PHOTOGRAPHERS' AGENTS Jun 2017

Representing a select and diverse range of exceptionally talented photographers and illustrators, no matter what the brief, Agent K Creative + Production is able to assist in delivering the perfect solution for clients' next projects. The artists represented by Agent K Creative + Production are experienced, passionate and driven by a desire to create beautiful imagery.

The agency was established by Katrine Bowman, a respected producer with over 20 years' experience as an agency producer in multi-national advertising agencies, as well as freelance in television and stills production.

As well as representing and producing for this unique team of artists, Agent K also provides full production facilitation services for local and international clients.

Services include scheduling and budgeting, quoting and negotiation, production coordination, crew recommendations and booking, location scouting and management, permits, casting, travel arrangements and hotel bookings, crew management, equipment rental, on-shoot management and catering.

Alyssa Pizer Management represents fashion, lifestyle, beauty, and still life photographers.

Alyssa's roster includes Rus Anson, Larry Bartholomew, Mindy Byrd, Gary Copeland, Colette de Barros, Don Diaz, Gretchen Easton, Cheyenne Ellis, Shannon Greer, Philip Harvey, Jon Johnson, Ericka McConnell, Ari Michelson, Aaron Okayama, Anthony Parmelee, Martin Rusch, and Alexandra Valenti.

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For over 15 years, Avenger Photographers has represented a network of highly talented photographers working across beauty, advertising, landscapes, events and still life.

Each photographer has their unique style and field of expertise. They all love photography and have many years of experience turning concepts into images.

Avenger Photographers sees quality as an economic, creative and personal promise.

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Established in 1989 in Great Portland Street, Biggs Represents' studios have been a fixture in London’s Fitzrovia ever since. Producer, Laura Forrest, has been with the team from the outset and has notched up some 30 years of production experience and know-how.

Representing just four select, highly talented photographers, each one with a unique style and approach to commercial and creative projects, Biggs Represents is able to offer a bespoke and flexible service to clients.

"We pride ourselves on providing accurate budgeting, efficient production and assured, crafted, creative photography and moving image to all sectors and across all platforms."

Recent clients include Thatcher’s, Naked Juice, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, San Miguel, Ballantine's, Wine Australia, Kettle Chips, Britvic, Nestlé, Braun, J20, and Walkers.

Take a closer look at the work of photographers Chris Biggs, Sarah Jane Leggett, Tristan Townley and Sally Hamer on the website.

Catherine Collins represents photographers/directors Anton Watts, Robert Wilson and Simon Page-Ritchie.

They create stills and video content. See their work on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

With more than 20 years of experience in the image business, Claudia Trucco represents a select roster of visual artists. The team of talents are experts across fashion, advertising, editorial, lifestyle, underwater, children, food, lingerie and beauty. The agency also provides full stress-free production support for its artists and clients.

Recent months have seen the team grow by welcoming photographers Julien Claessens and Thomas Deschamps, who work together to produce images for the world of fine jewellery and luxury goods. Their clients include brands such as Cartier, Chanel, Delvaux, Dior, Nina Ricci, Nirav Modi and Theyskens’ Theory.

"We are also very proud to announce that David Carette's film 'OFF the Record' was selected at the short film corner of the Cannes Films Festival and at the Fashion Film Festival Milano. Our most recent productions include work for L’Oréal, Leffe Beer, Neuhaus Chocolates, Azzaro, Pequignet Watches, Scapa, Kuyichi, Hotel Montaigne, Voo Telecom and Carrefour.

Visit the website to see up-to-date portfolios and to sign-up for the agency's newsletter.

London agency Common Era celebrates its first birthday this month with exciting new work shot over the past year in locations from Miami to Madrid. Now representing seven talented artists, recent clients include Absolut, Panasonic, Ben Sherman Jr, Umbro, Ford, M&S, Under Armour, Whole Earth, Reebok, Canal+, Inkospor, Play-Doh, Jocks & Nerds and Berghaus.

Common Era represents:

• Liam Arthur (contemporary lifestyle and portraits, elegant fashion),
• Ryan Edy (authentic lifestyle, dynamic sports and automotive),
• Marc Da Cunha Lopes (conceptual imagery of people, fashion and still life),
• Armando Ferrari (cinematic sports, portraits, fashion and automotive),
• Ben Monk (seriously delicious food and drink),
• Matt Stansfield (youth culture, fashion and lifestyle),
• Paloma Rincón (clever and colourful still life).

Creative Management is one of Miami and New York's leading photographers’ agencies, representing photographers, stylists and hair and make-up artists.

The company operates in the New York and Miami markets working in creative collaboration to manage artists so they can access the next level in fashion and advertising.

New York City-based Curated Artists is a collective of like-minded content creators servicing global brands and agencies across a variety of media.

Whether it is photography, live-action, dynamic content, music or animation, Curated offers a select group of creative professionals to tell clients' stories in a 360° way.

To access a social media influencer working in dynamic looping content, visit channel partner Plotagraph Pro.

D'ELE is a creative agency dedicated to artist management and full service production. Based in Shanghai, with partners in Milan and London, for over 10 years the company has provided seamless and dynamic visual solutions to a wide range of international clients and advertising agencies.

In partnership with Livello6 and 1806, D'ELE Management and Production is proud to represent international visual artists within photography, illustration, CGI, film and animation. Its artists are recognised globally with awards such as Cannes Lions and Promax BDAs.

Additionally, D'ELE provides full service production, all customised to clients' specific needs.

Dogma Moda is an agency and production company based in Barcelona, with a focus on photography as a commercial medium and fashion.

The company manages all aspects of a production. Location scouting and finding the best models for a shoot is also a speciality. "For each production we choose only the best and most qualified professional freelancers."

Clients include The hip tee, Oysho, Adidas, Vogue España, Glamour, YoDona, Pull&Bear, Skagen, El Corte Ingles, Charles&Keith, Emidio Tucci, Vodafone, Punto Blanco and Margaret Astor, among others.

EH management was founded in 2007 by Elisabeth Heres with the sole purpose of creating a boutique agency where photographers, stylists and photo buyers could establish creative relationships that would produce high quality results.

Selected not only for their vision but also for their personality and professionalism, Liz manages a small talent roster, ensuring that her artists and clients receive the focus they deserve.

Liz was well known in the publishing industry under her maiden name Liz Kildahl; though her name has changed, her passion for photography and business have not.

As a photo director, Liz experienced the pressures associated with selecting the right photographer for the assignment, managing hard deadlines and keeping within defined budgets. Now, photo buyers and creative directors can count on ehmanagement, through Liz's experience and skills, to get the job done creatively, efficiently and seamlessly.

Esser Associates is a London-based agency for photography, film and production with over 20 years' experience.

As well as six award-winning commercial photographers, the agency also represents a team of videographers covering corporate, BTS, 360VR and livestream events.

Recent clients include Jaguar, New Balance, Warner Bros., Huawei, plus Liverpool, Bilbao, Porto and Celtic football clubs.

"You have an idea lingering in your head. You try to explain it, you even try drawing it, but somehow it doesn’t come close to the brilliant picture you’ve conceived in your head. That’s where we come in.

Frame by Frame Pictures was founded in 2010 in sunny Singapore. We are a small collective of producers who represent a whole stable of photographers specialising in photography genres such as commercial lifestyle, product, food, interior, architecture, hospitality and fashion.

We have the capability to bring your idea to fruition through image crafting, casting, set-styling, or even CGI. Having ties with a network of production teams across Asia-Pacific, we are comfortable at extending our reach elsewhere if you can't find what you're looking for on this small little island of ours."

"Horton-Stephens, London’s leading photographers’ agents for over 25 years, are delighted to welcome Ilka and Franz to the company. Bright, colourful and fun, this photographer duo bring a striking new look to the agency roster. 

Morten Borgestad just shot nine films for PayPal and Horton-Stephens provided a dream team through to completion of final edit. Gary Salter was shooting moving image at the same time for 'Seriously', a technical tour de force with motion control rigs and complex post-production.  

Marco Mori is enormously popular and work for the M&S ‘Spend it Well’ campaign can now be seen. Other lifestylers Florian Geiss, James Bowden, Jason Knott and Nick Dolding all have new work online and new folios to view.

Top food photographer Karen Thomas has been working on the new Sainsbury’s campaign as well as for Lidl and Dolmio. The agency represents several food photographers, each with their own inimitable style.

There’s much more from the rest of the team online and visiting the 'Latest News' section is always a good call. See the Platform section for new talent, choice of two CGI companies and moving image at sister agency hortonsshortuns.com."

Initials LA is a photo management and production agency based in Antwerp and Amsterdam. The agency is known for representing both established and new photographers and film-makers, as well as being an expert in photo and mood film production.

Initials LA represents top-level photographers in all fields of photography. Fashion, advertising, portrait, still life, beauty, interior or food: each photographer has their own unique style and field of expertise, often including some serious film-making expertise.

Each project deserves a custom made approach. Initials LA will compose the best possible creative team and work with the best, the coolest, the most influential and - last but not least - the most fun players in the field.

Clients include Interview Magazine, Essentiel, Kipling, New York Times, Samsonite, Ray-Ban, Wallpaper, Jimmy Choo, Sony, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Elle Magazine, Eastpak, Dior, Ricard, Opel, Marie Jo, PrimaDonna, Komono, L’Officiel, DMagazine, Uniqlo, Document Journal, Ikea, Google and many more.

Jupiter is the first and only Romanian artist representation agency working as a full service photography production house. The company exclusively represents a roster of established and emerging talents: photographers, make-up and hair artists, and stylists.

Jupiter is made of Stefan Dani, George Pruteanu, Horatiu Sovaiala, Ionut Staicu, Stefan Cociorvei, Vlad Anghel, Mike Nicolaev, Dragos Mitrofan, Alexandra Craescu, Javier Vergara, Raluca Craciun, Natalia Clima, Anna Podoleanu and Sebastian Sarghie.

Jupiter has its own set of satellites, Mandarina Models and Studio 82, as well as good resources for additional services such as location, set design, casting and production.

Kayte Ellis Agency has been described as a ‘Boutique Photographic Agency’, compact, stylish, and with only the best to offer. Despite the temptation to expand and take on numerous photographers, Kayte Ellis wanted to ensure that her agency was about talent and personal contact, quality over quantity.

Kayte Ellis Agency prides itself on only taking on photographers that demonstrate raw, original and genuine talent. Kayte set up her agency in 2001 and her reputation as an honest, professional and dedicated agent grew along with the client base.

Kayte has produced and worked with magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Interview, Elle, I-D, Numero, Esquire, GQ and The Rake as well as campaigns for worldwide brands including Adidas, Heineken, Heathrow, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Debenhams, Qatar Airlines, Sky, Diesel, Escada, Kenneth Cole, Max Factor, Specsavers, Jack Wills, Christian Dior, Dune, Hugo Boss, Stella McCartney and Landrover, to name a few.

The agency offers a full photographic production service meaning they really do work hand in hand with photographers and clients from across the fashion, celebrity, editorial, music, design and advertising industries.

Lila Management is a full service photographers' and production agency offering a high-class selection of talents working across fashion, beauty, lifestyle, people, portrait, still life, interior and food photography.

Lila Management has built a solid understanding of both client and agency perspectives by effectively supervising bookings, art buying and assembling production teams.

Managing every aspect of a production, including scheduling and budgeting, casting, location and organization, the agency balances the vision and expectations of both photographers and clients throughout the entire creative process.

Photographers: Pasquale Abbattista (Milan): Fashion; Daniel Breidt (Munich): Interior, Design; Felix Krüger (Hamburg): Fashion, Advertising, Portrait; Frank Stöckel (Hamburg): Still Life, Food, Interior; Frank Widemann (Munich): Fashion; Hanspeter Schneider (Zurich): Advertising, Fashion; Christian Gesselmann (Munich, Paris): Fashion; Dirk Spath (Munich): Fashion, Portrait; Philip Northcoombes (UK, USA): Sport, Lifestyle; Jens Mauritz (Munich): Still Life, Jewelery; Seb Winter (Berlin): Beauty, Hair, Fashion; Udo Spreitzenbarth (New York): Fashion, Advertising; Olivier Desarte (Brussels): Fashion, Beauty. Special booking Helge Branscheidt (Hamburg): Hair & Make-up.

Proudly representing a small family of award-winning photographers, Process is a bespoke London-based photographic agency offering clients a full production service, with leading industry resources and expert support and creative advice.

Producing diverse imagery for the advertising, design and editorial markets, the Process stable is home to internationally acclaimed photographers, Dirk Rees, Chris Turner, Louisa Parry, Gareth Sambidge, Simon Winnall, Dario Mitidieri and Simon Webb.

The Process team are stepping into the summer with a wide range of exciting new projects, including shoots for Godiva, Ballantine's, Elizabeth Arden, Aramis, Fedex, KFC, Halfords and Selfridges. "We’re also celebrating the launch of our website revamp - you can visit the new Process website to find all of our recent shoot updates and sign-up to our newsletter."

SIDECAR is a collaboration space made up of a small group of photographers, producers, directors and stylists specialising in portraiture, lifestyle, corporate and fashion.

"We work closely, bringing excellent teams together to create a respected work environment. We approach projects with a sincere discipline, while bridging creative ideas and embracing client relationships. We take on a variety of visual opportunities including studio shoots with specialised casting and style needs, to set builds with complicated prop requirements, to lifestyle shoots on location with extensive talent specs and style direction.

Projects are cared for with specific client needs in mind, bringing premium vision to each assignment whether it’s video or photography.“

Recent projects include Ramy Brook with Geoffrey Badner, PFM group with Walter Smith, and UNYTS with Rhea Anna.

Our new home, called Warehouse Studios, situates us next to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn."

SudEst57 in Milan is an agency for internationally renowned photographers. The agency connects its photographers with companies worldwide for high level commercial and corporate assignments.

SudEst57 represents Steve McCurry, Elliott Erwitt, Lorenzo Vitturi, Eolo Perfido, Susi Belianska, Dario Mitidieri, Paul Goirand, Howard Schatz and Christian Cravo.

This year three new photographers have joined the agency: Paolo Pellegrin, Gian Paolo Barbieri and Joey L.

Clients include Valentino, Jacob Cohen, Sony, Etnia, Opel, Ferrero, Adidas, Samsung, BMW, Rolex, Milan A.C., Heineken, Lavazza, Enel, Sky, Illy, ABB, Diesel, Luxottica, Safilo, Novartis, Yamaha, Tod's, Telecom, Arena, Procter&Gamble, Breil, Ermenegildo Zegna, Philips, Unilever, Hotpoint-Ariston, Indesit, Mini, Pepsi, Police, Skoda, Lamborghini, Artemide, Pirelli; and agencies include Saatchi, Leo Burnett, McCann Erickson, Grey, 1861 United, DLVBBDO, Cayenne, Burson & Marsteller, Armando Testa, Young & Rubicam, TBWA, DDB, Publicis, Scholz & Friends and more.

Visit the website for more information and to view other projects.