Alex Buschor is a storyteller, not with pen and paper, but rather via his camera. His art is taking photos using cameras and drones. In his photos he likes to keep things simple, using clear forms and outlines which he pursues in landscapes, cityscapes, architecture and faces. At the centre, however, there is always the essential: the nature of the object, the punchline of the story.

Alex completed his studies in Photography at the Douglas Mawson Institute in Adelaide, Australia, with a diploma in Commercial Photography.

"APiX photos tell stories of architecture, personalities and landscapes. They can give you wings, in the truest sense of the word. Using drones, we produce photo and film shots from a bird′s-eye view. If your product is the main protagonist, we′re equipped for that as well and take product shots or pack shots in our own photo studio."

Oliver Oettli is a corporate and portrait photographer based in Switzerland, working on location and in his studio. Oliver's projects include portraits, corporate imagery and annual reports, creating photographic branding for corporate clients, agencies, magazines and personalities.

In the last year Oliver has been working for clients like SwissLife, EY, Credit Suisse, ABB, Swarovski, Migros and General Motors. Currently he’s also working on personal projects with Swiss musicians and a long time project about Mongolian nomads.

Oliver is a member of the Swiss Professional Photographers Association (SBF) and Getty Images. He also lectures Portrait and Corporate Photography Masterclasses at Zentrum Bildung Baden. Visit his website for more information.

Dennis Savini is an experienced Zurich-based food and drink photographer. He works in advertising as well as for editorial assignments, and his photographs are regularly printed in food magazine Le Menu as well as in books and ads for international clients.

Dennis is well known for his natural approach to food photography along with his fine lighting technique which gives a luminosity to his editorial work. Agencies like his talent for special effects with liquids as well as his retouching skills. Despite his fully equipped central Zurich studio, Dennis likes to shoot on location with natural light and minimal equipment. He also shoots on-location people photography with food themes.

His client list includes international brands such as Vorwerk-Thermomix, Shell, McDonald's, Migros, Swissmilk, Swiss Tourism, Jacobs Coffee, Lindt Chocolate, DiSaronno, Heineken and others.

Visit his website for more information.

Switzerland-based photographer Stefan Schlumpf is best known for the energy and creative approach he brings to every shoot, as well as for his very graphic, exceptionally aesthetic and reduced visual language.

Whether he is taking on last minute editorial shoots or working with a team of creatives to produce a highly conceptualised image, every project is a new and welcomed challenge.

Stefan’s work has appeared on magazine covers, billboards and publications across the world. Since the start of the year he has already shot various campaigns for clients ranging from the biggest outdoor brands to world class athletes as well as luxus interior company.

Clients include Mammut, Adidas, PhaseOne, Red Bull, Kjus, Skins, Schlossberg Switzerland, Post, Universal Music, VP Bank, National Geographic, Switzerland Tourism, GEO and Stern VIEW.

Welcome to Showcase Switzerland, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, production companies, photo agents, artists' and stylists' agents, equipment rental companies and more, currently working out of Switzerland.

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

Companies including Adidas, GQ, Roche, HUF Magazine, Ernst & Young, Bugatti, Schweiz Tourismus, Bogner Magazine, Betty Barclay, Globus and Wendelspiess Partners, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure not to miss our recommended events:

• The Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, featuring 25 Swiss and international photographers at 10 exhibition venues in Biel, from 5th to 28th May. 
• Pierre Gilliard. The last days of the Romanovs - series of over seventy insider photographs of Romanov family life, taken by the children tutor - Swiss writer and academic. Until 11th June at Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne.
• (Im)mobility - exhibition, part of the series Photography and Migration, featuring migrating people from late 19th century to current days. At Fotomuseum Winterthur. 

Our cover image was shot by Maurice Sinclair, represented by Avocado Artists. 

Dominik Golob is equally at home in noisy industrial halls, the executive boardroom or in wild nature. He travels throughout Switzerland for jobs across corporate, industrial and portrait photography. A good network of make-up artists, stylists, assistants, model agencies and location scouts creates a perfect team to make every challenge possible.

Recent projects include:

• Wendelspiess Partners - corporate imagery.
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche  - annual report, corporate imagery and portraits.
• Hapa Switzerland - corporate imagery and portraits.
• ABB Poland - portraits.

Other recent clients include ABB Switzerland, Avadis Vorsorge, Bad Schinznach, Bank Linth and others.

Dominik is a member of the Swiss Professional Photographers Association (SBF). Visit his website for more information.

Gabriella Imperatori-Penn's passion for still life has been growing since she was a child. She is fascinated with form and texture and is influenced by Helumt Newton, Sarah Moon and Irving Penn.

Today, Gabriella is represented by Frank Parvis at i2i Photography and her work marries the descriptive with the mysterious as she shoots commercial and editorial projects for clients in the USA and Europe.

Her clients describe her work as being both feminine and bold. They include Calvin Klein​, InStyle​, ​Macy’s​, ​Martha Stewart Living​, Neutrogena​, Nordstrom​, ​O, The Oprah Magazine​, ​Ralph Lauren​, Target​, ​Victoria’s Secret​, W Magazine​ and Women’s Health.

Her main focus is on fragrance, cosmetics, jewellery, fashion and home accessories.

Stefan Kürzi is a Swiss adventure sports photographer who lives in Central Switzerland. He has extensive experience in outdoor adventure and the lifestyle that surrounds it.

Thanks to numerous former occupations he has also excellent skills working with individuals or groups. Stefan creates natural and authentic moments in his photographs. His passion for moments when all comes together is appreciated by his clients.

Recently he was shifting towards tourism and lifestyle photography. His clients include companies such as Adidas, Ortlieb Sportartikel, Tourismusverband Paznaun – Ischgl and more.

Founded in 1998 by producer Anush Amirkhanian and photographer Urs Wyss, Avocado Artists has an extensive experience in delivering high quality and cost effective creative media solutions including photography, art buying, production and interactive services in Switzerland and worldwide.

Company is representing exclusively a wide range of professional photographers, covering still life, fashion, lifestyle, beauty, portraiture, automotive, industrial, corporate and interactive.

Latest works in Switzerland:

• TCS (Touring Club Suisse) - full production services and photography (photographer and director Maurice Sinclair)
• V-ZUG, Switzerland - a corporate hyper-lapse movie, produced and filmed by Avocado360
• Tages Anzeiger - interactive reportage from Glacier Plaine Morte, photographed and filmed by Avocado360
• UBS Optimus Foundation - photographed and filmed by Avocado360
• Tropenhaus Wolhusen - photographer Urs Wyss

''Avocado Artists is your partner: from simple photo projects to the most sophisticated, from local to worldwide.''

For more information visit the website.

Luminosa Production GmbH is a full service production company operating in Switzerland since 1999. Based in Zürich, formerly in Lugano, and with an office in Munich, Luminosa is also well known for excellent service in Italy and Germany, but also in the south of France.

The company produces for advertising, fashion and corporate clients.

Featured in this Showcase, recent work including the latest GLOBUS Magazine with different teams for fashion, food, stills and decoration, a challenging production for Bogner Magazine summer 2017, and a fashion book for Betty Barclay.

Luminosa is currently producing over 100 images for Migros, including casting and art buying with photographer Raphael Zubler and Hotz Brands Consultants AG.