germany May 2009

Marion Eckhardt, Hamburg, proudly presents two new photographers:

• Christian Steinhausen is based in Berlin and specialises in people and fashion photography. He has lived in the USA and was formerly assistant to Ellen von Unwerth and Mario Testino. He has worked for Citibank, Vattenfall, BMW, Sony Music, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Playboy and Glamour.
• People and portrait newcomer, Ilona Habben, has already worked for ZDF, Google, SEB Bank, Brigitte, Stern and Für Sie.

Recent work from the company's roster of talented photographers includes:

• Wolfgang Pohn shot for Armani by Wolford in Milan, a fashion feature for Diva magazine, and the new Sportsalm catalogue in Kitzbühl.
• Harry Vorsteher shot 'Germany's Next Top Model' runner-up, Janina Delia Schmidt, for Babylis.
• Sven Görlich shot for Coca-Cola brands Appolinaris and Vio, Nestea Vitao in China and South Africa, and Jacobs Coffee in South Africa. His new campaign for Nivea for Men is featured in this Showcase.
• Valéry Kloubert completed a poster campaign for the Audi Jazz Festival and shot pictures for a new product launch by Gaffel Beer.
• Christoph A. Gramann shot two pictures for a print campaign with Deutsche Leberstiftung and a cover for Focus magazine.
• Bruce Soyez-Bernard produced beauty pictures for a range of editorials.

Latest news from the Agentur Neubauer & Springer photographers:

• Still life expert Wolf-Dieter Böttcher shot for Emotion in Munich.
• Rasmus Kaessmann photographed professional windsurfer Florian Jung on location in Rügen for Men's Health.
• Matthias Ziegler shot for SZ magazine and completed the annual report for Fresenius Medical Care. He also photographed the Maldivian president for GQ New York and took portraits of artists in Berlin for L’Uomo Vogue.
• Andi Frank completed production on an outdoor catalogue for Karstadt and shot a recruiting campaign for EADS through agency Publicis in Munich.
• Michael Munique shot for Atelier Torino.
• Sandra Seckinger photographed models aged between 2 and 60 for insurance company WWK in Munich. Images will feature in the next Showcase.
• Donja Pitsch completed a summer catalogue on location in Barcelona for fashion client Bogner and worked on an image campaign in the French Pyrenees for Yves Rocher cosmetics.
• Gabor Ekecs shot a story about GM's Chevy Volt for Time magazine.
• Robert Brembeck photographed an annual report for international medical technology company Draegerwerk Lübeck.

Roland Hutzenlaub discovered his passion for photography at an early age.

For more than 25 years he has pursued his vocation as a freelance photographer. Roland sees his challenge as being the pursuit of the perfect image for his clients.

With a heightened professional intuition, he works on producing perfect light conditions to express a unique emotional visual language. Roland's enthusiasm, unlimited flexibility and overall charisma motivates his entire team to produce outstanding work, at home or on location anywhere in the world.

Clients include: Contact Lenses Hecht, Bose Automotive, Louis Feraud, Alpina, Clariant, Heinz Bauer Manufakt, Intersport, Kettler, Naturana.

Alex Mainz shot life-sized pictures for two of the five Sony Ericsson commercials accompanying the new season of successful TV show Germany's Next Top Model. Both full length commercials from the programme's main sponsor were directed by Lino Russel and can be seen on Alex' website.

His website has also had a recent influx of new material, including new campaign photos and previously unseen material, a 'making of' and detailed background information.

Alex is currently seeking both German and worldwide representation.

Kirstin Knufmann specialises in fashion, beauty and architectural photography. She has a wealth of international experience, having shot in various locations including New York, Los Angeles and Europe.

Kirstin's compositions range from complex black and white definitions to highly colourful expressions. She is comfortable working in the studio and out on location, and her portfolio contains both editorial and commercial photography.

Her latest work, including fashion editorials, celebrity and musicians' portraits, and beauty shots were produced in Los Angeles and Germany for a variety of different companies and magazines.

In July Kirstin will once again be working in LA, and her photos will be presented at the Summertollwoods festival in Munich between June 18th and July 12th.

Kids and fashion photographer Sabine Duerichen presents her latest baby work:

• Chicco catalogue and 'Mammy' advertisement.
• HiPP advertising campaign 'Mandelblüte'.
• Corbis picture agency 'Baby-Business-Production'.

Check the website for more information.

Well-known people and kids photographer Annape recounts her box stories:

• Working on and inside the "white box" for two years.

• Travelling through Germany, unearthing "living fossils" (yellow telephone boxes).

Be sure to check out her brand new website.

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based stylist with a creative background. She began her career as a window designer, eventually becoming a stylist with responsibility for developing fashion and editorial concepts, catalogue productions, backstage fashion show management and art direction.

Latest jobs and recent projects:

• Schweizer Faces editorial on location in Palermo. Photographer: Norbert Bäres, Isolde Schwarz. Model: Anouk Manser, Visage Zürich. Hair and make-up: Norbert Cheminel. Production: www.chicopaladino.com.

• Pret a Porter. Photo and post production: Bernd Bryant. Hair and make-up: Markus Kopp, Phoenix.

For over 10 years, Globotour Travel Service has been planning, organising and coordinating domestic production and international travel for photo and film clients. The company offers cost-conscious travel arrangements based on the individual requirements of each client. Services include:

• Full and transparent quote preparation.
• Planning and implementation of travel itineraries.
• Flight booking.
• Accommodation and rental car booking.
• Cargo and luggage handling.
• 24hr emergency contact service.

Globotour offers a fully flexible service and enjoys good international contacts with production companies and location scouts.

Clients include: Kai Tietz, MGM, No Toys, Scout Model Agency, Success, KEKO, Schwertner Storm Total Branding Agency.

Photographers: René Schwerdtel, Ulrilch Pracht, Stephen Romer, Harry Vorsteher, Plane Road Studios, Rene Clohse.

eProduction is one of the leading 24hr online production sourcing and coordination services. Its powerful software programme offers a faster, more effective way of setting up an entire production by sourcing, comparing, scheduling, sharing, budgeting and booking online. Clients can browse or search through models, locations, artists, crews, accommodation and transport databases from anywhere in the world.

Following on from the launch of its Cape Town, Hamburg and Miami portals, Munich is the latest eProduction location and will be online in June.

Version two of eProduction, Production 2.0, is currently under development. Amongst its new features, clients will be able to add, option and confirm items that are not in the database.

Recent productions:

• Mexx.Production: eProduction, Cape Town. Photographer: Josef Fischnaller. Location: Cape Town.
• Tom Wagner. Production: eProduction, Cape Town. Photographer: Tom Wagner. Location: Cape Town.
• Marie Claire, Greece. Production: eProduction, Cape Town. Photographer: George Katsanikis. Location: Cape Town.

alphadog presents its latest projects:

• Bolero Magazine, Switzerland. Jewellery campaign. Photographer: Joachim Baldauf. Retouching and design: alphadog.
• T- Mobile 'Ninja', Czech Republic. Photographer: Gulliver Theis. Retouching and design: alphadog.
• Basler Versicherung. Photographer: Gulliver Theis. Retouching and design: alphadog.
• Karstadt Premium Group 'Boss'. Retouching and design: alphadog.
• Unicef Himmel. Photographer: Jörg Kritzer. Agency: Serviceplan, Hamburg. Retouching and design: alphadog.
• ZDF Alisa. Telenovela. Retouching and design alphadog.
• Mennemann Identität. Photographer: Tom Mennemann (personal work). CGI and retouching: alphadog.
• Departure, American Express platinum members magazine. Photographer: Dirk Messner. Butterflies generated in CGI.

Latest work from [zerone] cgi:

• Together with photographer Tom Grammerstorf, [zerone] cgi created a range of visuals for the new Honda Jazz print campaign. Through Honda's web agency Deepblue, the company also handled the animation work for the Jazz web special. The final results can be seen here.
• The company completed campaigns for the Volkswagen Tiguan and Touareg, shot by Martijn Oort and Mats Cordt respectively.
• The recent Citroen C5 print campaign by Markus Wendler was so successful that [zerone] cgi was asked to create an adaptation of the car in a different colour and against an alternative virtual background.

The company has many productions already in the pipeline but that are still under non-disclosure. Check the website for regular updates.

In collaboration with PLEON GmbH, Vinx-Media recently completed a large production for the launch of the new fully automatic coffee machines from Melitta.

For client Postbank, Vinx produced a complete CGI set to combine in post production with photo material from Getty Images. The goal was to achieve a cleaner look and reveal further possibilities for graphic design.

At the end of 2008, Vinx produced a complete CGI film for Porsche-Design. From the storyboard right up to the music, everything was produced in-house. The film is being used in trade fairs, dealer POS, and online marketing.

Blink is an experienced team for ambitious photographers. Creativity is in safe hands with the company's professional digital support services which accompany a project from exposure to print. Clients can choose from a variety of customisable services, ranging from one-stop supervision digital capture through to post production and ready-for-press, high resolution data output.

With years of experience in the digital sector, precise data logistics ensure optimal reliability for clients' files. Blink's post production department ensures the best finish for images, and its retouching professionals work diligently to ensure clients achieve exactly the look they require.

A phase one P65+ digital back can now be booked as part of Blink's image capture packages. A selection of recent productions includes:

• Dräger USA campaign. Ph: Niko Schmid-Burgk. Agency: Elephant Seven.
• Secret magazine. Ph: Norbert Bäres.
• Elle. Ph: Philipp von Hessen.
• Triumph campaign spring/summer 2009. Ph: Peter Gehrke.
• Icon magazine. Ph: Joachim Baldauf. Model: Franziska Knuppe.
• Vanity Fair. Niko Schmid-Burgk shot Peter Scholl-Latour in Berlin.
• Clewear campaign. Ph: Sammy Hart and the agency Kastner & Partners, Frankfurt.
• Faces magazine. Ph: Norbert Bäres.

prolightrent provides support for exciting productions, one of the most recent being an underwater shoot with photographer Marc Pettersen.

The company supplied all kinds of equipment, including special underwater housing for Hasselblad and Canon cameras. Furthermore, prolightrent supported the entire shoot with its qualified staff and their expert knowledge. The results were some amazing pictures that will be used in an upcoming calendar.

prolightrent works hard to ensure its clients' productions run smoothly.

Spannwerk Studio is located in the heart of the English Garden, Munich's "green lung", and only 10 minutes away from the famous Schwabing artists' quarter.

A 1000 m² fenced outdoor area containing an abandoned former electricity sub station provides unusual and highly unique shooting locations. Two indoor studios measuring 300 m² are also available for professional photo and film productions.

Spannwerk Studio is renowned for its special atmosphere, a successful mixture of cosiness and professionalism.

Check the website for further information.

Hinterbergwerk is a welcoming rental studio for photography and film productions, located only 15 minutes away from Frankfurt airport. The studio is ideal for shooting cars, people and sets.

The historic building and its purpose-built studio complex combines design and charm with the finest technical equipment, including flash and tungsten lighting, a 180° floor plan cyclorama, remote controlled floating flat (30 x 23 ft), a front of cove black drapery system, 23 ft wide green screen, Phase One, Hasselblad, Sinar and Canon digital equipment.

Clients include Uwe Breitkopf, Dieter Eickelpoth, Sven Jacobsen, Simon Puschmann, Ivo von Renner, Jan Steinhilber, Heimat, Jung von Matt, Kolle Rebbe, McCann Erickson, Ogilvy, Publicis, Audi, BMW, Citroën, Deutsche Bank, Honda, Opel, Renault, Seat, Volkswagen, Vogue, ZDF, and others.

Be it a quiet dinner or a new location for a special event, Monkey’s Plaza combines art, architecture and culinary delights in two unique restaurant experiences:

• Monkey’s South. Ideal for a midday break or for savouring Mediterranean flavours in an evening meal. Authentic aromas, the best ingredients and a selection of elegant wines, all paired with perfect service.
• Monkey’s West. Enjoy Champagne and quality wines under video chandeliers accompanied by exquisite gourmet cuisine from around Europe. The stylish bar, which displays large format photo art, is ideal for concluding any perfect evening.