nordic europe Jul 2019

"By working with Magnus Pajnert you’re not just getting a picture taken. He creates scenes to experience, and with a sharp eye directs anything and everything, from miniscule detail to the main focus of the shot. You can fully trust in his professionalism and ability knowing the outcome will be something exceptional.

His passion for industrial photography is distinct and has taken him on numerous trips around the world, capturing brand images for Volvo Trucks. His company, Nordic Light Pictures, is a full service provider, primarily for advertising agencies, event companies and larger direct customers. It delivers custom picture productions and photography, creative direction, photo production, retouching and final grading."

Ilja C. Hendel is an experienced photographer based in Oslo, Norway. He covers a broad range of topics but always with the same approach: to discover the motifs in actuality and on location.

This way of working results in a documentary feel to his pictures - even though they are for corporate use in annual reports, new visual identities, portraits, reportage or travel features for magazines.

lja works for international corporate clients, corporate publishing houses as well as leading magazines on assignments in Scandinavia and abroad. Moving to Norway from Germany in 2006, he speaks Norwegian, German and English. Recent commissions and work in progress can be seen on his website and Instagram.

Martin Dyrløv’s work is characterised by emotion, well balanced colour and composition - all with a Scandinavian aesthetic. Whether shooting lifestyle, interiors, food, landscapes or portraits, Martin is able to impart a contemporary feel while cultivating an authentic look.

Martin regularly works for advertising, editorial and book publishing clients which enables him to be very flexible in styles and looks. Recently, he was awarded shoots in Asia, South America and the US for some of the world's largest brands.

His new daylight studio in Copenhagen's central harbour area is a remarkably beautiful space from which he hosts clients from around the globe. It is an elegant combination of creativity and innovation that embraces advanced technologies to promote solutions tailor-made for today’s media culture.

Swedish photographers Marco Grizelj and Kristian Krän formed their cooperative trademark Aorta in 1996. Since then, the duo has excelled in a diverse range of photographic genres.

Their work is highly staged and draws the viewer into their fantastical worlds. They use their unique style and lighting in combination with a strong conceptual vision to create surreal and unique imagery.

Their talents have brought them numerous international awards and led them to work internationally with notable companies such as Harvey Nichols, IKEA, Volvo, Absolut Vodka, Channel 4, Monki, Elle, Wired, Time and GQ.

Polish-born, Oslo-based photographer Magdalena Nilsen specialises in food photography and food styling. She originally studied Geography because she "wanted to understand nature." In her view, "nature is our food and our medicine."

She describes her style as down to earth and organic. Her recent work includes developing recipes and photographing sourdough spelt bread and apple cider vinegar.

Call Magdalena direct on +47 93632590 to discuss upcoming projects. Visit her website to read more about her and check her latest blog post where more amazing photos can be seen.

Creativity and beautiful Scandinavian light come first. Søren Gammelmark is a well established photographer based in Aarhus, Denmark. His many years of working with photography at a high professionel level mean that he delivers great results in the studio as well as on location.

Søren will go to great lengths to get the right picture - the image that communicates what the client wants. He is a steady hand; to him, control, perfection and a guarantee of high quality for each and every picture is standard.

Clients include Arla food, Weber-Stephen Products, Morsø, Bang & Olufsen, Scanpan, Beoplay, Hoptimist, Dynaudio, Der Feinschmecker and Gastro.

Architectural photographer Mika Huisman is known for his dramatic use of natural light and high-quality post-production. These have been his trademarks throughout his career.

He uses various techiniques to bring out the soul of the buildings he photographs, although he won’t let the technicality of the process overrun the subject. Success is no accident.

Håvard Schei is an editorial and advertising photographer based in Oslo. Håvard loves to meet people with an open mind towards their self image and works regularly with portraying artists.

Featured in this Showcase is a recent collaboration with hip hop group Hemmelig Sekt (Secret Sect). The exploration of the group's visual style created a powerful black and white series.

Clients include artist Alan Walker, Universal Music and Sony Music, among others.

Stockholm-based Bianca Brandon-Cox is passionate about food, beverage and the people behind the food. She is a photographer and filmmaker who loves creating beautiful and engaging visual stories.

Bianca has now produced her the 23rd cookbook in 10 years, with recent work including 'Hävvi = Naturally: Southern Sámi Cuisine as interpreted by Elaine Asp' and 'Georgia, Blue Mountains, Green Kitchen and Amber Wine'.

Bianca works with both commercial and editorial clients and has won several prizes for her books, such as 'Best in the World' in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Located in Copenhagen, Denmark Kasper Løftgaard is an award-winning photographer and director, working with brands and media outlets from around the globe including The Wall Street Journal, Vice, GROHE, Zetland, Elle, Die Zeit and many others.

His creative process is derived from his background as a photojournalist, merging the worlds of documentary photography and commercial, visual storytelling.

Working with Kasper means you get a sense of realness and authenticity in every frame, and the peace of mind from working with someone who has been there before.

Elvi Rista for Sanoma Magazines.

"What would the dream client for a food photographer be like? I'd say something like Helsingin Sanomat. I've shot food for the biggest newspaper in Finland since 2011. I get to work with top-notch food editors and chefs, and the most wonderful thing in this collaboration is a mutual trust. The client trusts my vision - and when it comes to the visual side of the photos, they let me be as playful or serious, soulful or crazy as I feel is necessary to draw the attention and raise the interest in the readers. And lame is not what I think food photos should be!"

Blink Production is a boutique photo agency and production company, with offices in Copenhagen and Berlin, catering to the fashion and lifestyle industries for the past 15 years.

With a Scandinavian mindset, personal approach, and an eye for detail, any production – large or small – is handled and supervised by a hard-working and experienced crew, ensuring cost-efficient, timely and professional delivery every time.

Representing some of the best Danish fashion and lifestyle photographers and videographers, with a large network of international collaborators, 20 years of art buying experience and an extensive online location database, Blink is your one-stop destination for bringing creative concepts to life.

Recent clients include Zalando, Uniqlo, Net-a-porter, Mr Porter, About You, BonPrix, Carlsberg and Bang & Olufsen.

Most recent news from Hero Production is the opening of a branch in Belgrade - Serbia, the Hero x Shots party at Cannes, and productions with notable clients like Netflix, Forbes, Febi Bilstein, Sodastream, Comedy Central, Huawei and BMW.

Hero Production is the company to talk to if you need a production partner in Iceland, from fixer jobs to Hollywood blockbusters the team provides services for everything; location scouting and releases, logistics and crew, catering and car rentals, hotels and casting, equipment and post-production, and more.

"From daring shoots on floating icebergs and dramatic landscapes to gv’s and interviews in downtown Reykjavik with a skyline backdrop, everything is possible."

As one of the hottest locations in the film industry today, Iceland has a steady flow of productions in film and commercials. With the 25% tax rebate on productions and the accessibility to some of the most unreal locations, Iceland has quickly become a treasure for international production companies and creatives of all levels

With over 40 years of experience in the Icelandic film industry, Sagafilm has built a tremendous network of top-notch professionals around the country and a rich archive of locations. Its production service credits include Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Interstellar', 'Star Trek Into Darkness', 'Batman Begins', 'James Bond - A View to a Kill' and 'Die Another Day', 'Tomb Raider', Alexander Sokurov’s 'Faust', and the documentary 'Race to the South Pole'.

"Sagafilm provides a multi-talented production team that is, with the help of a dynamic and engaging landscape, fully committed to making your vision - big or small - come to life."

Republik Film Productions is a full production company based in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company offers full service for any-sized film or photo production in Iceland as well as solutions in filming in neighbouring countries.

Republik has a divison of experienced location specialists and producers that specialise in helping with demanding projects, in addition to making their own commercials, TV content and documentaries.

"Recently, we have had successful film and photo shoots servicing and producting for clients like S7 Airlines, ESPN, UGG, Men’s Health Magazine, Victoria Beer, Apple, LG, Lexus and Pepsi Max, amongst many others."

"As a full-service production company, we embark on adventures all the time, big and small, approachable and remote, tropical and polar. We work with teams from 10 to 100 people on set and for long hours at a time. The entire team is always away from home and luxury is seldom present. We value comfort though!

As a production company our biggest work is to provide well being to our teams: the time to let them focus on their purpose, the support that makes sure all practical needs are met, the space, location best fit for the job and the food - "Happy tummy, happy team" is one of our NODOP slogans.

When you are out all day, 15-hour days, for several days in a row, your best memories are created around the catering tables. This is where you cool down with fresh fruit and cool drinks or where you heat up with warm soup and hearty stews."

The team at Karpati Locations take care of location fees and contracts with private owners and can deal with any permit, crew or equipment requirements that might arise.

"Working across commercial, TV, print, video, film and fashion shoots, we will advise you with hotel choices, rental equipment, model agencies, make-up, wardrobe and photo assistants for your team. We are dedicated to providing the ideal location, staff and equipment."

Clients include Camp David Film, RAW Production UK, ANOMALY London LLP, HESSNATUR Summer Fashion, House Agency DDB, House of Radon Sweden and Crosby Stockholm.

Fake is an award-winning creative design and production studio. Its heritage is in creating outstanding visuals for stills, animation and effects for advertising and marketing, entertainment, visual communications, product launches and showrooms.

"We have built extensive expertise in creating cutting-edge VR and AR experiences, including our own Glue multi-user collaboration technology and service."

Fake’s strength lies in its highly-rated aesthetic knowledge combined with profound experience in communications, human experiences and problem-solving.

"Need support in Scandinavia? Strictly Scandinavia is the company to contact. We are a production service company founded in 2008. With more than 20 years of experience in film production, we know our way around the cities and countryside of Scandinavia. Our expertise lies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland.

Strictly Production is specialised in making every production set-up possible for international clients. Our close relationship with the authorities gives us an advantage regarding permits and clearings.

We’ve tried it all, so talk to us whether you’re looking for clearing a busy high-end business district in Copenhagen, or isolating an idyllic mountain road in Norway – and everything in between.

Strictly Production is a global production network with established sister production service departments in the Baltics, Croatia, South Africa and Dubai. We can not only deliver budgets from different countries and climates, but we also manage multinational productions. Aside from production services for film and commercials, we provide location services in Denmark, Copenhagen, Norway and southern Sweden.

We pride ourselves in having good, honest and creative dialogues with our clients, sharing our knowledge of the Scandinavian countries and guiding them to achieve a quality setting for both creative and economic film-making."

The Lab offers ultimate flexibility for all customers. Located close to the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark’s leading still photography production service features in-house, full-scale daylight studios, equipment rental, set-building, an experienced crew and an in-house restaurant.

"Whether you’re looking for a single location or need to coordinate full-scale production, we have more than 20 years of experience in finding all the right places and carrying out productions all over the globe."

During 2018, The Lab expanded to a total of seven studios while the set building department grew into a full-scale workshop able to help with every size of project.

Clients range from upcoming photographers to worldwide companies such as Bolia, Jotun, WMF, HAY, Pandora, Ganni, Cecilie Bahnsen, Boozt and Miu Miu.