portraiture & celebrity photography Nov 2011

Curtis Johnson is a US-based photographer working with many clients across the country. His eye for the humorous slant on life and its peculiarities are his trademark. He is equally comfortable in studio or out on location, tailoring his approach to each and every job uniquely to create the desired image and convey its message.

Clients include The Mayo Clinic, Subaru, AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pepsi and 3M Company.

Curtis is also a winner of numerous awards from the CA Photo Annual, CA Ad Annual, One Show, Clio Award and Kelly Award. He has also been featured in Archive's 200 Best.

Donald Graham is an internationally recognised portrait, fashion and fine art photographer who works in the worlds of fashion, movies, music, magazines and advertising. His work also features in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the International Center of Photography.

Donald has done advertising campaigns for many Fortune 500 companies including American Express, Visa, and Levi’s. His photographs have appeared in over 600 publications worldwide, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Time and Sports Illustrated. He has recently begun making commercials and films as well.

He works in Los Angeles, New York, and Taos, New Mexico.

Tim Llewellyn is a Boston-based photographer specialising in advertising, corporate and editorial photography.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Tim has shot on location on five continents for major corporations, award-winning design firms and non-profits. He was included in the Communication Arts Photography Annual in 2006 and 2008, and has consistently worked in the Blackbook AR100.

Tim also spent a year as Barack Obama's personal campaign photographer in New Hampshire.

Born in Blackpool in the north of England, Gary Salter studied graphics and photography in Liverpool before moving to London, where he is currently based. He produces bold images with a distinctive and unique photographic style and quirky sense of humour. His work receives critical acclaim both in the UK and Internationally. Recent awards have been recieved from the Association of Photographers for his personal ‘Trainspotting’ series, a D&AD for work completed for ‘Think’ road safety, a Scottish advertising awards for his recent Bulmers campaign, and an Altpic award for his personal ‘Waterpolo’ project and ‘Suntowels’ image.

More recently, Gary has been commissioned for several moving image projects for clients including Sky TV, Honda, Absolute Radio, Giffgaff and the Bboy championships, among others.

Recent clients include Sky, Giffgaff, Walkers Crisps, Channel 4, Observer magazine, Heinz, Honda, GlaxoSmithKline, Yakult, Absolute Radio, Philips, Sony Ericsson, Frank, PG Tips, Finlandia, Windex, Ruffles, Nivea, Vodafone, Airmiles and Fosters.

Over a critically acclaimed 25-year history, The Glassworks has built a significant reputation producing an array of portrait, art and advertising projects. Commercially, the studio has a wealth of experience shooting campaigns for the healthcare, fashion and design industries.

The agency’s portrait work is particularly well known with commissions to photograph individuals as diverse as Michael Gambon, Lloyd Grossman, Bill Nighy and David Cameron.

All shoots are fully produced by the Glassworks team in central London run by Paul Cochrane.

For more information contact the Glassworks on + 44 (0)20 7735 9933.

Ian White loves collecting people. Whether it’s the famous or the infamous, the prominent or the obscure, Ian seems to have a way of capturing the essence of his subjects. His use of colour and graphic composition make his images arresting and his subject’s presence immediate.

Ian has photographed for some of the most esteemed clients in publishing. Editorially, his images have graced the pages of over 60 magazines worldwide, including Wired, ESPN, Newsweek, People, Time, The New York Times, Hola, and Der Spiegel. Advertising clients include Bravo, Comedy Central, USA Network, Nike, Axe, Adidas, Ocean Pacific and Discovery Channel.

Ian is currently based in Venice, California and continues to shoot prolifically, inspired by collecting characters and making beautiful images.

Lorenzo Pesce has lived in some of the West's greatest cities. After completing his education in Rome in 1992, he spent the following decade between Los Angeles, New York and London. This international exposure allows him to feel at ease in every situation.

Lorenzo is an outstanding communicator, easy to work with and 100% reliable. His long experience and diverse history of assignments has made him into a well-rounded photographer, always ready to please and surprise his clients. His personal and versatile style can be used both editorially and commercially.

He speaks English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Swedish photographer Mattias Edwall's presence is total; he seems to see right to the core of his subjects. Although his work is classic with all the ingredients of excellent quality photography, the momentum is present as well as the heart and soul. 

Mattias has lately concentrated on men's fashion shoots. His artistic interest and talent got him started in the fashion business at an early stage of his career, assisting in the Manhattan studios of photographers like Annie Leibovitz and Patrick Demachelier.

He started out on his own back in Stockholm with a group of like-minded friends. Together the group set new international standards for Swedish fashion photography, developing into a considerable fashion trade in Stockholm including agents, magazines, models, hair and make-up, and a growing number of photographers.

Today, Mattias works with international as well as Swedish magazines and advertising clients. He never stops trying out new techniques, models, locations, angles, props and compositions. His also renowned for his portrait work, and there are very few Swedish actors, musicians, politicians, directors or other famous Scandinavian personalities that he hasn't photographed.

Maxine Helfman approaches portraiture with the same signature style as her fashion and still life work; minimal and dynamic. Her comfort level with people and relaxed attitude creates the ideal environment for portrait work. With a balance of focus and spontaneity, the result is sometimes quirky, sometimes odd - but always confident, strong and sophisticated.

Developing her skills and style during years as a stylist and art director, she collaborates on every project from concept to execution.

Her portraiture work has included Palm Beach Opera, Alon Energy, Domtar Paper, Neiman Marcus and Ad Council, as well as magazine editorial work.

Marc Norberg was born in South Dakota, attended the University of South Dakota and studied art, photography, sociology and psychology. He is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he opened his studio in 1987. Specialising in portraiture for editorial, corporate, graphic design and advertising clients, Marc has shared numerous awards for his efforts, including CA, Graphis, AIGA, The One Show, NY Art Directors Club and AR 100. His work is held in various private collections, institutions and museums. 

In 1996, New York publisher Graphis produced his first book (a 12-year archive in-the-making) entitled 'Black & White Blues' - portraits of Blues and Jazz artists who perform American and Roots music. The archive editions also have a CD covering original and various artists’ music.

Over the last few years Marc has helped to initiate photographic archives for a wide range of clients, including The Shiners Hospitals for Children, The College of Visual Art, The Pangea World Theater, The Minneapolis College of Art and The National Alzheimer's Association.

Oliver Tamagnini is a photographer from Frankfurt. He has been photographing people for over 15 years, preferably portraits and within the fashion sector. Before exclusively dedicating himself to photography, he ran a black and white photo lab. In view of this his current work is again strongly oriented on cinematic haptic.

Peter Olson Photography specialises in photographing people, labs, animal health, health care and higher education, as well as all situations on location. Much of its work encompasses the creation of branding libraries for a wide variety of companies, form Purina to Citi Group.

The company charges only for shooting assignments but never for usage: all images and reproduction rights remain with clients.

Peter Olson Photography works internationally and across the United States. Peter is joined by his assistant, Jeff Arnold, who helps with camera protocols, lighting and computers. The pair has worked together for 15 years, building a reputation as a creative, courteous and respectful team.

Celebrity and fashion photographer Regine Mahaux started her career in America as a film director and photographer.

Today, the Belgian-born talent travels between Europe and the rest of the world to photograph celebrities including Donald Trump and family, Brooke Shields, Marianne Faithfull, Faye Dunaway, Hilary Swank, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Clotilde Coureau (Princess of Savoy), Guillaume Depardieu and Christina Aguilera.

Regine's very personal approach to engaging with people and capturing specific life moments with her camera allows her to gain unprecedented access to the world of glamour. As a photographer she was honoured by the Brussels Museum Of Fine Arts who purchased one of her portraits for its collection. As a director she recieved a Kodak Award and was a nominee at Cannes Advertising Film Festival.

Clients include Christian Dior, Davidoff, Deutsche Bank, Audi, Givenchy, Hermès, Karl Lagerfeld, Nike, Sony, Valentino, Veuve Clicquot, Volkswagen and Volvo.

Regine is represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

Robert Eikelpoth was born in 1980 and raised between Croatia, Germany and England.

His work focuses on portraiture and celebrities. Clients include Adidas, Nike, Sennheiser, Smart, Universal Music and many more from within the music industry.

His awards include: 2011 Clio Award, One Show Design Award, New York Festival;  2010 Cannes Lions; 2009 Clio Award, New York Festival, Cresta Award and Hasselblad Masters Award.

Robert is based in Düsseldorf and is represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

For over 25 years, Boston area photographer Robert Schoen has been producing images for corporate, architectural and industrial clients as well as education and health care providers.

Clients include Oracle, Abiomed, Harvard University, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Hewlett Packard Medical Products, Avid and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Visit his website and facebook page for more information.