, and released in February 2017. Plenty of speed, drifting, sunsets, moody skies, and great collaboration with BMW, Serviceplan, Caspar & Co and Zoot.

Stay in touch by following Anton on Instagram and Facebook.

Anton is represented in Europe by Catherine Collins.

"I don't see cars as products when I shoot them, I see them as living things. Every car has its own character and I always do my best to show it in the best way."

Arnold Park is a Korea-based commercial photographer specialising in automotive photography. He has worked in LA and is now shooting around Korea, China, Europe and the United States.

His photography fills the frame with various layers of colour. Arnold is also a storyteller who tells a story with images.

He directs projects for Hyundai, KIA, Renault and Samsung every year.

He has shot for well-known brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Maserati, Lexus, Hyundai, KIA, Renault, Samsung, Volkswagen, Porsche, Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, Volvo, Honda, Qoros, Jaguar, Land Rover, and is scheduled to do so in the future.

Patrick Curtet is a French photographer and director based in Los Angeles. In this Spotlight he presents exciting new work from recent projects including the new campaign for Chevrolet Equinox, Tosca Blu, Magnus Walker and Lucid Air.

Patrick was commissioned by the new American electric car brand Lucid Motors to create the imagery for its worldwide launch.

He likes to create high-end visuals around cars and lifestyle with his highly recognizable cinematographic style. For each client or series, he seeks to tell a story.

Curtet Photography is represented by Cynthia Held in the US, Severin Wendeler in Germany, and Cream Paris in France. Visit his website and follow Patrick on Instagram and Facebook for more information.

Darren Capp shoots cars in Australia, China and India.

Over the last 12 months, Darren has shot the newly updated Toyota Prius for Saatchis. Locations used included Sydney Uni, The Botanic Garden’s Seedbank and Maroobra Beach.

The range of Mercedes-Benz commercial vans for Havas was shot in studio with the vans then dropped into locations which were either shot or sourced through the usual channels. Scene projection was used to reflect the locations onto the vans for added realism.

The newly launched Holden Astra was shot for AJF, locations through Melbourne were sourced to reflected a European look.

The expansive and high-tech interior of the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class was shot for Clemengers. The background used was a scene Darren has on file of Shanghai. Honda Civic Black Pack was shot for Leo Burnett Melbourne.

In this Spotlight, David Westphal features two projects from 2016 illustrating the diversity of his capabilities. He shot locally in Los Angeles for the Ford C-Max with the mid cycle changes to the vehicle design. Secondly, he travelled to Colorado to shoot CGI for the newly designed Ford Expedition.

In addition, he has spent time pushing himself to create new and exciting images for the BMW I8 for self promotional purposes.

David continues to travel across the world identifying the perfect location for a creative match for each individual project.

"It’s been an awesome few months working on great projects with superb teams of people. Highlights included a studio project for Rolls-Royce (due out in the summer), and IPace and IType shot for Jaguar in Austria, featuring a series of stills and short aerial drone teaser films.

Fiesta just released Focus and Mondeo studio and location images, due out shortly, following a shoot with Mads Mikkelsen as 'Le Fantome' for Ford on location in Croatia. The M-B lifestyle/Ferrari Dubai, ASX ‘Escape Your Virtual World’ campaign in Portugal followed the success of dramatic seascapes for Shogun press ads earlier in the year for Mitsubishi, as well as aerial video and stills of one of the new ‘missing six’ Lightweight E-Types, and plenty more."

Harniman has a passion for all things automotive, and the desire to craft emotive, iconic imagery. An early adopter of new innovations - from aerial to rig shots to CGI, Harniman has a long and successful track record in automotive advertising photography working alongside global brands and their international agencies.

Get an insight behind the scenes on the regular blog. Follow Harniman on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

John Higginson is an award-winning photographer who splits his time between London and California.

Starting out in the oil industry, John travelled the seas before moving into photography after buying a camera in the port city of Genoa. Starting in photojournalism, John then moved into fashion photography before getting an opportunity to shoot for Jaguar. It was this that pushed John’s career down the path of shooting cars.

John regularly shoots for some of the biggest names in the business, including Rolls Royce, Lexus, Land Rover, Mazda, Renualt, BMW, Seat and Jaguar. 

John is represented by Twenty Twenty, based in London.

Justin Leighton is a UK-based photographer with a background in photojournalism and a passion for all things automotive. He shoots and films the most beautiful cars for a wealth of prestigious clients in breath-taking locations across the world.

Highlights so far this year - the Kazem Rolls Royce Wraith and the last Phantom 7 off the production line; for Mercedes the new E63 S and E-Class Coupé; for Nissan the mighty GT-R NISMO and for Renault the new Alpine A110. He also filmed the Porsche 911 GTS road trip - London to Zuffenhausen in 24 hours.

Other clients include Audi, Skoda, Ford, Hyundai and Maserati, and editorial and covers for EVO, Octane, FT and Sunday Times Magazines and Car.

When not shooting cars Justin pursues his evocative personal project exploring 'Borderlands' around the world - new expeditions coming in the summer.

Follow his adventures on Instagram, twitter and Facebook.

Photographer Lee Brimble is a serious petrol head and this passion has been turned into a successful career as a well-respected car photographer.

Lee combines his photographic knowledge and skills to shoot both moving image and stills for car clients all over the world. He works both in the studio and out on location to capture cars in an exciting and fresh direction. 

His latest global campaign for the Honda NSX supercar just won a One Eyeland Bronze. It was shot on location between San Francisco and Las Vegas and took around two weeks to complete.

He has photographed campaigns for some of the world’s iconic car brands such as Honda, BMW, Suzuki, Range Rover and Chevrolet, as well as campaigns and moving image for super-car brands McLaren and Ferrari.

The first quarter of 2017 has kept Nate Hassler busy, starting off with another Toyota USA concept vehicle launch. The urban SUV-crossover dubbed FT-4X was revealed at the New York International Auto Show in April, and marks the sixth time Nate has worked on with Toyota USA and Calty Deign Research on their top secret concept vehicles.

Nate has been spending some time in the enthusiast segment, including an editorial with Road & Track Magazine, and marketing projects with German automotive suspension manufacturer KW Suspensions and California-based BMW tuning specialist Dinan. Nate is gearing up for his annual trip to the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race, a tradition he looks forward to more than pretty much anything else.

Nate is represented in the Detroit market by The Clik Group.

Olaf Hauschulz loves to work with great people across all different fields.

His client list includes nearly all of the big car brands from A to V, including Acura, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Infiniti, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Opel, Porsche, Skoda, Toyota and Volkswagen.

He has also shot for Aida, Microsoft, Fedex, Sixt, Deutsche Bahn, East Japan Railway Company, Lufthansa and Sixt.

Olaf's brand new website will be online very soon and he is now open for new reps.

Oli Tennent has been busy this year in and out of the studio with a steady stream of interesting projects involving cars, from the very old to the very new.

From the very latest McLaren 720S to a priceless classic Ferrari 500TR, Oli has completed recent work for McLaren Automotive, Mitsubishi, Jaguar Land Rover, Infiniti, Lanzante, Toyota, and BMW Mini. His passion for photography and love of light, is only matched by a keen interest in anything with an engine.

Any opportunity away from the lens is gladly filled with time in his classic Land-Rover or exploring on an adventure motorcycle.

Follow Oli on instagram to keep up with the goings-on in his studio and elsewhere.

Paul Murphy has been shooting landscapes and cars for over 20 years, winning many awards along the way.

Based in London, he has travelled the world shooting some of the biggest and most recognised car campaigns in the UK and USA.

Paul is not just about beautiful cars, but is a specialist at interpreting creative briefs - he can bring a campaign to life through his unsurpassed technical approach and deep understanding of the project.

Paul's work is produced by The Miss Jones Agency across Europe. Check the websites for more of his campaigns and amazing personal work.

Petros has devoted his life to capturing those moments we sometimes miss. Approaching stills in the same way he likes to work with motion. As a director and photographer he excels at shooting automotive, landscapes, people and lifestyle. Petros is patient, understanding and unpredictable; a young and explosive, creative talent to work with.

“As a child, I was very observant, developing a keen interest in peoples faces and emotions early on. As a photographer and director, I’m so lucky to be able to call this amazing creative life, where I go to so many cool places and meet so many fantastic people, my job”. PK.

Over the last ten years Petros has worked with some great creative talents on campaigns for Audi, Toyota, Lexus, BMW, Hyundai, Renault, Fiat, Tourism New Zealand, Tourism NSW, Four Seasons Hotels, SBS World Movies, Greenpeace.

Pim Hendriksen's greatest strength lies in linking his technical knowledge of photography with the emotions being captured. He is able to perfectly blend these skills, as is highlighted in his work as a commercial photographer.

Pim specialises in advertising, portraits and automotive photography with a look and feel that is colourful, powerful and energetic.

Pim loves challenging lighting situations and capturing moving subjects such as people and vehicles. He is a pragmatic and innovative problem solver on set and provides high production value and great creative input. He works with different mediums and methods, cinemagraphs being just one example, and he feels right at home on big productions and complex sets.

Richard Thompson III’s lifelong passion for all things automotive inspires him to create images focused on the unique story and character of each car.

The past few years have led him around the world in pursuit of automobiles. From international campaign work for Bentley, Chevrolet, and Lexus to the far reaches of the globe as a photographer and editor for Mercedes-Benz global social media platforms. He also found time to realize a decade-long dream: working as photographer and in-house creative for his favorite car company, bespoke Italian manufacturer Pagani Automobili.

2017 has been another busy year for Richard, crafting imagery for the global reveal of Pagani’s Huayra Roadster at the Geneva International Motor Show, the North American debut imagery for the new Mercedes-Benz EQ brand, and most recently the Maserati’s Ghibli 'Nerissimo' on the streets of New York.

Roman Lavrov is a car photographer and creative retoucher from Russia. He has five years' experience shooting cars on location and on the race track and has worked on numerous CGI projects.

Most of Roman's projects include shooting motor sports (FIA WEC, Blacpain GT Series, Russian Drift Series, etc.).

For the last three years he has been cooperating on a permanent basis as a photographer, assistant photographer, retoucher, post-production supervisor and art director as part of the team of Sergei Krestov - Cross Production.

As a retoucher,  Roman has worked on marketing projects for brands including Volkswagen, Honda, BMW, Renault, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Dutsun and Toyota.

"Capturing the intangible, transcending reality. Moving beyond the camera to exceed your expectations."

Sean Rice offers a unique perspective when it comes to his photography. Rather than capture what he sees, he loves to create directly from his mind's eye. Working with an art director or leading a creative team, he loves bringing a concept to life.

Some of Sean's clients include Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Toyota North America, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Racer Media, Monster, Red Bull, Sports Car Magazine, Car & Driver Magazine, David & Goliath, Sweatpants Media, Ernie Ball, Inc., Big Poppa Smokers, Inc., Disney Consumer Products, SAF Productions, Inc., Ink n' Oranges, Inc., and Krush Creative, Inc.

JSR Agency are thrilled to be representing Simon Stock, a London-based, award-winning advertising photographer whose work takes him all over the world, photographing some of the most iconic brands.

He has combined NASA inspired technology with traditional photography to create images in new and exciting ways. He has recently produced two of the world's largest automotive images - a 57 billion pixel image of the Dubai marina featuring a W12 Flying Spur and previously a 53 billion pixel shot of a Mulsanne on the Golden Gate Bridge for Bentley.

Simon's latest projects include the global launch campaign for the new Bentley Mulsanne, a gigapixel image of the iconic Turnberry golf course to coincide with the reopening of the newly refurbished course, a trip to Azerbaijan to shoot the exquisite Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and the world's first gigapixel studio portrait series.

Simon has a trophy cabinet of awards including - AOP Awards Winner Best Advertising commissioned Advertising 2015, Lürzers Archive 200 Best Advertising Photographers 2016/2017, D&AD, Art Directors Club of New York, IPA Awards Communication Arts and One Eyeland Awards.

Commercial clients include Alfa Romeo, Audi, American Airlines, Bentley, BMW, BP, British Airways, Castrol, Deutsche Telekom, Discovery Channel, Disney, Dodge, Emirates Airlines, Fairy, Ford, HSBC, Hummer, Hyundai, ITV, Jaguar, Jeep, London Transport, Lucozade, Lufthansa, Mercedes, Microsoft, Milka, Nestlé, O2, Plusnet, P&O Cruises, Porsche, RBS, Range Rover, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Vodafone.

Thomas Motta started working as a photographer of industrial facilities in 1996. For six years he travelled to places all over Europe, Asia and South America, shooting for clients in the steel industry.

To focus more on what he was always passionate about, he moved to Hamburg where he assisted well known photographers in automotive and people photography until 2007.

All of these experiences gave his minimalistic, reduced, natural style the fine-tuning it has today. Thomas's photographs are often "one-shots" without composing. He prefers fast cars in their "natural environment", so whenever possible he shoots them car-to-car.

Additionally, he makes spontaneous handheld shots, which are not very common in today's commercial automobile photography. Thomas also has the experience and knowledge needed to translate his style to a virtual car during a CGI shoot.

He has been represented by UPFRONT photo & film since 2015.

Clients include ADAC, Blohm+Voss, BMW, Condé Nast, Ferrari, GQ, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Opel, Porsche, Skoda, Thyssen Krupp, Viseon, Volvo and VW.

For nearly 10 years, the WE! shoot it photographers Thomas von Salomon and Michael Compensis have been creative partners of magazines Ramp and Rampstyle. Both are now published in English as they begin to tackle the international market.

For a special edition for the Geneva Motorshow, the Ramp team chose Michael and Thomas to shoot the brand new Seat Ibiza in Barcelona in a very graphic and artistic way. Illustrations were done by new WE! shoot it member, illustrator and storyboard artist Thomas Hardtmann. The result is a colourful advertorial spread showing how alive and very kicking the car truly is!

Shortly after, they realized a vivid shoot with a very editorial look in cooperation with Fiat Abarth, showing the lively side of the Abarth 595 amongst Frankfurt’s nightlife. The spread will be featured in Ramp.

For the new issue of Rampstyle appearing on 14th June, the pair also shot the brand new Range Rover Velar in a very sophisticated studio spread. The magazine's aim was to showcase the iconic design highlights of the car - a 'dream job' for both design-savvy photographers.

Wilson Hennessy has shot extensively across the globe, with regular clients in Europe and the USA. Recently he has been shooting with Ferrari and Renault, as well as for various advertising campaigns for Hyundai and Honda.

Wilson's technical skills and bold graphic style makes his work instantly recognisable, and put him at the forefront of automotive commercial photography.

Highlights of this year have been photographing Renault's many concept cars and shooting on the sunny coast of Spain for Ferrari.

Wilson is represented by Horton Stephens in Europe and Held & Associates in United States.