Brazil Productions is a German/Brazilian-managed full service photoproduction company based in Zürich and Fortaleza, Brazil.

For more than 20 years, Maciria has been working as a hair & make-up artist. During this time, she has organised numerous productions and established an excellent professional network between Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza.

Jorge Steinmann is an art director, creative consultant and photographer, cooperating with established agencies, brands, editors, artists and photographers. As a former freelancer in advertising agencies and the fashion business, he developed a good understanding both of clients' expectations and creative conditions.

From its experience and knowledge of most aspects of advertising and production, Brazil Productions offers cost-effective productions in Brazil and Switzerland.

Clients include OTTO, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Intersport, Bacardi, Johnson & Johnson, Vogue, Glamour and others.

Two interesting exhibitions are currently showing at Fotomuseum Wintertur:

David Goldblatt - "South African Photography / Südafrikanische Fotografien 1952-2006", until 20 May
Documentary photographer whose photo projects are produced in South Africa covering the country, the people, jobs and social groups. He is the winner of the "Hasselblad Award 2006" for outstanding international photo.

Lanes of Implicitness / Wege zur Selbstverständlichkeit, until 14 October
For some decades, women where forced to engage mainly with female subjects. Only with intensive self-reflection and analysis of values were they able to be heard. This exhibition shows the progress of women and art in the last 30 to 40 years, dealing with subjects such as feminism, identity and gender.

The sixth edition of Showcase International Portfolio Review will run again this year at the Kaufleuten in Zurich, 14-15 June.

The event will provide renowned and qualified photographers' agencies, production agencies, model agencies, magazines, illustration and stock photography agencies with an exhibition platform, giving professional visitors an overview over the trends in photography.

The young photographers exhibition will be extended with prizes from magazines such as wallpaper, das magazin and others as well as an international talent screening with an european jury selecting the 20 most promising photographers.

Confirmed media partners are Lurzers Archive, Swiss communication industry publication Persönlich and Production Paradise.

A new partnership with the Art Directors Club Switzerland offers members an exclusive 'Portfolio Hour' on 15 June, an hour prior to the official opening. Art Directors Club members will also be granted free access to all activities.

Austrian-born photographer, Günther Kathrein, is based in Zurich and specialises in beauty and fashion, with international clients that include: Giorgio Armani, Wolford, Vivienne Westwood, Hanro of Switzerland and Schwarzkopf.

Recent projects by Günther include:

• A shoot for fashion label Hucke's international image campaign with Eva Padberg and Brenda Costa.
• The spring collection 2007 shoot for Public, with Irina Bondarenko.
• Luxury label Wolford's current lingerie collection with Madeleine Hjört for - images are being shown worldwide.
• The Body and Legwear Campaign 2007 for Giorgio Armani, again for worldwide use.
• The campaign for international tap company, Hans Grohe.

Streetcasting.ch is a people agency based in Basel and Zurich.

They have a pool of around 1000 amateur models: "trendy youngsters, international characters, Asian business people, ballerinas, senior citizens and many more". They also offer services in project-specific street castings, life castings and styling.

Recent projects by Streetcasting include scouting for "German-looking" Koreans for Hyundai; looking for special characters according to special products for Migros; and searching for persons wearing glasses for their own image campaign.

Contact details for enquiries can be found at the website.

Photographer Daniel Infanger is based in Basel, and specialises in people, transportation and landscape work.

His client list includes Mercedes, Lexus, Toyota, Swisscom, Credit Suisse, EMI Music, Annabelle and Swiss Solidarity.

Showcased here is some of his recent work, for two editions of the Mercedes Benz Magazine - one shot in the Swiss Alps, and the other produced in Spain.

Visit Daniel's new website for more details and photos.

Basel-based stylist Ruth Bugmann says she "makes impossible productions possible".

For ten years, she has been developing ideas for fashion, advertising, film and art. She also produces her own shoots now and again (website i-love-u.ch), and has a small pool of models in case of emergency (website r23.ch).

Recent projects:

• Styling for the Rivella lemonade campaign, working with Emilie Boiron, Patrick Nuo and Boris Becker, photos were by Nathan Beck. (c/o Beatrice Mächler)
• Production of a shoot with photographer Franziska Frutiger for the Art Hotel Castell in Zuoz.
• The special models for client Smart came from the r23.ch model pool, photographer was Neil Wilder. (c/o René Hauser)
• Styling and casting of the new underwear campaign for Migros, photos by Diana Scheunemann. (c/o René Hauser)

More details can be found at Ruth's new website.

Avocado was established in 1998 in Moscow by Swiss photographer Urs Wyss. The company presents international and local photographers, in the areas of people, lifestyle, fashion, beauty, stills, cars, architecture and landscapes. A full production service is offered in Russia and ex-Soviet Union countries.

Recent projects produced by Avocado include:

 

• Cifrograd photographed by Urs Wyss, via Ark Thompson Moscow.

   

• Johnsons Baby photographed for Johnson&Johnson Russia, via Adventa Moscow.

   

• Flagman Vodka by Paris-based photographer Dimitri Tolstoi.

   

• BonAqua Coca-Cola Russia through McCann-Erickson photographed by Serge Guerand who recently started working with Avocado.

   

For portfolio requests, please contact Anush Amirkhanian +41 (0)78 659 6231.

Photographers' agent, Tina Aich, has been operating in Zurich since 1994 and works throughout Switzerland and internationally.

Her focus is advertising and fashion, and clients include: Alpha Romeo, Bucherer Montres, Clariant, Fogal, Globus, Linde, Loewe, Mercedes-Benz, Migros, Sunrise, Swiss and UBS.

Tina Aich represents well-known, established photographers as well as those that are new and up-and-coming: Stephan Schacher, Sven Bänziger, Valentin Jeck, Claudia Knoepfel + Stefan Indlekofer, Sarah Maurer, Christian Knörr, Oliver Lang, Roland Tännler, Serge Hoeltschi, Philipp Keel, Klaus Andorfer, Bruno Bisang and Sandra Seckinger.

Swisstudio is one of the largest rental studios for photo and film productions in Switzerland, offering generous studios equipped with the latest technology, for optimum production conditions for photo shoots and filmmaking.

Standard through to high-end studios are available:

Studio 1 - open-plan studio with a 168 curved horizon, production surface of approximately. 360m2, 20.5m long, 18m wide, 8m high.

Studio 2 - standard open plan studio, production surface of about 323m2, 17.5m long, including director's room and gallery.

Studio 1XX - extra large studio (studio 1 and studio 2 combined).

Studio 3 - still life, people and fashion studio, with a production surface of around 80m2 (without ancillary rooms), 14.5.m long and 5.5m wide.

For more information, visit their website www.swisstudio.com.