switzerland Apr 2021

Thomas Baumann lives in Zurich and Thun, next to the Alps, where he spends a lot of time skiing, biking and scouting new locations. He worked a lot with Air Zermatt doing arial and air to air shoots for several clients. He loves the documentary style as well as well concepted and staged photography in teams - "I am driven by the joy of working alongside passionate creatives to create beautiful work through a unified vision."

Recent clients are Hamilton International, Swiss Science Council SSC, Saldo and DC Bank.

Alex Buschor, born in Switzerland, was trained as a photographer in Adelaide, Australia. He has been working as a photographer for more than 20 years and during this time he has become one of the leading photographers in the field of cycling and architecture.

Meanwhile Alex not only works as a photographer, but also produces and realises complete film productions. In the last year he was able to realise many projects. Especially popular are projects that include both photos and film.

Due to his great experience in different areas, Alex has been able to work with many different clients. The current Showcase shows a selection of tours he has done with the renowned bike magazine Ride. Again and again well-known bikers are present, like Nino Schurter. Alex's work is very much appreciated and praised in the bike scene.

Dennis Savini is a professional photographer based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Specialised in food and drink photography, he and his team are mostly working for international clients like Mövenpick, Accor, Thermomix, Feuerring, Le Menu, Swiss Tourism, Heineken and others. Dennis Savini also photographs editorials for magazines and regularly produces cookbooks. He has an excellent team of food stylists and cooks, as well as well trained assistants which allows him to organise efficient and cost effective all-in productions.

His studio is located in the center of Zurich, right beside the famous Bellevue and the Lake of Zurich. It is spacious and 5.5m high, offering all installations and state of the art equipment needed for perfect and high standard photography.  

"As a photographer, I am an experienced team player. I am used to working on concepts given by agencies or developed individually for the client. Quality is no coincidence. My goal is to go for a perfect job even under difficult conditions and, above all, I do love my job."

Daniel Infanger is a Swiss-based photographer and director, specialised in film and photography for international advertisng and corporate clients.

Latest projects shown in this Showcase:

• Jelmoli Versand – Bademode shooting with Christa Rigozzi in Ascona, Ticino.
• BLKB – coporate shooting with CEO of BLKB Bank.
• Actress shooting – with Sabine Fehr for Actors and Faces, Berlin.
• Fondation la Villette – just finished an art book shot on wet plate collodion with Stefan Sappert with Antoine de Caunes Portrait, French television presenter, actor, writer and film director and various musicians.
• Choba Choba – Art direction and photography for Choba Choba Limited Art Edition Chocolate Box with Stephan Eicher. Choba Choba – Grand Cru chocolate directly from the farms.
• Clear Chanel – 10 films for Clear Chanel in collaboration with Fachklasse Grafik, Luzern.

For Marco Aste, the year 2020 also had positive moments, such as slowing down and taking the time to take stock of the situation. He realised that life is also beautiful in such a phase, it was important in such a situation to keep the emotions and passion in his work high.

Another essential point for him was that he could tackle new things like video and video animations, photo shoots, new customers or rediscovered customers to live these emotions. Of course, the measures like masks, distance and hygiene were not always the coolest thing in the world but it was worth it for his health.

He was asked by Johnson & Johnson for a video production instead of a planned event in January, to produce different TV shows (Trauma TV) like News, Selling TV, Shark Tank, and Discussion Round. Animation videos for DePuy Synthes and a few photo shoots for Die Weltwoche, Familienpass Magazin and Gruner AG were also added. 

Some of his latest works: Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Synthes, Die Weltwoche, Familienpass Magazin, Gruner AG, The 50Plus editorial.

Andreana Scanderbeg (born in Los Angeles/USA) and Alexander Sauer (born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) have worked together since 2005. Their photography / 3D-work is primarily focused on the meeting of the corporate, industrial and personal, all characterized by a unique visual expression and consistent vision. Through strong, complementary skills the team achieves brilliant end results.

Their experience, efficiency and can-do attitude enable them to master just about every production. During all projects, they adhere to the COVID measures and make sure that everything runs as smoothly as usual. Scanderbeg Sauer's top priority is to keep the crew and set safe while continuing to be able to do the work they love! – "It's been good getting back to some degree of normality lately, with more and more projects being signed off. Here's a sneak peek. Discover more on our website! “

Selected references: Audemars Piguet, BMW, Burckhardt Compression, Clariant, Credit Suisse, ISS Switzerland, Lakestar, MINI, Munich Re, SWISS, The Telegraph, Vanity Fair London.

Claudia Link‘s work includes recipe photography and new image styles for food and drink as well. She mainly focuses on travel, portrait and lifestyle photography and has a graphic, clean look to her pictures that is simultaneously enriched and transformed by applying a subtle artistic influence.

Together with an experienced team of food stylists and other professionals, Claudia is well known for her clear vision and clean style of photography.

She is based nearby Basel in a spacious studio with a fully equipped kitchen for big food productions, from where she creates unique visual work alongside internationally renowned food stylists, hair and make-up artists.

In addition to commissioned work, Claudia also focuses heavily on her own projects. In them she tries to visualise her style even more. She loves meeting people and working in a big team.

More and more Claudia is involved in big commercial productions, where she takes pictures during the shooting for customers such as Swiss Post, UBS and many more.

Spyros is from Athens, Greece. He studied Construction Management at the National Technological Institute of Piraeus in Athens, and soon realised that art was the highway for him to express himself, and photography in particular was the path he needed to follow in order to become a professional.

Architects and designers have trusted him from the very beginning of his photography career, giving him the chance to capture some great pictures of their creations while getting published in numerous magazines, books, catalogues and websites. Architecture is one of his favorite subjects to work with. Residences, architectural formations, industrial constructions, urban spaces, and facilities are the subjects he mostly finds interest in. He also focuses on black and white art photography.

Production Pool is an international full service production company with teams in Switzerland, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Cape Town.

Our expertise ranges from stills to motion production, from fashion to advertising and editorial.

Recent productions include:

• Loro Piana: campaign; photographer Lukas Wassmann; DoP KG Studio.
• Aubade: campaign; photographer Markus Jans.
• Birkenstock: campaign; photographer Lukas Wassmann; DoP Kristian Sickinger.
• Credit Suisse: campaign; photographer Per Kasch; video Kristian Sickinger.

Other recent clients include brands and magazines such as Adidas, Agent Provocateur, Another Magazine, Birkenstock, Bogner, Elle, Garage Magazine, Givenchy, GQ, H+M, Joop, Loro Piana, Oysho, Purple, S.Oliver, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W Magazine, Zalando, and Zara.

Photographers, DOPs and directors that Production Pool has worked with include Boo George, Craig McDean, Daniel Riera, Ellen von Unwerth, Franklin Stanley, Frederike Helwig, Jonas Unger, Lukas Wassmann, Marcel Hartmann, Mariano Vivanco, Mario Testino, Markus Jans, Matt Jones, Mikael Jansson, Per Kasch, Sam Robinson, Sean Thomas, Stian Foss, Takay, Thomas Dirnhofer, Tom Munro, Wolf & Lamm, among others.

7 Mountains Productions – the magic mountain triangle of Switzerland, Italy and France.

When one thinks of Switzerland one pictures the incredible Swiss Alps. However, this incredible mountainous region spreads across France, Italy and Austria and 7 Mountains’ strength and operations reach every corner.

Their knowledge of snow shoots on glaciers is unrivalled and their strength is fashion and car shoots.They are passionate about bringing the beauty of the mountains to their clients and staff, ask them where can you get snow and a high altitude feeling 12 months a year.

Their team is made up of mountain guides and ski instructors as local knowledge is key to finding the most gorgeous lakes and cleanest glaciers. Every shoot is based on solid location scouting, their database reaches from Geneva to Gstaad, Mürren to Saas Fee, Annecy to Torino, Aosta to Chamonix, and all the snow, windy roads and picturesque villages in between. 

November Oscar Sierra Whiskey - The agency is reinventing itself again and again, due to the current difficult conditions and circumstances caused by the global pandemic, more than ever before.

The location house is also happy about the huge increase of new locations and exciting collaborations,  whether it is advice from their diverse location archive or specific scouting assignments for national and international customers, they're grateful for the many different projects over the past 12 months.

Recent projects included Audi with photographer Kai-Uwe Gundlach in cooperation with WIDE Production Hamburg, ON with photographer Lauretta Suter, Atupri with director Ben Strebel and Rosas and Co Films, J Magazine with Sven Bänziger and Tina Aich Production and many more.

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