Casting agency all_einheit was founded in Zurich four years ago and has had an extremely busy 2010.

New clients arrived, wonderfully talented people and a lot of new faces joined the agency. A wide range of interesting jobs included commercials for the World Cup, a trailer for the Zurich Film Festival, and the first Lidl TV commercial for Switzerland.

all_einheit worked regularly with Mel y Mel Photo Production for clients including PostFinance, AXA and UBS. Seasonal kids magazine Globus was also shot by Dominic Rawle.

Clients in 2010 included PostFinance, Swissom, BSI Bank, Helvetas, Axpo, Feldschlösschen, Gstaad Mountain Ride, Credit Suisse, MC Optik, Globus, Swica, Wallis Tourism, Migros, Blick, ZFF, Maggi, Mediamarkt, Swiss Tourism, Nikon, Lidl, Ikea, Rana, Gerber, UBS, Ifolor, AXA, Alpiq, VZUG and Carglass.

The company wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

PhotoMedia is a Zurich-based owner operated agency representing exclusive photographers from Switzerland that collaborates with international talents from around the world.

Thanks to an in-depth knowledge of photography management and photo productions the agency can provide a wide range of services that allow clients to profit from an established international network.

PhotoMedia photographers cover advertising, corporate, fashion, people/portraits, beauty, lingerie, reportage, still life, architecture, food and landscape.

Additional services include full service photo production management, art buying, picture concepts, location scouting, casting and post production services.

Visit the website for more information.

Mel y Mel has had an intense and exciting winter shooting for PostFinance with Hamburg-based photographer Sven Heinrich and Swiss agencies Publicis and Branders. In March, the crew were in St. Moritz for a GQ Germany shoot with photographer Stefan Heinrichs from Berlin.

The production agency also completed a double shoot over March and June for Runtal with Swiss photography duo KuhnDerron and Swiss agency New Identity.

Mel y Mel is looking forward to a busy - and hot - summer season. Visit the website for more information.

With his impressions of a recent trip to Damascus, Heiko Hoffmann combines a unique photographic vision with some beautiful images of the Syrian capital. His professional empathy inspires life across all his photos. Characteristically, he shows more than simply static products or retouched pictures - his work transmits a genuine story. His particular style is reflected in work for numerous agencies and important clients.

Heiko has just returned from a trip to Lebanon where he shot some very interesting photos that will be exhibited later in the year.

Heiko is represented by Photomedia. Visit his website for more information.

Latest news from the avocado artists:

• Claudia Goetzelmann - cover and editorial for FACES magazine.
• Bruno Bisang - Louis Widmer, Switzerland, and Mac Douglas, France.
• Joerg Kritzer - Juvena, Switzerland.
• Serge Guerand - Hansgrohe, Germany.
• Dimitri Tolstoi - Kusmi Tea, France.
• Tim Bret-Day - Grace Jones for ES magazine and ITV.
• Enrico Labriola - Fabrizia de André, Italy.
• Susanne Stemmer - Leidenfrost Pools, Austria.

Visit the avocado website for more information.

Andreana Scanderbeg and Alexander Sauer began their association in early 2005. Enjoying sustained success they founded Scanderbeg Sauer Photography in 2006.

Based in Zurich the team works around the world on advertising, corporate, industrial and people photography offering project management with worldwide production planning, supervision and control. Finding inspiration in the places most of us would consider rather dull, the pair is in their photographic element when it comes to chemistry headquarters, harbours, nuclear power plants, refineries and airports.

Scanderbeg and Sauer are board members of the Swiss Professional Photographers Association (SBF) and members of the Association of Creative Photographers (VFG).

Zurich-based photographer Martin Guggisberg has been published in international interior design magazines including Vogue - Entertaining & Travel Australia, Elle Deco UK, Interior + Design Russia, Eigen Huis Holland, Ideales Heim Switzerland and Interiors Magazine USA, among many others.

His work includes the Max Bill House in Zumikon, Zürich, the Istanbul flat of Seyhan Özdemir from Label Autoban, interiors for Atelier Zürich and Bergdorf AG, and the Design City Guides for Istanbul, Genoa and Zurich.

Visit his website for more information.

Zurich-based Tricolor is a specialised laboratory for digital and analogue photography. A small lab offering a wide range of services, the company provides expert assistance and advice based on a genuine love of photography for even the most demanding of jobs.

The highly skilled team at Tricolor has many years of experience in the techniques and services they offer. High attention to detail and full-team participation ensures that projects are given expert treatment throughout the production process. This is one of the main reasons why the lab can include among its clients some of the world's most renowned photographers and advertising agencies.

Tricolor offers more than just a print making service. The company is able to scan, process and proof a project from beginning to end, as can be seen from the production photos of books recently created by the lab. Tricolor is also one of the few photo labs to offer the possibility to expose digital data on Baryt paper. This unique paper provides the highest quality and durability, exposing grey tones, shadows and surface areas with sensational results.

Sally Montana is based in Zurich and specialises in people, portrait and lifestyle photography.

Over recent years she has exhibited her work in many prestigious locations, including the Swiss Photo Awards and the renowned Stadtmuseum Munich. Her production experience ranges from abandoned mountain areas in eastern Turkey and sandy beaches in Senegal to Hollywood film sets in Madrid and President's quarters in Azerbaijan.

Clients include Anker Platten, Basler Versicherungen, Designer’s Club, Greenpeace, Gregoryclan Furniture Factory, Groupe Mutuel, McDonald’s, Monocle Magazine, Pedigree, Raiffeisen Bank, snakebag and TravelChannel.

Email Sally, visit her website or call +41 (0)76 448 8508 for further information.
 

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

Visit his website for more information.