"If you're looking to capture the magic of the Alps, look no further than 7 Mountains Productions. Specialising in wintery productions, this talented team has built up a reputation for excellence in mountain filmmaking and photo shoots.

Based in Chamonix, France, just a stone's throw from the Swiss border, 7 Mountains is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the stunning natural beauty of the region. And with new projects popping up all over the area - from Gstaad to St. Moritz to Zermatt - the team is constantly exploring new and exciting locations for their client which include Anthropologie, Colmar and Net-A-Porter.

Whether it is skiing down a mountain with a camera strapped to their backs, or drinking schnapps by the fire after the shoot wraps, this team knows how to have fun while getting the job done. And with access to stunning Switzerland as well as neighboring Italy, France and Austria, they are never short on breathtaking locations to shoot in.

Founded in 2015, 7 Mountains quickly established itself as a leader of the region. With a roster of glacier locations across the Alps, they are the most capable of teams to facilitate your next location shoot.

So what are you waiting for, get in touch today!

7 Mountains Productions: Bringing the beauty of The Alps to life."

Welcome to Showcase Switzerland, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photo and film production and location companies working out of Switzerland.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our Zurich Photo and Film directories.

Brands and publications including Bentley, Credit Suisse, Calida, Samsung, NAP, Bilanz Magazine, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Don't miss our recommended events:

• The 58th Solothurn Film Festival will take place from January 18th to 25th. For more than five decades, this festival has presented a selection of Swiss films every January.
• Josef Koudelka - Ikonar. Archival Constellations: Until 29th January at Photo Elysee, Lausanne. This is the first exhibition in Switzerland since 1977 devoted exclusively to the work of Josef Koudelka. The exhibition is conceived as a selective and condensed retrospective.
• Queens of their Discipline – Posters by Women Designers. This exhibition tells the story of the poster, using exclusively reprints of works by international women designers. These include well-known figures like Irma Boom or Lora Lamm, as well as unknown ones who are still waiting to be discovered. At the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

Our cover image was shot by Ken Laurent.

ALL IN Production has been organising film and photo productions in Switzerland and all around the world.

They work for agencies, direct to client and on every hybrid project in between, approaching each project with their full hearts and minds, no matter the size, scope or budget. They have more than 20 years of history of high quality productions and premium services with clients and agencies, as well as with the crews and suppliers.

ALL IN means full service - from the pitch to wrap - and going the extra mile on each and every shoot.

LLH Productions offers photography, film and production. They specialise in portraiture, fashion, fine art, advertising and product photography.

Their team has over 10 years of experience in the industry as a full service creative provider with their own studio in Basel. Their work is used for advertising campaigns, editorials, social media content and in corporate communications for clients including Roche, Merz, Ringier Axel Springer and the Zurich Film Festival.

Recently they created a spec spot called 'The Interrupted Phone Call': How can we deliver a film to our clients that promotes a product with an emotional message? They asked themselves this question last year and produced this short film. The commercial was released this summer.

Daniel Infanger is a Switzerland-based photographer and director, specialised in film and photography for international advertising and corporate clients.

Born 1967 in Engelberg, Switzerland, he lives in Basel and Zurich. Daniel has published two books of photography, which were billed as ''the most beautiful Swiss books''.

Latest projects: Engergiendienst employer branding – photo and film, FHNW Life Sciences, Kunstmuseum Basel – photo and film, Studio Sommer – Paris, Schweizer Geschätsberichte Rating broschure for Noir Associates, Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, a photo and film advertising campaign for Coop. He has also worked on film projects for BLKB Health Management - LO Lombard Odie - and he just produced the short movie 'Sauvage' in the south of France – to be released in the summer 2023.

Swissprint award 2022 for the book 'Où allons nous'.

Daniel has recently launched his new website.

An extremely intensive and varied year is already coming to an end. The scouting duo was constantly on the move again this year and is grateful to be able to explore beautiful Switzerland with its architecture, endless passes, mountains and valleys, lakes and rivers, towns and villages for various customers and to learn about its facets to be surprised again and again.

At the end of the year, the location agency is looking forward to all the countless new indoor and outdoor locations for the archive, to all the new projects that are already being planned for the coming months.

Recent projects included Bentley with photographer Marc Trautmann in cooperation with WIDE Production Hamburg, Beldona with photographer Janna Tode, Credit Suisse and ON with directing duo Animals and Hillton, Tatort Zürich in cooperation with Zodiac Pictures, and many more.

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Backstage Hotel Vernissage & Luxury Chalets offers unique shooting locations in the famous Matterhorn village of Zermatt in the Swiss Alps.

Their luxury loft, chalet, mountain cottage, hotel and apartments are all constructed from glass, wood and metal, handmade by the local Artist and Architect in his Atelier in Zermatt. A mix of historic wooden architecture of the ancient and contemporary art makes those spaces the perfect spot for fashion or lifestyle shoots.

Bonus: If you’re tired at the end of the shoot, why not stay directly at the loft and relax in their spectacular whirlpool which can be directly lifted above the roof.

Claudia Link‘s work includes recipe photography and new image styles for food and beverages. Focusing primarily on travel, portrait and lifestyle photography, she has a graphic, clean look to her images that is simultaneously enriched and transformed by a subtle artistic influence.

Along with an experienced team of food stylists and other professionals, Claudia is known for her clear vision and clean style of photography. She is based near Basel in a spacious studio with a fully equipped kitchen for large food productions, from where she creates unique visual works together with internationally renowned food stylists, hair and makeup artists.

In addition to commissioned work, Claudia also focuses heavily on her own projects. In them she tries to visualise her style even more. She loves meeting people and working in a big team.

A current project is the recently published cookbook 'GUET'. Claudia has been working intensively on it with two colleagues for the last two years.

Thomas Baumann is a corporate, advertising  and editorial photographer based in Switzerland. He's known for his reliability and efficiency as for his improvisational and organizational skills to get the best out of the shoot in a given budget. Being extremely passionate about photographing people, he most loves to develop staging ideas together with his clients to tell their story visually compelling. Recently he worked quite often with professional worldclass athletes and was stunned by their precense and ability to stay focused.

See more of his recent work on his website or follow him on Instagram or just  get in touch to discuss the details of your upcoming project.

Thomas’ work has been featured in print, online, social media and international campaigns. Among his clients are global and local companies as well as agencies and magazines like Bilanz, Nagra, Air Zermatt, British Airways, Hamilton International, Nutriathletics, NZZ am Sonntag, Migros and Swiss Television SRF.

Sister of 7 Seas Productions, 7 Mountains goes a step further with conventional media production services.

After years of experience leading video and photo fashion and car productions in cities across the world and in the Caribbean, Chris Bengsch decided to turn his attention to outdoor and sporting productions. For this purpose, 7 Mountains Productions developed the infrastructure for a whole new region for photo and video shoots together with local mountain guides, ski instructors, architects, and photographers. Having started in Chamonix - Mont Blanc, 7Mountains has extended it productions to a wider mountain region, including Gstaad, Zermatt and Mürren.

7Mountains’ combines knowledge, expertise, and local wisdom with high standard production services.

Recent productions were carried out for Net-A-Porter, Anthropologie, Fjällräven, Puma, Dior and Audi.