FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY + MOTION Apr 2018

Bruno Juminer explores sophistication in everyday life. Due to his thorough approach, the way he photographs intimacy leaves no room for indelicacy. He loves life and likes capturing its emotions by picking up through his lens the various faces he encounters.

Working between Paris, New York and Milan, Bruno manages to adjust to any situation and maintain his very personal style.

His passion for photography along with his integrity make every shoot not only a professional one but also a human experience. To immerse himself even more with the characters he portrays, Bruno includes moving images in his current work.

Carlos Lumiere was greatly influenced at a young age by his father's work as a photographer. In 1989, Carlos moved from Spain to Miami to work as a photographer for a Spanish press agency, and it was here that he decided to devote his career and life to high-fashion photography. This passion has taken him to cities around the world, allowing Carlos to develop a stunning and diverse portfolio.

His photos are best known for blending classic lines with luscious colours and textures. His style is rich, emotive and dynamic - it's this that attracts high-profile fashion designers, advertising campaigns and magazines to work with him, including L’Oréal, Balenciaga, Harper's Bazaar, Harrods, Hackett, Vivienne Westwood, Valore, Royal Ascot, Elle, FHM and GQ.

Carlos now divides his time between his studio Lumiere London, working for his own magazine Fashiopolis, and searching for his next great shoot.

Cayetano González is a Spanish fashion and portrait photographer based in Barcelona. He also works as a cinematographer and occasionally as a fashion film and music video director.

After studying film and Fine Arts and working as a freelance studio photographer, he decided to start developing a portrait project based on exclusively natural light while combining analogue and digital photography.

Perfecting natural light is what occupies most of his time (studying, working and teaching). He now hosts workshops all around the world, helping other photographers and cinematographers in Los Angeles, New York, Barcelona, Rome, and more.

His editorial work has been seen in Vogue Italy, Elle Spain, Kluid Magazine and Jute Mag as well as commercial work for Shana, H&M, Dolores Cortés and Dorsia.

He loves the excitement of collaboration, of realising something beautiful from an idea and of working with a great team. "It’s challenging, exciting and always fun!"

David Beger is a commercial photographer concentrating on fashion, lifestyle, portrait and advertising photography.

He started his career by studying photography at FH-München. David has been working for international clients for more than 10 years and his approach to creating big pictures comes from a deep understanding of his clients' needs.

A recent highlight was shooting a social media campaign and website content for Nivea.

David is happy to work for local clients and to travel worldwide for international photo productions.

David Hou has been a working photographer to many international celebrities in the fashion, music, and theatre world for over 15 years. His passion for life and down-to-earth mannerism are reflected in his images, capturing an effortless sense of beauty and elegance in both personal and commercial work.

David strives to be a professional fisherman, but is often outsmarted by sunfish.

JD Forte is a fashion and portrait photographer with many commercial video directing credits to his name.

He works for fashion houses, international and national magazines, beauty companies, and luxury brands.

JD divides his time between Miami and New York City, and can always be found travelling with his side kick, Jude (Chihuahua).

Kavak is a young fashion photographer based in Paris. Interpreting images through his dramatic and colourful vision while telling a story through his pictures is his style of work. From the artistic to the commercial side of fashion, he tries to combine both to get the best result for his clients and their audiences.

Clients come from  across the spectrum, from haute couture to jewellery, magazines to modelling agencies and celebrities such as actress Evelyn Sharma.

Sam Faulkner creates fashion and beauty films for the world’s leading brands. This Spotlight includes recent work for clients like Revlon and Vogue as well as some work from the archive.

Sam and his small team work with clients and creatives to understand their creative vision and how to achieve it within budget. They can handle anything from social media content to TV commercials.

Fashion clients include Marc Jacobs, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Hugo Boss, Love Magazine, Vogue and Liu Jo.

Beauty clients include Shiseido, Rimmel, Revlon, Kerastase, Dove and Max Factor.

This Spotlight includes films and BTS made with photographers including Mario Testino, Sølve Sundsbø and Mert & Marcus.

Find more work at samfaulkner.com

Samantha Lausted is a high-end freelance fashion and marketing photographer with a passion for capturing aesthetic design. Growing up in West Palm Beach, Samantha discovered her love for photography after purchasing her first camera at the age of 13 - and she hasn't put a lens down since! She pursued her BFA in Photography and Digital Imaging at the Ringling College of Art and Design, where she graduated with honors.

Samantha launched her career in New York City, interning for the renowned National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. She also worked as an assistant to fine art photographer Jessica Craig-Martin. Samantha's attention to detail and unique creativity landed her at the fashion and lifestyle brand Peace Love World ("PLW"), where she excelled as a Marketing Designer and Photographer. During her five years at PLW, she supervised, designed, and photographed countless lookbooks and campaigns for the company.

Samantha is currently residing in Key Largo, Florida and offers fashion and lifestyle photography services to Miami and New York.

Santiago Ruisenor is a highly recognised fashion, beauty and advertising photographer based between Mexico City and New York.

Originally, he started as a cinematographer shooting ads, short films and music videos. He made the switch to still photography and mainly shot album covers and portraits, and soon after was offered the position of Photo Editor for Elle Mexico where he was house photographer for the next eight years, shooting covers, fashion and beauty for many Elle publications around the globe.

From then on he has shot covers for Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Instyle and Glamour, among many others, with top models such as David Gandy, Jon Kortajarena, Jarrod Scott, Coco Rocha and many more. His main clients are Palacio de Hierro, Scappino, Liverpool, Apple and many others.

He is currently working on a documentary project in Mexico.

Stefanie Parkinson is a Los Angeles-based commercial and editorial photographer. She has 13 years of experience working with brands including Google, Verizon Wireless, Dannon, The Limited, Eddie Bauer, Huffington Post, Woolrich, Amazon, Katsuya of Hollywood, LA Food and Wine, Nationwide Insurance, Lane Bryant, SBE, Wagstaff Worldwide, and E! Entertainment.

Her work has also been seen in publications such as Food & Wine, LA Magazine, Angeleno Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Voice, Hollywood Press, Crave, Haute Living, CBS Los Angeles, Tinsel Tokyo Magazine, Cake Magazine, Ladygunn Magazine, Tirade Magazine, Vogue Italia, and Elegant Magazine.

She graduated cum laude with multiple scholarships from The Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA in Photography.

Zac Stone has worked in visual media for 21 years. Before photography, he was a film-maker, art director, lecturer and graphic designer. Zac's photography began as an informal journal, a way to remember outfits he saw on his travels and experiment with equipment and developing styles. It was at a chance meeting that some of those images were shared and Zac was assigned a cover and eight-page editorial for an Australian fashion publication.

Zac has continued to expand his distinctive, impactful style of fashion and art photography and is now based in New York City, exhibiting worldwide. His work is influenced by his parents, friends and clients, memories of homes and art from his childhood, science fiction and fantasy movies, surreal and Pop Art, food, and gentle paranoia.

Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of campaign and editorial work for various international clients, exhibitions and publications.