It has been another busy season for AM Production Services. Offering an attentive and skilled service for Central and Latin American productions, the company can develop any type of photo shoot, from cars to beauty, product shots, fashion and advertising. 

German-Italian photographer René Russo recently joined the company's roster. Visit the website to see his portfolio along with a selection of updated locations, recent productions, and the useful 'Meet Buenos Aires' section that proposes the best new hotspots in town.

Latest projects in Buenos Aires and Mexico include:

• Sandwich S/S catalogue shot by Eric van den Elsen.
• Queen clothing softener shot by Estudio Buenavista.
• Mabe shot by Estudio Buenavista.
• Tecate for the US market with agency Adrenalina New York, photographer Buenavista Fotografia.
• Fragances Ferrioni with photographer Nacho Vazquez Paravano.
• Fragance Orange by Carlo Corinto with photographer Nacho Vazquez Paravano.
• Iberostar Hotels & Resorts with Antonio Banderas, shot by Spanish photographer Marc Diez and co-produced with Sunny Day.

Red Creek ends 2010 having helped win five Cannes Lions for its clients, as well as the Golden Pencil, Ojo de Iberoamerica, Diente De Oro and Clarin Awards.

Recent work includes Polo/Ralph Lauren with Bruce Weber for Roberts + Langer DDB (NYC), Lipton Iced Tea featuring Hugh Jackman and shot by Elaine Constantine, and Nicorette with Simon Green for AMV BBDO (London).

Red Creek provides production services for commercials and print and represents directors and photographers from offices in Buenos Aires, NYC, Costa Rica and Uruguay.

Latest work from Lucila Blumencweig and Daniela Benitez includes:

• ATMA annual campaign and Mother's Day promo ad for TBWA Buenos Aires, with the 50’s as leit motiv.
• Telefonica image bank for RAPP Buenos Aires.
• PepsiCo launch of 80s retro snack Kesbun for BBDO Argentina.
• Tarjeta Naranja partnership launch with Visa for TBWA Buenos Aires.
• Editorials for D&D Deco Magazine and Brando, with Paula Chavez.

Studio Machado Cicala Morassut is based in Buenos Aires but enjoys a presence throughout Latin America, the USA and Europe.

Prominent in advertising, beauty, fashion and celebrity photography, clients include Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Hinds, Sarkany, Christian Lacroix, Nestlé, Gama, Honda, Revlon, Koleston and Garnier. Advertising agencies around the world regularly choose Machado Cicala Morassut for their most exclusive projects.

The company is currently putting the finishing touches to a new studio in the Palermo neighbourhood.

Composed of Gabriel Machado, Jose Cicala and Fabian Morassut, the trio invites readers to visit the brand new website.

Welcome to the latest edition of Showcase Buenos Aires, brought to you by Production Paradise. We highlight the very best of the Argentine visual media industry and, as usual, more information can be found in our dedicated Film and Photo directories.

In this issue we present the leading companies and top professionals currently working out of Buenos Aires, including Red Creek Productions, AM Production Services, Avracadavra, Brite Productions Latin America, 7 Seas Productions, Blumencweig + Benitez, Machado Cicala Morassut, Ricardo Berisso Estudio, Marcos Romano, Tomeu Ozonas, Estilo3D, Monteverde Models, Civiles, Code Models Management, Estudio3 Group, Federico Laboureau, Doux Mag, Reflex Mag, and Fierro Hotel Boutique.

Our cover image was shot by Fabián Laghi.

Monteverde Models ends 2010 with a positive outlook for its business future. Over the past year many clients have been added to the portfolio from both the fashion and advertising industries.

The company's models featured in campaigns for Perramus, Gef, Hola Magazine, Fila and Kohls, to name just a few.

Visit the website for more information.

Tomeu Ozonas provides images to a wide selection of international agencies that represent his work around the world.

He specialises in digital retouching work for prestigious Buenos Aires studio Estudio Cassinelli. Every month, more than a hundred of his images are used to illustrate a wide variety of commercial and editorial projects.

Working out of Buenos Aires Tomeu shoots, retouches and quickly delivers images produced to the highest technical standards and the most competitive prices. He uses his stock experience and expert digital imaging skills to serve both local and overseas clients.

Code Models Management was founded in 2010 as a boutique agency with a new concept for the world of fashion. Its exclusivity lies in the personalised, one-on-one relationships it creates with its models and clients.

The agency's staff have many years of experience behind them and are complemented by a group of talented young people who are highly aware of the new portrait of today's consumer.

The agency has booked contracts with international clients including Ripley, Falabella, Unique and Esika, among many others. Such brands have placed the company's models in the spotlight and at the same time have opened new paths that are leading Code Models in many different exciting directions.

The Estudio3 Group has been in the advertising market for over 20 years providing exclusive publicity services across modelling, casting and photo management.

Despite working in the local market over 80% of the company's clients originate from abroad, from countries including Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Mexico and the USA, among others.

Highlights in 2010 included Americatel (Peru), Sony (LatAm), Unique (LatAm), BBVA (USA) and Quilmes (Argentina).

Current projects include Polo Ralph Lauren (worldwide), Esika (LatAm), Pampers (worldwide), Head & Shoulders (LatAm), Ripley (Peru), and Ron Torres (Mexico and Chile).

Estilo3D has received a number of prestigious awards in 2010, including:

• Cannes Lions - Silver and Bronze.
• El Sol de Iberoamerica - Silver.
• Ojo de Iberoamerica - two Gold, three Silver and three Bronze.
• Ojo de Iberoamerica - 'Best Print' Argentina.
• FIAP - Bronze.
• Ad Age's Hispanic Creative Advertising Awards - Bronze.
• Diente Argentine Creative Circle - two Gold, eight Silver and 4 Bronze.

Estilo3D has producers and reps in the USA, Mexico, Hamburg, Milan, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Dubai.

Visit the website for more information.