warsaw Oct 2009

AF Photo is a leading Polish photo agency based in Warsaw. Its portfolio has been recognised this year in European markets and the company has been commissioned by Pantene and Chanel, amongst other high-profile clients.

The agency began life with styling and make-up portfolios, offering complete professional packages for the most demanding of photo shoots. Its photography talents recently worked on fashion and commercial assignments for clients including:

• Pantene - Aldona Karczmarczyk.
• Chanel - Marcin Tyszka.
• Gino Rossi - Mateusz Stankiewicz.

The agency is excited to announce that photographer Rafa Milach won 'Picture of the Year' for his documentary on the Black Sea.

During the upcoming season the agency plans to open a branch in Germany.

After two years of dynamic activity, SHOOTME photographers and production has established a reputation for innovative professionalism. The company represents talented photographers whose skills derive from the fine arts and have subsequently blossomed in a variety of ways to cover the wide spectrum of clients' expectation.

The quality and originality of the company's commercial projects comes from the individual style and constant development of each photographer. Despite using modern technology, it is the innovative approach and feeling of actual trends that makes their work exceptional. They believe the photographs they take should speak for themselves. Bringing any particular vision to reality in an unusual way, the SHOOTME photographers present their creative and winning proposals considering both their client's intentions and a job's particular requirements.

SHOOTME collaborates with leading professionals to provide full production services, from concept through creation to project delivery, at home in Poland and around the globe.

Metaluna specialises in representing photographers, stylists, hair stylists and make-up artists. Founded over 10 years ago, the company is now one of the leading agencies in Poland and frequently works for big international brands including Astor, Avon, Pepsi and Audi.

Photo shoots and productions completed by Metaluna have featured in major fashion magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan and Glamour, to name just a few.

Combined with sister brands Rebel Models (modelling agency) and Metaluna Studio (post production), Metaluna Agency is able to provide full service production that can satisfy its clients' every request.

Photoby offers professional photography solutions for the advertising industry. The agency specialises in creative art buying and provides comprehensive photo production services, representing a select group of acknowledged international and Polish photographers.

The company cooperates closely with global network agencies and creative boutiques in the Central and Eastern European regions, providing its photographic expertise to both local and international clients.

Clients include brands such as Absolut, Jacobs, Citibank, HSBC, Fiat, Mercedes, Renault, Toyota, Shell, Microsoft, SAP, Ariel, Colgate, Pantene, Sunsilk, Converse, Knorr, McDonald's, Snickers, Bayer, Pedigree, Whiskas, Amnesty International and WWF, to name just a few.

Photoproduction's main focus is on photo shoot production and advice. The company holds its own lighting equipment, which is currently the most recognised system available in Poland, and is a proud member of Broncolor's 'World Light Rental' scheme.

The company uses the most advanced photographic equipment available, including PhaseOne, Hasselblad and Nikon. Its studio is conveniently located in a beautiful, historic building in the heart of Warsaw. The Photoproduction team is passionate about photography and constantly strives to broaden its knowledge and better its skills. Most of the crew are graduates of the exclusive Lodz Film School.

Clients include Adidas, Procter & Gamble, Alior, Elle, Bauer, Gruner & Juhr, BMW, Nikon, Saatchi & Saatchi, and many more.

Andrzej Dragan was born in 1978 and went on to study in Warsaw and on scholarships in Amsterdam, Oxford and Lisbon. He received his PhD in quantum physics cum laude in 2005. He has been involved in photography since 2003.

Andrzej has published his work in magazines and books in 12 different countries, including Luzer's '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide 2006'. He was awarded with gold and silver medals at the KTR ad festival in 2006, two silvers and a bronze in 2007, and two golds, two silvers and two bronzes in 2008. He was nominated to the Cannes Lion award at the Cannes Festival 2006 and received a silver medal in the Corbis Photography Awards 2007, a gold medal at the Golden Drum Festival 2007, and a bronze in the Epica Awards 2007. He came third in the Pilsner Uruquell Contest 2007, and was awarded 'Photographer of the Year 2007' by Digital Camera Magazine, UK.

Andrzej has worked with agencies including Brain, DDB, Grey, BBDO, Euro RSCG, JWT, McCann-Erickson, Ogilvy, Scholz & Friends and TBWA, as well as for clients Amnesty International, Aniela, Arkadia, Axura, Converse, Energizer, Jaga Hupalo, MacMillan UK, Play, PlayStation UK, Polpharma, Radio Eska and Xbox.

Portrait and advertising photographer Szymon Kobusinski was born in Warsaw in 1973. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School in Lodz and shoots photographs that reveal a real passion for creating unique images.

Instinct and intuition are his main drive. He is the author of many individual exhibitions and was a mentor at Photo Lab Nokia Trends 2007.

Szymon has received numerous awards, including first place in the professional photographers competition Fashionable Nokia, 2004. He frequently collaborates with brands including Nikon, Nokia, Sigma, Philips, TVP and Polpharma.

Located in Krakow, House of Retouching specialises in fashion, portraiture and commercial images. Offering high-end post production, the retouching studio concentrates on visual perfection that delivers a natural look, even on the most complicated of projects.

The studio's work can be characterised as very detail-orientated and is achieved mostly through nondestructive techniques. Constantly developing its portfolio, House of Retouching strives to achieve new looks to give photographs a fresh clientele.

Always meeting deadlines and fully satisfying its clients, House of Retouching is proud to have worked with Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Reebok, American Express, Channel 5, Dunhill, and many more.

Ars Thanea is a creative agency focused on creation, design and new technologies.

Offering a wide range of services, from illustration through to design and advanced technology products, the company's passion is to be challenged by clients with projects that demand the highest quality output. In terms of creative execution, project experience and development, Ars Thanea is ready for any challenge.

Clients include The Discovery Channel, Kompania Piwowarska, Deutsche Bank, Nutricia Polska, Allegro, Nike, Unicef, Ubisoft, Oakley, Saatchi & Saatchi UK, Tequilla UK, Tiempo BBDO, BBH Singapore, McCann Erickson Madrid and North Kingdom, to name just a few.

Located in a former lace factory on Burakowska Street, the artists at Jaga Hupalo & Thomas Wolff Hair Design apply their unique skills to transform the image of some the biggest stars in Polish show-business. The atelier teaches art, patience and craft to achieve the finest results.

The company has collaborated with fashion magazines and marketing agencies including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Saatchi & Saatchi and Pro Media House.

Jaga has also designed hair-dos for prestigious National Opera and Music Theatre productions including 'Otello', 'Madame Butterfly', 'Oniegin' and 'Cats'. She also invented 'J&T Hairsystem', her own line of haircare products.

Project Album is the ideal source for company information and services offered by media, fashion, photo, film, music, advertising and other creative industries throughout Poland.

Its target group includes creative and artistic directors, advertising and PR agencies, producers, managers, directors and editors of media publications, and marketing executives across all industries.

Project Album is delivered in a luxury, hardcover 400+ page catalogue format and online directory, with extended portfolios and search engine. The catalogue was launched in April and the online version in July, 2009.

The next edition will be published in April 2010. Visit the website for more information.