studio 40 is located in the south of Cologne and is easy to reach by public transport. They offer plenty of space and flexibility in a 170 m² studio, which is ideal for taking on a range of projects, such as photo productions, exhibitions, film and music videos.

For photo and film productions, they now also offer the broncolor F160 video light, to enable a smooth workflow.

The studio is also very close vicinity to many restaurants, bars and shops.

Adventure, adrenaline and anything that gets her outside her door and comfort zone at all hours of the day or night, is what Jessica Zumpfe lives for.

She focuses on people outdoors, capturing authentic moments and emotions. When she gets to shoot hanging underneath a helicopter or abseiling down a wind turbine, she finally feels in her element. Having grown up between the mountain and the sea in Cape Town, she still keeps this as a base and playground for the darker winter months.

Jessica Zumpfe spent years assisting big advertising photographers. She has now accumulated a substantial list of international clients with whom she gets to overcome new challenges in both of her passions - sports and photography.

Jo Francis van den Berg is a passionate photographer with many years of international experience in the advertising industry, working for international brands such as Mont Blanc, Steinway, Chanel, Guerlain, La Prairie, Joop and Cartier, to name a few.

After studies at the NARAFI Photo and Film School in Brussels from 1971 to 1973, Jo worked with renowned photographers in London and Amsterdam as well as Reinhart Wolf in Hamburg, before becoming self-employed with his own studio in Hamburg between 1978 and 2018. He now lives in Mallorca.


Two of his most passionate projects include the visualisation of the 'Scent of Light' in 2011 and 'Divine Fragrance', based on Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'.

Jo has shot magazine covers for the likes of Stern and GEO as well as culinary reports for Essen & Trinken Magazine. He runs a publishing company focusing on photography, art, design, advertising and lifestyle and has received numerous awards. Part of his artistic work has also been recorded by the Museum for Art and Crafts in Hamburg.

Jo owns a large archive of around 1,500 photos which can be purchased on request.

711rent is a leading professional equipment rental company with eight branches throughout Europe: Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Mallorca.

711rent Mallorca is located around 15 minutes from both the airport and the city centre. The company can deliver equipment across the entire island as well as to Ibiza and Menorca, while 711rent Barcelona serves mainland Spain.

All necessary equipment for photo and film productions including LED, continuous lights, cameras, strobe systems and a wide range of Briese Umbrellas for flash, tungsten and HMI daylight are in stock.

711rent carries well maintained gear from all major brands, with recent additions including the Sony FS7 mark II, the Blackmagic Webpresenter, the Kinoflo T44 system, Arri M8, Phase one IQ 4 System with 150 MP, Laowa 24mm/14 cine Macrolens (EF-mount) and Sony Alpha 7 R IV 61MP camera.

711rent’s individual locations and solid network across Spain and throughout Europe make it easy to get any type of support, no matter where a client picks up equipment.

Get in touch with your local shop to organise your next shoot!

Christoph Siegert has been voted one of the '200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World' in 2020. As in 2013 and 2019, the international jury at Lürzer's Archive selected him among the leading advertising photographers.

His series 'Natürlich Hamburg!' - a large-scale nature conservation project commissioned by the Authority for Environment and Energy (Behörde für Umwelt und Energie) - gained him the recognition once again. His combination of landscape photography and people photography convinced the jury.

Christoph has photographed various projects in the field of medical technology for international group Philips. Despite the technical theme, most of the motifs for the 'Trilogy Evo' ventilator focus on people's emotional relationships.

With a background in video post-production and photography, and through years of experience in digital retouching, Tobias Vogel has developed a keen eye for lighting and composition as well as a unique understanding of colour.

Tobias specialises in fashion and editorial retouching with an emphasis on colour toning. His skills in image and video editing come together in order to create animated-stills and bring still imagery to life in a captivating new form of visual art.

His commercial animation work is unique; not only creating cinemagraphs, but rather animations from still images instead of video files.

Tobias works with Volkswagen, Paul Ripke, and Tim Tadder among many other impressive names.

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 Lufthansa, Essence, BMW, Jetfly, Vogue, Dior, Maserati, Globetrotter, Hugo Boss, Peek & Cloppenburg, Mercedes-Benz, Madame, Porsche 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:

• Berlin Art Week, 11th - 15th September
• gute aussichten 2018/2019 - New German Photography, until 3rd October at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
• Filmfest Hamburg, 26th September - 5th October

Our cover image was shot by Thomas von Aagh, represented by Lila Management. 

Marco Alecci is a make-up artist and hair stylist with 11 years of experience working for fashion, advertising, editorials and catwalk events. He started his career as a hair-dresser and is has been working successfully as a freelancer for the past four years.

Marco's work has been published in leading fashion magazines such as Vogue Italia online, Vogue Brazil, and many others. He worked on Pat McGrath's team for Paris Fashion Week, handling shows for Miu Miu, Valentino and Louis Vuitton.

Marco is based in Germany but travels throughout the world to locations including Milan, Paris, London, New York and Miami. He has worked with a range of different celebrities including Caro Daur, Tess Holiday, Hayley Hasselhoff and Emilia Schüle.

Marco speaks Italian, English, and German fluently. Honesty and passion are the distinctive elements of his approach, and he  continually works on his professional development to improve his knowledge about new techniques in the cosmetic industry.

As an artist he is represented by Ballsaal in Hamburg.

"If you’re looking to always rent the newest and best photo and video equipment, then Calumet is the place to be. We always update the rental assortment to ensure you get the best equipment for your production.

We recently added the new X-T3 from Fujifilm with a lot of new lenses. And from Canon, we now offer the innovative EOS R, together with some RF lenses for best performance.

Since June, we have also been providing our rental service in Frankfurt am Main. With the seventh Calumet store, clients have optimal coverage across Germany. All seven shops in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Essen, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt am Main have professional rental stations."

Michael Heinsen specialises in credible, atmospheric, emotional and high-quality lifestyle and people photography. Parallel video productions are also part of his work.

His reliance on Mallorca and the great weather seduces productions at sea, in the water and in the sun.

He is represented by Düsseldorf-based Rockefeller und Göbels.