Welcome to the Showcase Eastern Europe and The Balkans, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading talents and services from the area. 

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our in Budapest (Photo / Film), Greece (Photo / Film), Istanbul (Photo / Film), Moscow (Photo / Film), Prague (Photo / Film), and Warsaw (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Libor Fojtik - TRAMPS. Wonderers not abiding by societal norms and living on the fringes of society became a part of almost exclusively Czechoslovak phenomenon of tramping, which is considered to be Czechia’s largest subculture. The project captures the tramps’ lives in Bohemia and Moravia with the aim to document this specific subculture. Until 12th September at Leica Gallery, Prague.
• Portrait sessions by excellent photographers, photographic-theatrical meetings, an exhibition and films about portraitists – all this will take place as part of the fourth edition of the Portret osobisty, czyli bliskie spotkanie z… vol. 4. Today, at a time when thousands of photos are taken every second, the project aims to encourage people to slow down and focus on the person, capturing the personality of the portrayed, who they are or who the photographer sees in them. Until 1st December in various venues in Warsaw. 

Our cover image was shot by Marcin Kempski.