Welcome to Showcase Canada, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading food and drink, still life, people, portrait, sports, lifestyle, advertising and architecture photographers currently working out of Canada. As well as the country's top photo and film production companies, talent agents, location services and scouts and equipment rentals for photography and film production. 

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Toronto Photo and Film directories.

Companies including Chanel, Unicef, Gucci, Lavazza, Flaunt Magazine, 20th Century Fox, Molson Canadian, L'Óreal, Nespresso, BBC, Essential Magazine, and Sharp Magazine, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure not to miss our recommended events:

• World Press Photo 2017 - until 13th August in Ottawa, until 1st October in Montreal, from 3rd to 24th October in Toronto and from 20th October to 12th November in Chicoutimi.
• Canada - photography exhibition by Mark Lewis, until 10th December at Art Gallery of Ontario.

Our cover image was shot by Alkan Emin, a renowned Canadian fashion photographer, currently based in Toronto. 

Clinton Hussey is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in conceptual, food, still-life and, recently, motion. Since 1995, he has been creating distinctive editorial and advertising imagery for brand and magazine clients in his hometown of Vancouver and abroad.

Originally a design student at Vancouver’s Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Clinton stumbled into photography at first accidentally and then with conviction as he fell for its demanding mix of creativity and technical grasp - an intense relationship he recognized from watching his father, a musician, repair his instruments with surgical skill.

Though not a musician himself, Clinton has earned both Grammy and Juno nominations for his album cover designs; his photography has won multiple National Magazine Awards, as well honours from Lotus, Applied Arts, D&AD, City & Regional Magazine Association, the Printing Industry of America, Communication Arts, PDN/Nikon, and many others.

Today, Clinton is expanding into video, creating ad campaigns for clients such as Method, Panago, and the Children of the Street Society. When he’s not making pictures, he’s building things, and spending time on the ocean and in the mountains with his wife, Amanda - also a photographer - and their two children.

EpicMind Studio is headed by Vadim Chiline, one of North America's leading luxury product photographers and videographers. With clients such as Maison Birks and the Royal Canadian Mint, he has worked with clients and sold images around the world - he understands the jewellery, watch and cosmetic product like no other.

Vadim tailors every single image to his client's brand and never relies on the cookie cutter approaches that is often found amongst his peers. His team of retouchers are second-to-none in the industry and work in-house to provide world-class images.

Shoot Studio is one of the largest photo and video production houses in Quebec. Whatever clients may have in mind, the team transform it into images.

Each photographer has a characteristic style, specific know-how, an established reputation and talent that has been recognized at home and abroad. What they all have in common is abundant creativity and an eagerness to share their knowledge, never hesitating to pool their skills to benefit the most highly demanding photo and video assignments.

No matter how complex the project may be, in the field or in studio, Shoot Studio can take care of everything. From budget planning to production to delivery of the finished images, no detail is overlooked.

Foodivine’s mission came from an aspiration to provide brands in the food and drink industry images of excellence that are richly deserved. Based in Montreal, Foodivine has a 2300 sq. ft. studio with a fully equipped kitchen convenient for food and product photography assignments.

Ali Rahimi, Foodivine’s founder and principal photographer, works with creatives, food stylists and CG artists. Understanding his client’s brand, he captures the desired images.

Ali and his Foodivine team have gained international acclaim for their food and drink photography. He is proud to have worked with brands such as Nespresso, Excellence Chocolate, Trois Brasseurs, Jessica Pastries, Copper Branch, and Bijoux Wine.

Jan Kalish is an award-winning Toronto-based photographer specialising in still life, food and drinks photography. Jan creates photographic images that merge creative and technical expertise - a client-fulfilled narrative within an image.

She shoots for industry leaders in advertising, design, publishing and editorial. Her photographic experience reflects her specialist knowledge in masterful lighting and timely visual problem solving skills.

Jan works in studio or on location, in Toronto and beyond, providing meticulous attention to client considerations. In-house post-production assures quality service throughout.

This year she received eight international awards and was honoured to judge, ‘The International Association Of Culinary Arts’ awards.

Robin Cerutti is a fine-art, lifestyle and travel photographer who believes that beauty lies in reality. He draws his inspiration from people and travels and his work is told to exude spontaneity.

His art pieces allow the viewer to be transported into a fantastic world in which they can interpret each piece by imagining situations that are, after all, quite real. From his past as a physics researcher, Robin has kept the wish to transcend the limits of reality.

His work has been exhibited internationally and his client list includes many artists and companies such as Waterpolo Quebec and Midtown Athletic Club, among others.

Dale Wilcox is a Toronto-based photographer who captures our best moments, and the environments we create, work and reside in. He specialises in architecture, interiors, editorial, special events, and film production stills for local and travel-based assignments.

With years of experience, Dale produces images with a range of character from clean and natural to dramatic and striking. Originally from Los Angeles, he and his family now call Toronto home. He enjoys a growing list of commercial and private clients that embrace his professional services - and he deeply appreciates their support.

Contact Dale directly to discuss your next assignment.

Basecamp is a full service digital capture and production house for still and motion. The company offers equipment rental (gear, lighting, cameras), digi techs and operators, production vehicles, budget creation, casting, location scouting, crew and talent booking, catering, set building, props, permits, full account management, complex retouching, digital illustration, image editing and proofing and colour correction.

"Whether you need a lighting truck or just a location booked, or everything from start to finish, we are here to help make your production run perfectly."

They is a photography and film production company and artists agency based in Vancouver. They was founded by producer/agent Gina Hole Lazarowich in 2004.

Photo productions include 20th Century Fox, BBC America, Ralph Lauren, Huggies, Humira, GQ, Interview, TV Guide (USA) + Sky TV, Cotswold Outdoor (UK), Huawei Cellular (Asia) + Molson Canadian, Moose Knuckles, P&G and Bentall Properties (Canada).

Film and video productions include Krow (documentary), Tom & Grant (short), Restless Love (video), KGMS (doc), Get Out and Vote (PSA), Coquitlam Centre (video online content), Dirk Gently TV (video online content), and X-Men Apocalypse film (video online content).