Juerg Kaufmann is an experienced outdoor photographer with a strong passion for shooting sea and mountains. His images encompass both compelling action photos and video in extreme locations and highly polished, stylised studio work.

Whether shooting professional athletes, yachts, or amazing landscapes, Juerg captures the emotion of sport in a clear distinctive style.

Juerg recently worked for high profile brands such as Volvo, Louis Vuitton, Swiss Armed Forces, and the Swiss Olympic Sailing Team. He has also covered the Olympic Games, the America's Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race.

Juerg lives in Zurich and has no geographical limitations for his assignments.

Markus Schneeberger is a food, still life and reportage photographer. His great affinity for handling light and shadow makes his work beyond comparison. His centrally located studio measures 200 m² and is complimented by great infrastructure.

Markus has an excellent network and serves customers from home and abroad, who appreciate his exceptionally trained eye and perfectionism.

Contact Markus for more information.

As a make-up and hair artist, Rachel Wolfisberg’s sucesses has spanned over many years. She has lived in Australia and London while maintaining Zurich as her home.

Her work has been published in a range of notable magazines, including Hunger Magazine, S-Magazine, Vogue Thailand and Italian Vogue Beauty online.

Rachel’s work ranges from advertising, editorials, beauty and fashion shows to make-up styling for celeberties.

Charlie Richards is a professional photographer specialising in food, shooting for a range of advertising, packaging, PR and editorial clients from his central London and Sankt Gallen studios. He is equally happy on location.

Charlie regularly shoots for brands such as Sainsbury's and Morrisons, (having just finished working on the Sainsbury's 'Taste the Difference' range) as well as a wide range of editorial clients, both in the UK and mainland Europe.

Charlie regularly shoots daylight but is also more than happy using flash and constant lighting to create a natural, soft lighting feel.

Visit Charlie's website to view his current portfolio and a selection of his latest work.

Christoph Kern is passionate about shooting delicious food, exciting travel stories and beautiful architecture and interiors.

He works in his studio and on location, shooting whilst travelling. His food photography always transfers the perfect mood and makes every viewer hungry.

Included in this Showcase are a selection of images from his recent food photoraphy. Clients include IWC Magazine, UBS, a+u, Swiss Magazine, Manor, Migros and Davidoff.

Visit his website for more information and to take a closer look at his portfolio.

Lorenz Wahl is a Zurich-based retoucher. His work has appeared in magazine publications, advertising campaigns, billboards and packaging.

He provides expertise in retouching, creative retouching and also Lithography. He always works in close partnership with well-known photographers and advertising agencies.

More pictures, examples, info and contact details are available on his website.

Jürg Breiter, Gian Andrea Albin, Michael Portmann, Joe Berger and their colleagues
have formed a partnership between producers and art buyers to offer a skilled team with many years of international experience. Together they provide the best possible service with dedicated competence and motivation.

With four countries of origin, the team lives across six cities and speaks eight languages.

Clients include Allianz, Another Magazine, Audi, Bank Pictet, BMW, Bogner, Canon, Coca-Cola, Commerzbank, Coop, Credit Suisse, Elle, Fifa, Ford, Generali, Globus, H+M, Hiltl, Ikea, IWC, Karstadt, Manor, Mercedes-Benz, Migros, Nescafé, Novartis, Odlo, Orange, Rewe, Ricola, s.Oliver, SBB, SF TV, Sunrise, Swisscom, T-Mobile, UBS, Vanity Fair, Vogue and ZKB.

Photographers include Anti Wendel, Bryce Pincham, Diana Scheunemann, Frederike Helwig, Hans Feurer, Jonas Fredwall Karlsson, Jork Weismann, Maak Roberts, Marcel Hartmann, Mariano Vivanco, Mario Testino, Matt Jones, Maurice Haas, Mikael Jansson, Oliver Mark, Stefan Minder, Stephan Schacher, Sesse Lind, Takay and Tom Nagy.

Welcome to the latest issue of Showcase Zurich, brought to you by Production Paradise. We present the very best of the Swiss visual media industry, with more information available in our Photo and Film directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• The 44th edition of Art Basel. 13th -16th June
  at Media Center, Exhibition Tower.
• Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments. Curator: Christian Müller, 8th June - 29th September at Kunstmuseum Basel.
• Art International Zurich 2013, 15th International Fair of Contemporary Art - 11th-13th October at Kongresshaus Zurich.

Our cover image was shot by Carlo Schueller.

Avocado Artists is known for longstanding relationships with clients. The company counts 15 high-profile talented photographers in its team, covering every specific request from advertising industry clients while contributing editorials to a diverse range of magazines.

Photo production services are efficient, result-oriented and perfect in the details.

Latest photography and productions featured in this Showcase include:

• Zenith Swiss Watch Manufacturers worldwide campaign with Felix Baumgartner - photographed by Morgan Norman.
• Dialogue Building, Amberg Architects, Switzerland - produced and photographed by Urs Wyss, based in Switzerland.
• Babor worldwide campaign - produced and photographed by Susanne Stemmer.
• Aston Martin worldwide campaign - by René Staud.
• iD Magazine editorial, produced in Iceland - by Klaus Thymann.
• Audi RS5 - by Markus Wendler.
• Zink campaign - by David Byun.
• Mercedes AMG - by Patrick Staud.

Visit the company's website for more information.

Silvia Coluccelli's world of photography is colourful, playful, exciting, crystalline and bright like a child's smile. Her great ability is to be able to communicate with her little friends by making some real magic happen.

Depending on the situation, Silvia can turn into a little girl by playing, amazing, wearing coloured wigs and finding new games, or she can transform children into small adults when she wants them to perform like Oscar-winning stars. She directs emotion and spontaneity, transmitting passion and serenity that the children she photographs are naturally drawn to.

Clients include Novalac Menarini, Versace Young, Brums, Mek, Bimbus, Sottocoperta, Ninetta, Suomy, and many others.

Silvia is represented in Italy by Doc Artist.