PHOTOGRAPHERS' AGENTS Jul 2023

Controluce is a leading management talent company headquartered in Milan, specialising in the creative fields of photography, directing, videography, and visual arts.

"Fresh ideas and a young mindset guide us to shape impactful content, putting the sparks and visions of our talents to the enhancement of our clients’ needs.

With a primary focus on the fashion industry, we have established connections with trusted fashion brands such as Luxottica, Gucci, Valentino, Dolce&Gabbana and prestigious magazines including Vogue, Numèro and NR among others. Our expertise lies in matching talented artists with brands seeking creative excellence and innovative visual storytelling.

Controluce continues to shape the creative landscape, bringing together talent, brands, and artistic expression with the ability to capture the essence of fashion, beauty, and design to create captivating and impactful visual experiences.

We reach as far as our pursuit of detail leads us. Always observing, never without care."

For over 25 years D-tales Creative Agency has established itself as the go-to destination for exceptional professionals in the fashion, advertising, and related industries. With a wide array of highly skilled and talented individuals, including photographers, stylists, hair and make-up artists, they have built a reputation for reliability and excellence.

As the premier and largest agency of its kind, D-tales Creative Agency is the top choice for both local and international clients operating in Greece. Their expertise extends beyond borders, as they frequently export their creative professionals to fulfill demands worldwide.

In addition to their extensive talent pool, D-tales Creative Agency offers a comprehensive range of photo and film production management services. This includes services such as location scouting, casting management, crew hiring, equipment rental, and post-production, ensuring a seamless and efficient production process from start to finish.

Clients include Publicis Conseil FR, Dior, Zalando X Adidas, Apivita, Himalaya, Pantene, Schwarzkopf, Armani Beauty, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Vichy, Clinique, Veet FR, Body Shop, Gavello, Vacheron Constantin, Carl F. Bucherer, Segway, Nike, Fanta, Coca-Cola, and Holland's Next Top Model.

Horton-Stephens, London's leading photographers' agents for over 25 years, have been busy as usual shooting stills and moving image, from online content to TVC. Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of new work, but be sure to visit the site for a full run-down, including amazing motion CG work by Revenant and their latest signing Samuel McElwee. 

Horton-Stephens is well-known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what the team do. Great production remains key to the success of all their shoots. They are friendly and approachable, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of lighting, casting, locations (in the UK and worldwide), set building, timings, post-production, cgi and moving image - whether shooting TVCs or on the back of TVCs (a very particular challenge that they deal with often, where they only have moments to get the shot), they have done it all.

Head over to their Latest News section of the website to see recent projects and more.

JSR is a London-based agency representing an award-winning roster of artists.

The agency represents photographers, illustrators, animators and CGI artists creating campaigns for advertising agencies and direct clients across the world.

Recent projects include: images and motion for Vanguard's 'Tough Mudder' campaign by Henrik Knudsen and BOOM CGI. Top Peloton instructors by sports photographer Dominic Marley, high end stills for Augustinus Bader skincare by Amy Currell. Arnhel de Serra shot the campaign for children's bank cards Go Henry.

Matt Hind shot luxury fashion editorial for Millionair Magazine, Oliver Paffrath shot the new Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Olivia Beasley's shot of Gigi was chosen as LensCulture editor's pick Street Photography Awards 2023.

Litcreative Agency represents a curated group of image-makers who collaborate in a range of creative disciplines.

"Together with our artists, we offer a fully-integrated approach to brand and editorial collaborations, encompassing photography, film, beauty, fashion, art direction, set design, and brand strategy. With our global network, we serve as a reference connecting Europe and North America to Brazil and Brazil to the world."

Maintaining a boutique approach, Litcreative is dedicated to both client and artist aspirations.

Working with diverse fashion and lifestyle brands, celebrities, and advertising, Litcreative Agency is committed to creating a positive experience, building long-lasting relationships with synergy and trust.

"Characterised by heart-stopping stunts and adrenaline-charged tricks, the art of BikeLife has become a dynamic sport with an uninhibited spirit. Creating an extensive project of stunning stills and moving image, award-winning photographer and director Matthew Joseph hit the streets of Baltimore and New York to capture the BikeLife community in action.

More standout work for Matt includes the recent moving image project ‘Cameron’ which tells an epic story of captivating athletics shot in the fast-paced world of a young South African making a splash on the Cape Town parkour scene.

We’re delighted to announce that Matt is a finalist in this year’s upcoming AOP awards, where both the Cameron and BikeLife projects have been selected to appear in the finalist’s exhibition, and we’re looking forward to celebrating his work at the 38th annual awards where the competition winners will be revealed at the end of the summer! Best of luck to all the finalists."

"We are a Lisbon-based multidisciplinary agency founded in 2016 representing well established and emerging talents in hair, makeup, styling, photography and film.

Engaged in exploring the different identities of their unique image makers and expanding the range of creative disciplines in the beauty and fashion industries, Solve has been creating everything from advertising campaigns with leading brands to high fashion editorials, while accompanying and questioning the developments of the world and – we like to think – contributing to a positive change.

Our artists collaborate with top magazines, notable clients, such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Lacoste, Numéro, Pantene, Hunter & Gatti, GQ, Elle, Men’s Health, Chanel, Armani, Dior, El Corte Inglés, L’Oréal, among others."

Sudest57 was founded in 2002 by Biba Giacchetti and Giuseppe Ceroni. Their innovative concept was to create a connection between masters of photography and companies in order to conceive and execute high-level commercial and corporate assignments.

The agency has been strongly influenced by the important names with whom it has collaborated since the beginning, such as Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark or James Nachtwey, and today with Steve McCurry, Duane Michals, Joey Lawrence, Lorenzo Vitturi, Hannah Whitaker, Sacha Goldberger, Susi Belianska, Eolo Perfido, Garrigosa Studio.

Sudest57 has always been attentive to selecting talents to collaborate with, keeping creativity and quality as the focal point. Sudest57 also conceives and produces photographic exhibitions and books in collaboration with museums, and has earned a reputation among collectors in the field of fine-art prints.

Sudest57 is based in Milan and produces and collaborates with clients and artists worldwide.