Günther Raupp is well known for his automotive and lifestyle photography as well as his unique style and use of light. He is one of the very few elite car photographers working all over Europe and the United States. His impressive list of references ranges from Alfa Romeo to Volkswagen. His experience spans to location shootings in California, Utah, Florida, the Arctic Circle, the Sinai Peninsula, South Africa, China, Spain, Nice, Venice or even at Lake Garda. He has worked in studios in Hollywood, Detroit, Chicago, London, Munich, Turin and Madrid. 

Günther enjoys an international reputation for calendars. It is common knowledge that only the Pirelli and Ferrari calendars have achieved ultimate cult status within their target group: but only Günther has exclusively photographed every Ferrari calendar over all the years. With his COVID-19 safe certified production team, he’s actually very busy shooting the 2022 Ferrari calendar.

Günther’s most important accessory still is – his eye! He simply loves being a photographer, every day, and on every project. His passion is driven by photos that excite and convey a pure, unique message.

Make sure you visit his brand new relaunched website and follow him on Facebook.

Stephanie Trenz portrays business leaders like legends.

More than ever, authenticity is the cornerstone for deep trust among customers and stakeholders. But for the authentic self to emerge, we must first feel safe. Stephanie guides you through a process that will help you stay real in front of the camera.

From personalities like Reinhold Messner or politicians like Walter Riester to the board of Daimler Benz and many more. Stephanie‘s process grew out of decades of working with leaders and high achievers from all industries.

Stephanie Trenz delivers images that reveal your authentic self. That‘s because she knows how to make you feel at ease and confident.

Even in these special times, she has been privileged to create beautiful projects such as new imagery for a medical centre as well as the campaign for the state election, of course under the current sanitary conditions and safety requirements.

Reference list: Alliance Healthcare Deutschland und GEHE Pharma Handel, Nobilis Group GmbH, Daimler AG, Porsche AG, FDP BW, Groninger, Wüstenrot& Württembergische AG, Klafs, Schwäbisch-Hall AG, Voith, ElringKlinger AG, Gasversorgung Süddeutschland, N-ergie, Willems Eyewear, Bauchraum Gastroenterologisches Zentrum, Apotheke 55 and many more.

Thies Rätzke is a corporate and industrial photographer working nationally and internationally out of his studio in Hamburg for enterprises, organisations, agencies and magazines.

With a specialisation in logistics, he photographs and films production facilities and industrial landscapes, vehicles and vessels, machines and technology, work processes with or without people, office environments and buildings of large companies as well as promising start-ups, portraits of CEOs, craftsmen and other personalities.

His work can be found in all forms of cross-media corporate communications and marketing such as annual and sustainability reports, image campaigns, advertising, employer branding or customer magazines. Clients include Hapag-Lloyd, MAN Truck & Bus, Mercedes, Securitas.

Thies owns waders, a tuxedo, several safety vests and helmets in various colours, likes to fly drones and helicopters, has a team of four, an altitude certificate, a diving license and a balloonist certificate, enjoys climbing container bridges, wind turbines and ladders, has been in sewerage and clean rooms, can do a headstand and laugh.

Holger Puhl specialises in high-class still life, cosmetics and liquid photography. His clients' list includes renowned brands such as L'Oreal Paris, LVMH, Sephora, Pilsner Urquell as well as national and international agencies.

Holger's work is marked by his passion for elegant use of lighting and composition as well as by his patience and attention to detail. Holger's precise technique transforms everyday materials into something extraordinary.  Based in Dusseldorf with a fully equipped studio and more than 20 years of experience in product photography, he guarantees great results.

Recent works featured in this Showcase magazine include projects done for L'Oreal Paris, Pernod Ricard, Scream Cream and others. Visit his website to see more work.

On a recent shoot in Cologne, Ansgar Werrelmann and his team were in for an eerie yet beautiful experience. Being exempt from the curfew, they enjoyed a deserted city and lone cathedral at night. Ansgar had dreamed up the late night production in support of talented fashion students. He enjoys helping them to visualise their graduation thesis, in this case photographing a literature-inspired clothing line. 

Ansgar is also teaching portrait photography in university workshops and has a new underwear editorial underway, as well as images illustrating a publication about the future of fashion.

KME Studios creates images. Large and small; still and moving.

They occupy a former industrial building near Munich plus a bright backyard studio in Berlin - Hamburg coming soon. At the same time, their network encompasses the whole world. As a full-service photo and film production company, they are in charge of everything, from inquiries to the finished picture. But they are more than a production company, KME Studios are also an agency. Their specialities are food & drink, people & lifestyle, sports, and travel & landscape.

Among KME’s clients you will find ADAC, ALDI, BASF, bayernwerk, Butcher’s | Penny, ERDINGER WEISSBRÄU, Heineken, marché Mövenpick, Naturland e.V., OLYMPUS, Panasonic Europe, Planet Sports, SENEC, Sparda-Bank, Siemens International, SUBWAY, TERREX | adidas, Volvo, Weber-Stephen and Unilever.

They are based in Germany, but the whole world is their studio.

Check out and follow them on Instagram and have a look at the new website.

food und text studios are known for their high-end food productions, both photo and video. Part of the studio is a spacious test kitchen - a hotspot for recipe and product development in Germany. Hans Gerlach and his team have been working very cautiously, but continuously, over the past year. Everyone is tested at all times, the studio offers lots of space to keep the distance. In addition, shooting supervision through shared screen and instant upload to the food und text server (to instantly check layouts while shooting) have helped to carry out long distance photo and video productions – with astonishing ease and comfort for team and customers.  

As a trained chef Hans is also well known for his food columns in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, the supplement of Germany’s most important daily newspaper. His weekly column is a Gesamtkunstwerk, illustrated by food und text studios with videos and stills. If you are looking for culinary or visual input with a vision – ask Hans and his team, they will have the right ideas for you!

Recent work includes commercial still and moving image productions for companies like Siemens Home, Manz Deutsche Backofen Manufaktur, Giovanni Ferrari, Milkana and Brunch cheeses, Del Fiore Organic Ice Cream, Herbaria Organic Spices and Lysholm Linie Aquavit.

"Light & shadows. Where there is light, there is also darkness. Darkness gives bright scenes an interesting character. And vice versa. It is your decision what you choose, to give darkness a little bit of light or a little darkness to the brightness."

Sabine Scheer is a photographer specialised in still life, food, animals and everything shiny, liquid, feathery, glittering, pink and fluffy. Since 2006 she is represented in Germany by Rockenfeller & Göbels.

With her "Flying Spaghetti" Sabine Scheer is the winner of the Spotlight Awards 2020 in the Food & Drink category.

By working from her own airy loft studio in Düsseldorf, founded in 2003, she never stopped shooting during the pandemic times and lockdowns. For her clients she offers safe photo productions which can either be remote or contactless with a small crew at the studio. And as seen on the photos in this Showcase from her series "soap + bubbles", there’s always lots of soap on set.

Check out Sabine Scheer‘s website, follow her on Instagram or contact her directly for your next project.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of Germany's leading talent and services for commercial photo and film production.

Companies and publications such as Hugo Boss, Dazed & Confused, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Silhouette, Subway, Deutsche Post, Juventus FC and many more, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film), Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Beautiful Disruption: from 27th March at C/O Berlin, features British fashion photographer Nadine Ijewere's work. Her photographs make people shine in all their imperfection.
• Katharina Sieverding: Photography | Projections | Installations 2020–1966, until 25th July at Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Katharina is one of the pioneers who recognised the diverse expressive possibilities of photography early on and continually expanded the medium conceptually and formally.

Our cover was shot by Frauke Fischer.