eastern europe & balkans Jul 2021

"THISISNOTANOTHERAGENCY is a Greece-based agency, and creative production company that produces premium print and digital content, for all branded platforms and mediums.

Content is undoubtedly our thing. The agency offers a full range of production services including art-buying, concept development, production design and management, location scouting, etc. Overall, we take care of every little detail that allows a smooth flow of the creative process, as well as the actual film/shooting run, and anything else.

Merging THISISNOTANOTHERSTUDIO’s expertise with the services of ATH-STUDIO, a 240sqm open workspace, the team actively redefines creativity and expression in the heart of Athens."

10AM is an artists' management agency and a full service production company; a team consisting of photographers, stylists, make-up artists and hair stylists who work independently or collectively.  

10AM provides images and motion that best portray the fashion industry's needs. Besides, 10AM takes pride in supporting the realisation of any fashion and advertising project. Services include: creative development, pre-production, casting, crew hire, location scouting, studio and equipment rental, production management and post-production. 

Clients include: Christian Louboutin, Zara, Maison Margiela, Net-A-Porter, Oseree, Bvlgari, Harvey Nichols, Vogue UA, Harper’s Bazaar Germany, and Vanity Fair Italy.

Pinarto Creative Studio delivers professional and attractive visual content to its clients across Europe and abroad. The studio provides flexible full production service on video or photo shooting. It offers creativity and original ideas that the team transforms into scenarios or photo setups.

Pinarto supports the complete production process, including location suggestions, styling, make-up, props and the shots taken by professional photographers. The final output is then treated in studio with great care in post-production.

Cost-effective and stress-free photo & film production in Croatia.

Get the best possible value and quality production in Croatia with the help of Pillowtree Productions. Choose from their unique locations database, use their remote production option, count on their strong partnerships, valuable experience and a personal approach to your project.

“We are a boutique family-run company. We care a lot about what we do and we aim to always do it wholeheartedly. While organising our shootings to be safe and private is one of our main goals, it is also to make our international clients and associates feel at home while working with us, and to experience all the beauty Croatia has to offer.

From amazing locations, great hospitality, professional and friendly crew all the way to the delicious local cuisine. We call a project successful if both our clients and crew have an amazing experience and leave with a smile on their face while saying goodbye to some new-found friends."

Almost Ready offers full production services, including CGI, retouch, post-production, and animation, in their offices in both Romania and Hungary. They cover support for the entire process and a complete roster of talented artists: directors, photographers, retouchers, animators, and CGI artists.

They are also doing remote work for several clients. Both countries in which Almost Ready has offices in offer one-of-a-kind locations. Budapest's amazing cityscapes and the urban architecture make a great team with the epic and varied Romanian landscape: the Carpathian Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Danube Delta.

Client list includes clients like Vodafone, Panasonic, Nike, SZIGET, and Paramount Pictures.

Milan Radulovic is a studio still life photographer based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He shoots food and liquid splashes, cosmetics and everyday objects.  

Working from his purpose built still life studio, Milan is covering the whole process, from the idea sketching to shooting and retouching.  

He's been specialising in still life photography for over 15 years, distributing his work through the main stock photography agencies.

Jakub is a photographer based in Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in sports, lifestyle and portrait photography.

Natural authentic moments define his style and creating a relaxed and friendly set is a key ingredient for that. No matter if it is a high-paced action photoshoot at sunrise or a studio portrait session with a large crew.

Jakub has been lucky to work with some great brands like Nike, Puma, BNP Paribas to name a few and people including Olympic gold medal winners, over the course of the last almost 15 years. As an ex-athlete himself with a masters degree in sports marketing, he has a great understanding of the whole process from start to finish.

For more information, please visit his website and Instagram.

Bas’s commercial and documentary projects span the globe. His strength lies in finding common ground with his subjects, leading to evocative, genuine and energetic imagery. His intuitive approach includes the sweet blend of documentary with a refined edge built up over more than five years assisting some of the world's finest advertising photographers, both in Europe and New Zealand.

Last year, Bas directed his first two short films which came from stories that caught his eye while on commissioned shoots in Oman and Cuba. His directorial debut ‘Everything is Temporary’ premiered on Nowness, and you can find the trailer of his second documentary short film ‘Yusef y Ramiro’ here.

Anna Rapcińska is a beauty, fashion and portrait photographer based in Gdańsk, Poland, but available worldwide. 

Her signature look is bold, dramatic and often vivid with colour. She likes to portray people as strong and empowered. Her subjects will most likely pierce you with gaze or strike the pose that leaves no doubt who the boss is. 

She enjoys working with non-models and directing them "piece by piece" to achieve great and confident looks.

In 2020 she gained her first exposure on the international level. Her "Blank Canvas" work was awarded Honorable Mention in IPA Photoawards, Advertising: Beauty / Professional category. "Relationship with self", which is a strictly personal piece, won a Bronze Medal in World’s Top 10 Fine Art Photo Contest 2020 / Portrait held by OneEyeland. As a nice addition, images from her beauty series "Entanglement" and "Glowing" made it finalists in the World’s Top 10 Fashion Photo Contest 2020 / Advertising, held by One Eyeland as well.

Yaroslav Danylchenko works as an individual photographer and runs an advertising food and product studio providing photo and post production services for the past 5 years.

Available for shootings worldwide and inhouse photo and post production services in Kyiv, Ukraine.

His studio launched remote projects right after the start of the 2020 pandemic and completed online shoots for clients from Great Britain, Austria and Belarus.

With the experience in this new way of work, they can now provide remote product and food photography services.

Products can be shipped to them (customs clearance may be included); they can create mockups using samples or references to replace real products; use local products or food to create everything that they need to complete the project.