zurich Jun 2007

Avocado presents 3 new photographers:
Stephan Schacher. Born in Washington and raised in Switzerland, Stephan Schacher studied Fine Arts & Design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Right back in his days as a student, he started to shoot for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Interview. Back in Europe, his work is seen in most glossies, with clients including Loewe, Philip Morris, Sony, Orange, Linde and Swiscom. Represented by Avocado in Eastern Europe.
Seb Michel. His feel for light and mastery of digital technologies make his images highly sophisticated. Represented in Switzerland and Eastern Europe.
Enrico Labriola. Always in search of images that are refined and balanced, Enrico is able to combine reality and imagination. His photography covers fashion, portraits, glamour and advertising. Represented in Switzerland and Eastern Europe.

Günther Kathrein has his own studio in the centre of Zurich and specialises in fashion, beauty and lingerie.

He recently photographed again for Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren.

His current work includes preparing the European 2008 campaign for Olymp and the 2008 global body and legwear campaign for Giorgio Armani.

Günther is looking for exclusive representation for the central European market, and can be contacted through his website.

Seb Michel presents a new editorial story shot for Fashion Magazine in Cape Town. You can watch the 'making of' video at his website.

Murphy & Nye chose Seb to shoot their new international campaign at the port of the America's Cup in Valencia.

Seb specialises in fashion, beauty and advertising photography.

He is represented in London, Hamburg, Cape Town and Tokyo. In Switzerland, Russia and Eastern Europe, he is represented by Avocado Productions.

After more than 20 years in art buying, production and picture editing, Beatrice Maechler started as a photographers' agent in 2002, putting her knowledge and experience at the service of her clients and offering full production services in Switzerland and internationally.

B. M-R Fotografen represents experienced photographers, in the following areas: people, lifestyle, fashion, beauty, stills, food, cars, kids, portraits, travel, landscape, concept, interiors, sports, action and architecture.

The agency represents well-known and established artists as well as new talents:
Bela Borsodi, Yoki van de Cream, Ruth Erdt, Maurice Haas, Christian Grund, Håkan Ludwigson, PierLuigi Macor, Martina Meier, Jules Spinatsch, Christian Vogt.

Beatrice Maechler is pleased to announce the new representation of:
Désirée Good, Lozza, Hartmut Nägele und Hans-Ruedi Rohrer.

Sandra Seckinger recently shot the new Milupa campaign.

In the last month, she has also been booked for a number of lifestyle shoots - including Life sensor a health portal and KabelDeutschland - where she handled a range of age groups from children, teenagers through to seniors.

She receives many requests for lifestyle subjects due to the quality and range of her work and her extensive experience.

Christoph Läser has just returned from London, where he shot a new story for the MANOR-brand Colonial.

He also recently contributed with his work to 'a clear view of heaven', a multimedia project which will be performed at the Lucerne Festival in September.

Biglife is people, home, and food photography and as such, is one of the comprehensive lifestyle companies in Zurich. This, together with its reputation for being lightning fast, makes it an ideal partner for retail marketing concepts.

In collaboration with ad agencies and direct clients, the company develops living visual worlds and creates them around the globe.

In Switzerland, clients include Migros, Coop, and Nestlé, and in Germany clients include Tchibo, Jacobs and Reemtsma.

In February, Daniel Infanger had his first photography project in Dubai for the Roger Federer ad campaign for Nationale Suisse.

This campaign is now on full-page newspaper and magazin ads.

At the moment, he is on tour in Switzerland, on the 'Eldorado' Club Tour, with musician Stephan Eicher.

Tobias R. Dürring just shot the worldwide campaign for Gondrand.

He also recently shot for F Hoffmann-La Roche and was booked by UBS AG and shot portaits of Price Waterhouse Coopers' executive suite.

His portrait series Lan Soldiers is on show until 24 June at Krakau in the Bunkier Sztuki gallery.

Other fine art projects are currently underway... watch this space for more details.

Brazil Productions is moving westwards... after a mild European spring, they have started preparing for an upcoming production in Brazil in July and August. And in October, they will be back in Brazil for a couple of months.

This month, Maciria Rodrigues will join the 'Miss Swiss' Group as hair & make-up artist on their way to Crete. Also, Jorge Steinmann will be shooting in Zurich, Berner Oberland and Ibiza.

Brazil Productions says it is 'open for cost-effective job connections in Switzerland, Brazil or Latin America'.

Contact details are at the website, or you can arrange a personal meeting at the Showcase Zurich conference, 15/16 June.

Scout is a platform for national and international models, working with international photo and advertising agencies, helping to find the right model for major campaigns in Switzerland and abroad.

Although the agency covers all ages, since it was founded, it has specialised in models aged 30+ and offers clients a wide range of beautiful faces.

• Lucien Thomkins had several shoots this year such as Hugo Boss Underwear, Cavalli and Cerutti Jeans.
• Martina Ley is currently in New York and recently shot with Rankin for Meltin' Pot's intenational campaign. She was also booked for Schwarzkopf and Esprit as well as several catalogue shoots.
• Scout says Anna Meier is on the way to become a beauty star and has many options for major campaigns.
• Rahel Hediger is another 'insider tip' from the agency...

Ruth Bugmann presents a choice of her free work and latest jobs:

• Editorial for MAX-Magazine: Prada Body Lotion, photographer Diana Scheunemann
• Concepts for: I-love-u.ch (web art magazine)
• Milk: Ruth was also booked for casting, photographer Julian Salinas
• Inside: photographer Tobias Sutter
• Hast Du Brot: casting also by Ruth, photographer Christian Knörr

You can currently see her commercial work for Nationale Suisse with Roger Federer (TV spot and image campaign).

Streetcasting recommends a visit to its website, where you can see model competition winner - photographed by Tobias R Dürring.

Clients are impressed, judging by the list of campaigns, which includes Aproz, BLS, coop, Ekz, ge money bank, Gondrand Worldwide, Herrenglobus, Hilti, Honda, Hyundai, Liste ´07, McDonalds, Migros, National Suisse, Rat der Religionen, Renault, Rivella Blau, Sap Germany, Stop Aids, Swisscanto, Swisscom, Tele 2, Zimtstern, Zuger Kantolanbank and Zürich Versicherung.

Videocasting for Swiss TV spot 'Campari Soda' was a prize-winner...!

Showcase International is running from 14-15 June and offers the chance to meet the industry's shooting stars; see portfolios of world-class photographers and meet their representatives; learn about new technologies and photographic services; take part in Apple Aperture workshops and find out about creative photographic projects.

Visitors can discover new talents, buy prints and books, see 12 Magnum Café film essays and screenings by photographers such as Martin Parr, Elliot Erwitt, Chris Steele-Perkins, Bruce Gilden, Henri Cartier-Bresson and others. You will also have the chance to meet three Magnum photographers (Thomas Dworzak, Christoper Anderson and Alex Majoli) who will be personally presenting their work on stage.

This is the fifth edition of the fair that combines business networking, professional education and screening of young talent. It attracts a national and international audience, presenting exhibitors from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, South Africa and Switzerland.

The Schaulager in Basel is currently showing an exhibition of work by Robert Gober 1976 -2007.

Gober's oeuvre comprises individual bodies of work stretching back over three decades. Their juxtaposition of the familiar and the unusual exert a powerful fascination. By diverging subtly yet purposefully from the reality on which they are modelled, the works - whether replicas of objects from our everyday domestic lives, such as washbasins, playpens and bundles of newspapers, or representations of parts of the human body, such as legs or fragmentary torsos - constantly penetrate the borderline between the everyday and the unknown.

Looking at works individually, they seem to explore a particular social, religious or political subject matter, but coming together in Gober's installations and all the more impressive in this retrospective they create a striking panorama.

The show - on until 14 October - includes numerous sculptures, works on paper and five large installations. Many of these works are rarely exhibited, several have never been on show before.