london Jul 2007

News from The Sharon Brandman Agency's talents:

Kids photographer Ian Boddy has been busy shooting this month for Tesco, George @ Asda, Penguin Books and Mattel. He continues to work on personal projects and has also just launched his new portfolio. Contact the agency to view.

Marie-Louise Avery's latest work includes a job for McDonald's - proving that natural food can be commercial.

A busy few months for Richard Seymour included powerful new signature photography for The Morgan Motor Co and ongoing commissioned landscape work in the UK and France.

Stuart Chorley has been involved recently in the new Fibresure campaign and also preparing background plates for various clients from his extensive archive.

Process is currently showcasing its talent at the New Rose Pub on the Essex Road London - we definitely recommend a visit.

Once again, Rainer Elstermanns' work has been well received. The exhibition features eight of Rainer's enigmatic and startling portrayals of classic old Masters. He is currently here in London meeting with art buyers and creatives after a busy time in Berlin shooting for ad agencies and editorial clients.

Process has recently taken on international photographer Tim Morris. Predominantly shooting on location, Tim's work is a colourful, observational often humorous and graphic look at reality.

Tim has shot recent campaigns for Grey, JWT, WCRS, RKY&R, TBWA, Leo Burnett to name a few and editorial for the likes of Vogue, Independent, and the Guardian here in the UK. Stateside, Tim has shot for Hill Holiday, Ogilvy, Chiat Day, TBWA/Los Angeles, Arnold, Sawyer Miller, PM, Men's Health and Men's Fitness.

"Lions... and tigers... and bears!" Actually, there were only tigers on Stuart Hall's recent global shoot for Ecco Shoes through Joshua. Though they were more than enough for the Trayler girls, who had not banked on their roar being quite so loud! Coming soon to a billboard near you...

Also out soon is a rather slick night time cityscape VW ad, again shot by Stuart Hall. He had to shoot right alongside a surprise fireworks display for a Canary Wharf houseboat party. We hear he even played along with the producer's attempts to convince him it was in his honour!

Two new additions to the CTA stable:

• Jasper White who specialises in modern reportage that is colourful and urban.
• Peter Lippmann whose still life is feminine, ethereal... extravagant even.

In addition to his commissioned advertising work, Nigel Harniman has been working on personal projects experimenting with industrial, interiors - with and without models.

Recent advertising work has included photography and CGI for:

• Uniroyal & Mitsubishi Europe
• Ford USA
• Jaguar UK
• Volvo Sweden

Frank Herholdt has been shooting for blue chip clients for the last 17 years in London, New York and the rest of the world. He has won numerous AOP, Communication Arts and many other awards.

He recently shot an ad for the NHS anti-smoking campaign, through ad agency Farm with AD Kevin Colquhoun as well as an ad for Nivea in the USA and an editorial for Notion magazine based on a street riot.

TBWA/CHIAT in New York recently won Cannes Lions (Gold) and D&AD Award (Silver nomination) for a Snickers campaign using one of Frank’s pictures.

A few weeks ago, Frank saw Stanley Kubrick's 1962 movie based on the book Lolita. He then met Profile Model Agency's new star Natalie Wedge. They decided to do a photo story based on the movie and with the help of the stylist Andrew Clancey, make-up artist Lina Dahlbeck and hairdresser Simon Izzard. The images we show here are part of the story.

Clive Arrowsmith can certainly be regarded as a world class photographer. His work spans fashion, beauty and portraiture, and during his career he has worked with the elite of the fashion/beauty world on Vogue covers, Pirelli calendars and advertising campaigns for Jaeger and Placio De Herro for TBWA Mexico City.

Campaigns for GHD, Caroline Castigliono and Stephen Carey are amongst his recent commissions and he was also asked to be part of Britain's Next Top Model, taking the contestants through their first shoot.

Always exacting about detail, with a painterly quality about his lighting and composition, his work is in demand with a range of UK and international commercial clients.

Photographer Stephen Kearney focuses on fashion and advertising, regularly working on projects across the UK and Europe.

His newly re-designed website and portfolio include plenty of new fashion shots, where the hallmarks of his work can be clearly seen: colour, lighting and particular attention to how his models pose, with striking outlines and compositions.

Recent major projects include for Prudential, Standard Life and Scottish Opera.

Stephen tells us he is inspired by two of his other passions: music - in his spare time, he drums in a Jazz-Funk band; and the landscapes of the Western Isles of Scotland, where his family hail from. He says, "I am planning a fashion shoot on the Island of Barra this summer as the light there is incredible. It might be tricky though, as the tide has to be out because the tiny plane has to land on the beach!"

During the past three months, photographer Alun Crockford has been working on projects for:

Sony Ericsson, Honda, Jack Daniels, DVLC, Finish, HP, Samsung, Tesco, Hiscox, Brantana, RBS, NatWest, U Switch, Virgin and Waitrose.

Chris Martin and the team at realworldphotography work worldwide - mainly in developing countries, creating visuals for advertising and corporate business.

Corporate social responsibility and ethical business are often central themes.

Chris is currently shooting a personal project on the positive influence of surfing in the favelas of Brazil, and a folio on transgender people in Mexico.

The latest big project for advertising photographer Howard Kingsnorth was the ongoing campaign for Bertolli.

The brief was to extol the youthful virtues of the brand.

Art directed by Mark Buckingham of Craik Jones and shot on location just north of Rome, the ad was produced locally, and used a cast of genuine local villagers in their natural setting.

News from advertising photographer, Gullachsen:

He continues work on his ongoing project with Caterpillar.

Personal projects include a new interest in photographing mature rowers as well as more work on his long-term Cornwall project. This continues to yield some stunning images such as the snow and sky photo we feature here...

Dean Belcher recently returned from Rio where he shot DJs Layo and Bushwacka for their forthcoming Global Underground album.

Since returning, he has been busy shooting for BT, Price Waterhouse and Royal Bank of Scotland amongst others.

Personal projects continue and Dean says Jo and Sue, who have a brand new website, still do a great job representing him.

Latest news from advertising photographer Johnny Carr:

• Recently shot a campaign for Malmaison - 'the old girl is back'.
• Photos from his campaign for Sheffield Hallam University are also shown here.
• Currently working on a series of images for the National School of Contemporary Dance

Johnny tells us he will also have some beautiful pieces of moving image work to show us very soon.

London based photographer Carl Warner has produced a new portfolio of graphic still life work to compliment his well known food landscapes.

The simplicity of crafted still life imagery has always been his passion, though his website shows his graphic eye being used on location as well as in the studio.

He has recently shot press and poster ads for Sony Ericsson, Virgin Atlantic, C&G and Dove in the studio as well as location shoots for Bertolli and RBS.

Julian Calverley shoots on location.

Using Sinar high-end digital, he undertakes his own post production in a fully ICC colour-managed workflow.

The last 12 months he has worked in the UK, Europe, the USA and South Africa.

For more information and work samples, please visit his newly updated website.

He is represented in the USA by Tim Mitchell.

Snap productions - London and New York - is a full service production company, with a digital location library, photographic studios, lighting and digital rental on and off site.

The three studios are near Old Street and offer a selection of daylight, lifestyle and cove spaces with an additional rooftop shooting area. They range from 1000 to 3000 square feet, all with off-street parking.

Quality catering options are available, with experienced, friendly staff on-hand to help.

The company has a dedicated lighting and digital floor providing Phase One, Macpro, Eizo screens, Profoto, Arri HMI / Tungsten, Kinoflo, Hasselblad, Mamiya and more.

Just Artificial Limited are one of the UK's leading suppliers of high-quality artificial plants, trees and silk flowers, with a range that encompasses modern right through to traditional.

Advances in recent years have meant that artificial flowers are very lifelike. Just Artificial's range - for both home and businesses - includes silk flowers, floral arrangements, artificial plants, trees, topiary, palm trees, exotics, plant displays, hedges and hedging, fruit, hanging baskets, foliage, garlands, planters, candles, essential oils, oasis foam as well as a short-term hire/rental service.

Most products are available from stock in their off-site distribution centre, which has the capacity to cater for bulk orders and supply on a nationwide scale.

The Association of Photographers presents the completed AOP Bursary 2006 winning project by photographer Spencer Murphy, 'Wastelands'. Reminiscent of childhood nuances discovered whilst exploring forbidden grounds, Murphy retraces his steps, engaging with his nomadic childhood sensations. The resulting images of waste sites in the UK take on an otherworldly quality, blending traditional notions of landscape with the aesthetic wasteland of modern man. The exhibition runs from 17 - 26 July 2007 at The AOP Gallery, London EC2.

For everybody with a love of photography, the AOPOPEN exhibition will launch the very best images online from 1 August, giving members of the public a chance to vote for their favourite image of 2007. It is one of the only major photographic competitions accessible to everyone: vivid, eclectic and full of imagination, it pushes the boundaries of contemporary photography through an exploration of its power and diversity.

The AOP Open exhibition will be held at the AOP Gallery, from 23 August to 26 September 2007. Winners will be announced at a prize giving on 24 August. Attendance is strictly by invitation only. To request an invitation, send an email to [email protected].

Keith Arnatt: I'm a Real Photographer: This exhibition celebrates the photographs of Keith Arnatt, whose artistic achievements have for too long been overlooked. Focusing on work from 1972 - 2002 it includes both well known and forgotten pieces. Arnatt's lightness of touch and ability to transform the commonplace permeates his work.

Chris Coekin: The Hitcher. Like a latter-day beatnik, Chris Coekin (b. 1967) has been hitchhiking around the UK off and on for the past six years. Using a disposable camera to produce images as unpredictable as his journey - and a medium format camera for his portraits - Coekin has captured his adventures, the landscapes and the people he has encountered.

In Focus: Marysa Dowling, The Movement of an Object. The Movement of an Object links a group of strangers to each other through their relation to a single, banal object - a blue plastic bag. Marysa Dowling's project shows the movement of an object as it traverses London and is recycled by thirty individuals aged two to seventy-seven.

All these three exhibitions run from 29 May to 2 September.

The Courthouse Hotel Kempinski is situated in what was once the largest magistrates court in London, and has played host to luminaries such as Oscar Wilde, John Lennon and Mick Jagger.

Now a fine dining restaurant, the old "Courtroom Number 1" retains all original features, as do the private drinking booths in The Bar, converted from 1840s prison cells.

With 112 well-appointed rooms and suites the Courthouse Hotel offers a wide range of to suit all tastes and needs.

Additional features include: spa, pool and gym, private cinema, roof terrace, event space for up to 250 people, three restaurants and The Bar.

Bruce Poole set up Chez Bruce Restaurant in February 1995 with his business partner Nigel Platts-Martin.

He says, "From the very outset, it was my intention to serve the very best food but in a relaxed, informal yet thoroughly professionally run environment."

Over the years, the restaurant has won many prestigious awards, and is considered by many to be the best in London.

The food is based on classical and regional French cooking along with Mediterranean flavours from Spain and Italy and other European influences - old-fashioned braises and daubes alongside delicious offal preparations and lighter, simply grilled fish and meat alternatives on the menu. The desserts are described as "simply plated but immaculately prepared".

Mathew Fort, of the UK's Guardian: "It's a simple enough question: where do you go to eat where you know you won't ever be disappointed? Everyone I asked recently replied, without exception, Chez Bruce".

Five minutes away from Warren Street tube station, Positively 4th Street takes you back to New York and the old prohibition days of 1930s America. We like the stylish and unusual mix of art deco mixed with Japanese culture.

Punkawella fans, 35ft-long art deco bar, Japanese bar stools, red leather banquettes and mushroom puff stools, a backdrop of deco-style mirrors and windows this is an unpretentious yet classy place.

It has become a popular destination place for North Londoners either going into or coming out of the West End as it is on the main route.

It acts as the perfect place for the overspill of the new and up and coming NoHo area just slightly off the beaten track and is used for leaving parties, wrap parties, record launches or after-show parties.

It is available for exclusive hire and has recently hosted parties for Travis, Damon Albarn, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Rufus Sewell, Neneh Cherry and Sony Corporation amongst others.