china May 2015

Bloc Productions is a China-based artists' agency that represents a roster of internationally acclaimed photographers, directors, stylists and illustrators for Asian advertising and editorial clients. Its talent is supported by a multilingual production team capable of executing photo shoots and productions across China, Asia and the rest of the world.

Based in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Justin Chan Represents specialises in representation and production for international and local photographers, TVC directors, illustrators, stylists, hair and make-up artists, retouchers, and other leading image-makers for high-end commercial media in China and the Asia-Pacific region.

Clients include Disney, Maybelline, Sony, McDonald’s, Nikon, Swarovski, L’Oréal, Omega, Hennessy, 'China’s next top model', Escada, Pantene, MaxFactor, Palmers, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Lancome, Shiseido, HSBC, Audi, Samsung, Honda, Heineken, Ferrari, New Balance, Coca-Cola, Motorola, Canon, Dior, Nike, Diesel, Adidas, Toyota, Levi’s, Carlsberg, Lexus, Land Rover, Jaguar, Porsche, Bacardi, Johnny Walker, Nivea, Puma, Reebok, Mini, Volvo, BMW, Mercedes, Citroen, Red Bull, Nissan and Shangri-la Hotels.

Alphaville is a Hong Kong-based company that represents high-end international photographers working within the Asia Pacific region. The company also provides full production services for photography and videography assignments: location scouts, model casting, crew, make-up and hair stylists, fashion stylists, and digital post-production. From start to finish, Alphaville provides a comprehensive and streamlined experience that prioritises a complete understanding of client needs and desires.

Alphaville's goal is to pair pre-eminent photographers with clients to foster an innovative working relationship. The company aims to deliver fresh and memorable images that trigger an emotional impact in a subtle, meaningful manner to best serve client interests. Alphaville has collaborated with architects, lifestyle brands, luxury goods companies, hotels, property developers, car manufacturers, and a wide range of publishers to produce visuals for advertising, editorial, and corporate use.

Red Plus is a Shanghai-based full service agency that represents international artists across arts, fashion and the advertising industry. It incorporates a wide network of local and international resources including fashion photographers, designers, artists, talents and production crews. Red Plus specialises in advertising, fashion and beauty, still life, architecture, interiors and vehicles.

Red Plus also offers entire project production services covering creative development to the final artwork. It builds the right partnerships between talents and major magazines, advertising agencies, model agencies and direct clients, offering flexible and effective project management solutions that are also highly cost-efficient.

With its recent relocation, Red Plus also provides a fully equipped, centrally located 11,000 square foot photo studio - Studio Geek.

Studio Geek is a top-notch photo studio that rents space for creative use. Its beautiful work space is equipped with premium photography gear including Phaseone, Briese, Broncolor and Profoto to meet photographers' needs all under one roof. The studio is located in downtown Shanghai near to the city's convenient transportation system. The space is also large enough to host events, show openings, gallery exhibitions and showroom displays. Located adjacent to Studio A, Studio Cafe also provides gourmet and healthy food.

Amanacliq is a full service production house and artists’ representation agency dedicated to the dynamic Asian market. Headquartered in Shanghai with offices in Singapore and extensive production resources in Japan, Europe and America, the company is able to provide complete visual solutions worldwide.

Amanacliq has a wealth of experience working with multi-national clients, advertising agencies and artists. With its partners, amana inc. from Tokyo and Bernstein Andriulli from New York, the company aims to provide consistent high quality work for the advertising industry.

Recent clients include P&G, Budweiser, Nike, Adidas, Lincoln, Ford, Coca-Cola, Beats By Dre and Sony.

Red Cactus Productions has offices in both Singapore and Hong Kong. With over a decade of production experience on projects worldwide, the company represents a wide variety of photographers.

Red Cactus offers a complete range of production services tailored to its clients' needs, from budgeting and locations to crews, props, logistic, and much more.

Keep up to date with the company's latest news by liking the Facebook page.

Based in Shanghai, 5th Avenue Production is a full service production company specialising in photo video production, celebrity consulting and model casting offering efficient and cost effective services for advertising, fashion, editorial and TV commercials.

Services include photo /video production, photography, celebrity consulting, celebrity endorsements, celebrity and model casting and booking for commercials, events, studio and gear rental, location scouting, arranging business visas, airport pick up, hotels, transportation, and more.

Clients include Maserati, L’Oréal, Adidas, UPS, Ogilvy, GSK, BASF, Artengo Kalenji, Nabaiji, Getty Images, UBS, Schindler, IBM, Abbott, Elle, Vogue, Look and GQ, amongst many others, as well as celebrities, advertising agencies and famous photographers.

5th Avenue also provides production services in Europe, the USA and major Asian cities such as Taipei and Hong Kong.

Rimagine is an internationally-owned and managed creative production studio based in Shanghai, helping its customers to bring their brands to life with great, emotional images.

Rimagine offers brands and advertising agencies an end-to-end production management service including studio and location photography, location scouting, prop hunting, model casting, artist and talent booking, set building, 3D scenes rendering, retouching, and more.

Clients include Bosch, Philips, Siemens, 3M, Fissler, Kholer, Speedo, Adidas, Nike, Puma and Crocs, among others.

Rimagine also operates productions in Shenzhen (Southern China) and Dallas (Texas), USA.

Mad Carrot Production now officially represents photographer William So, one of Hong Kong's most innovative and influential photographers. He is also a member of HKIPP and HKPPN, two of the leading photography associations in Hong Kong.

William's spectrum of professionalism is identified across advertising, fashion and beauty and he has worked in Japan, New York, UK, Hungary, South Africa and China photographing for fashion and commercial jobs.

His work has been recognised by professionals across the globe and has won numerous local and international awards. William was selected as one of the Top 200 Ad Photographers Worldwide by the renowned Lürzer's Archive in  2010/11 and 2012/13, and was also selected by Commercial Photo (Japan) as one of the 50 New Generation Photographers in the June 2013 edition.

Studio Stare is a one-stop shop producing creative films in Shanghai and around China. Working with brands and agencies since 2008, Studio Stare specialises in advertising, corporate films and digital content for the Chinese market.

Studio Stare also provides a wide range of services for international productions including locations, permits, crew, talent and equipment. With an experienced team of bi-lingual producers, fixers and post-production talent, Studio Stare makes for an ideal partner at all stages of any sized production.

Clients include: Airbnb, Budweiser, Converse, Ebay, Fiat, Nike, Old Navy, SKF and Unilever.

Celebrating over five years in Shanghai, Central Studios is an award-winning production house and rental studio known for its inspiring spaces and comprehensive services. The studio has all the equipment and services desired under one roof and is able to source or deliver on any specialty needs across Shanghai and greater China.  

The company's bilingual team offers full or partial production services including set design, production and props, locations, special effects, casting, transport and logistics. It can scale up or down according to the specific needs of a production.

Central Studios is a perfect venue for brand launches and fashion events. It has also catered to some of the world’s best photographers and most desirable brands.

Clients include: Adidas, ASOS, Coca-Cola, Converse, GAP, Jaguar, Levi’s, Old Navy, Rolls Royce, and VANS.  

Editorials include: Numero, Elle, Vogue China, GQ.

Photographers include Chen Man, Patrick Demarchelier, Martin Schoeller, Dan Jackson, Yin Chao, Li Qi, Justin Cooper and Zach Gold.

Studio Geek is a top-notch photo studio located in downtown Shanghai that rents space for creative use. Its creative team converted an auto repair factory into a NYC-style photo studio with the best amenities to meet all of the photographer’s needs under one roof.

With more than 2000 sq metres, its studio also houses
events such as show openings and is easily accessibly.  It also features the best amenities and an in-house cafe, which serves fresh and healthy beverages and food.

"Studio Geek is truly a hidden gem in Shanghai, a unique place to realise your wildest imagination."

Elephoto (Beijing) Culture Development Co. LTD specialises in supplying advanced and international-standard film studios for high-end photographers, ad companies, media and stars both home and abroad.

The company has four independent closed film studios providing the best private working space and is the first company of its kind in Beijing to have a complete range of world's top Profoto lights.

Elephoto Studio provides a first class service, from initial booking to the final shoot.

Jason Capobianco has been creating his own brand of high-fashion focused editorial work for more than a decade, contributing to titles such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, GQ, Sleek and Tush.

Predominantly regarded as a fashion, beauty and portrait photographer, Jason’s client list is filled with some of Asia’s best talent including Aaron Kwok, Angela Baby, Huang Xiao Ming, Chow Yun Fat, Tang Wei, Simon Yam, Fan Bing Bing, Andy Hui and many more.

Jason Capobianco is also an exhibiting artist and documentary film-maker.

Jasper James is a China-based photographer working in Shanghai and Beijing, shooting editorial, advertising and corporate work. His photography ranges from portrait, travel and interiors to concept driven projects.

Over the past decade he has lived and worked in New York, London and Beijing, covering assignments around the globe for some of the world's leading magazines, design and advertising clients.

Clients include Ferrari, British Airways, Wrigley's, Volvo, Bosch, China Mobile, Marks and Spencer, Bank of China, QQ.com, Ritz Carlton, Mandarin Oriental, Dockers, Wallpaper*, Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Departures, Men's Journal, Telegraph Magazine, Dwell, Vanity Fair and Monocle.

Born in the 1980s, photographer Wayne Yip gets inspiration from the notion of lasting beauty and classics movies. As a young fashion photographer, his style can be described as simple, clean, and subtle. Through the lens of his eyes, he manages to capture the moment by the most oblivious mood, attitude, and gestures.

He likes to combine elements from classic art and contemporary designs. Wayne is never predictable. With a restless soul and the eye for beauty, he treats his camera as his best weapon to reflect another self in a parallel world.

He also works with major fashion magazines such as Grazia, ELLE, and SELF.

From his early years as one of Asia's most sought after make-up artists to his flourishing career as a fashion and beauty photographer, Donald Chiu has always had a magic touch when it comes to visual styling.

Fashion and beauty photography provides the best way for Donald to mix his love for lighting and composition with his impeccable eye for detail. His vibrant, skin-rich images are winning clients across the globe, from Olay, Shiseido, Lux and Za to covers for Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire and Madame Figaro, and campaigns for CK Platinum, Diesel, Evisu, Van Cleef & Arpels, Audemars Piguet and Swarovski.

He is currently based in Hong Kong, where he works from his Island East studio, but travels regularly on assignment, mostly to the US and around Asia.

Visit his website for more images and full contact info.

It has been a busy year for photographer and director Chris Sisarich. He has been spending a lot of time on the road, shooting stills campaigns and directing TV commercials in Russia, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Sydney, and back home in New Zealand.

Chris has just wrapped an exhibition entitled ‘I AM HERE’ at Black Eye Gallery in Sydney, a multi-media, multi-sensory show in collaboration with New Zealand composer and sound artist, Peter Hobbs.

Having just signed with indie agency IMI Artists in LA and Red+Plus in Shanghai, the year ahead is looking like it will be an exciting one full of many more adventures.

Nicky Loh, 33, is a full time commercial photographer based in Singapore and Shanghai. Starting out as a photojournalist with Reuters, Nicky soon expanded his repertoire to specialise in portraiture and documentary photography.

In his photographs, he always sets out to create visuals that are naturalistic and convey an emotional truth. Nicky tries to grab the unguarded moment, the spontaneous interaction, the sincere glance that is exchanged; the real intimacy, the joy, the concentration or the excitement in someone's eyes.

His distinguishable style has brought him to work with clients such as HSBC, The Singapore Tourism Board, Adidas, Esquire, Bvlgari and many more. Priding himself as one of the last few fluent speakers of the Hainanese dialect in Singapore, Nicky has the uncanny ability to eat chicken rice and kaya toast everyday!

Visit his website to check out more of his photos.

Nicky Loh is represented by amanacliq.

Currently residing in Shanghai, Song Liu is a fashion photographer who works closely with mainstream magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Ellemen, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, FHM, Grazia and Femina. Before his fashion photography career, Song was fascinated in the art of duplication and Andy Warhol.

Choosing print-making as his college major, Song obtained a profound understanding underlying this art form. In later days, the movie 'Blow-Up' aroused Song’s acute sense for art and fashion. He then began his professional career as a fashion photographer in 2009 and remains active.

Song Liu is represented by Red Plus. 

Born in Japan, Nori Inoguchi was educated in New York where he refined his passion for photography. His love of luxury and desire to create visually stunning images inspired him to become a still-life photographer. Nori seeks to find beauty in all the objects he shoot.

With his sophisticated eye and minimalist approach he exploded onto the world stage and has earned bookings from the best names in fashion, cosmetics and electronics. His career has brought him to Paris, London, NY and even back to his native home of Japan.

Using clean, clear and crisp techniques, Nori has created numerous campaigns since 2009 and has become a trusted named in the field.

Nori Inoguchi is represented by Bloc Productions.

Haplaboratory is a one stop photography solution for clients. Within one roof, it is able to provide professional photography services and high quality photo retouching skills, a rare find in the market.

The core team members are well-trained creative experts who have spent their past working lives in different international advertising agencies.

Neil Massey is an award-winning British documentary photographer. For over 20 years Neil has perfected the art of capturing the un-retouched reality of life through his work. His uniqueness lies in his ability to effortlessly connect with his subjects regardless of background or status and bring to light the essence of who they are.

Neil's clients include: Johnnie Walker, Heineken, Booking.com, The Rockefeller Foundation, Unicef and Manchester United among others.

Apart from commercial commissions, Neil also works on long- term personal photographic projects exploring youth sub-culture around the world.

Neil Massey is represented by Red Cactus.

#Did you know? | Facts about Antonin#

• Antonin is a viral videos director based in Shanghai for 10+ years.
• He speaks Chinese, English, French, and of course "Chinglish".
• He has agency background as creative director; which always helps.
• His domain is humour, luxury and sports.
• He has directed viral pieces for Nike, The Peninsula, Microsoft, Lincoln and other “big guys”.
• He is skilled in multi-tasking on small projects and being focused on larger ones.
• He sometimes directs, shoots and edits by himself.
• He makes his banker angry every year by self-funding and producing his own projects.

Wing Shya is a Hong Kong–based photographer working in fashion, film and art. Born in 1964, he started his career as a graphic designer after studying at the Emily Carr institute of Art and Design in Canada. Upon his return to Hong Kong, Shya set up Shya-la-la Workshop. 

Shya was also the exclusive photographer and graphic designer for Wong Kar Wai’s films including 'Happy Together', 'In The Mood for Love', 'Ero' and '2046'.

Wing Shya is represented by Bloc Productions.

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