germany Apr 2010

Latest news from Artists & Co by Daniela Pitzk:

• Sacha Höchstetter has been busy over the past few weeks shooting on location in Brazil for Platinum Magazine with the new star of Brazilian modelling, Katia Selinger. He also completed two studio shoots for Marie Claire wirth Tayane Leão (Ford Models Brazil and winner of Ford Supermodel NY) and Loris Kramer (zeroelevenmodels).
• Beside his car photography, Bonifatius Ametsbichler never misses a chance to shoot great still life work. Featured in this Showcase are his images from a free production in Newhouse Studio.
• Kalle Singer produced a story about break-dancers and urban lifestyle in Cologne for the Westend 61 Agency, Munich.
• Caroline Martin shot for the 90th birthday of French magazine Modes & Travaux.
• Adrian Bela Raba shot an international beauty campaign in the south of France for Dr. Hauschka cosmetics, as well as an international fashion campaign for Toni Sailer in Sölden, Austria.

The partners at Agentur Neubauer have separated: Barbara Neubauer continues as the Neubauer Agency, while Petra Springer has founded the Team House Agency. Dividing their photographers between them, Petra has also expanded her team with the addition of three new directors.

Latest news from Team House:

• Rasmus Kaessmann photographed water polo star Paul Biedermann for Arena before leaving for Munich to shoot several motifs for Opel with director Claus Bertling filming in parallel.
• With his book project 'An Unexpected Omen,' Robert Brembeck turns talking about himself into a unique dialogue between commission and subject. For DB Mobil he shot portraits of performers from the 'Oberammergauer Passion Festspiele', and for Atlanta AG he completed a series of corporate shots with the company's board of directors.
• Michela Morosini shot for fashion label Hannes Roether and travelled through Italy for a documentary for SZ Magazine.
• Stefan Giftthaler produced an exceptional indie-story for Italian magazine Posh and UK magazine Schön!
• Donja Pitsch completed several campaign shoots in Cape Town for fashion label Les Halle, as well as setting up a new advertising campaign in Paris for PMU (association of French horseracing).
• Andi Frank produced streetwear for Sport Scheck in Lisbon in collaboration with Gaby Correa Productions. Make-up artist: Anna Ploch at Phoenix. Styling: Coren Pollock.

Barbara Neubauer continues at the head of Agentur Neubauer after splitting from her former partner Petra Springer in April of this year. Petra has gone on to found her own agency, Team House, while Agentur Neubauer represents Barbara Bonisolli, Michael Munique, Myrzik&Jarisch, Bernd Opitz, Sandra Seckinger, Matthias Ziegler, and on special request Gabor Ekecs from LA. Latest news includes:

• Bernd Opitz shot in Cape Town for the AOK campaign (Serviceplan München) and the Bayern Insurance Chamber (Heye München), in Lisbon for Vivesco (Saatchi&Saatchi Frankfurt), in the south of France for Rolf Benz, and in Barcelona for Voltaren (Saatchi&Saatchi Genf).
• Matthias Ziegler travelled around the world from December until March for the Deutsche Bank annual report (Häfelinger&Wagner) and CSR Report '09 (Scholz&Friends Berlin). He then relaxed in the forest where he shot the Bayrischen Staatsforsten annual report and magazine.
• Myrzik&Jarisch shot the latest high-tech devices for LOEWE Individual (Agentur Brandoffice) in Skyloftstudio, Munich.
• Sandra Seckinger photographed sleeping babies for Pampers (Saatchi&Saatchi Frankfurt).
• Michael Munique shot campaign images in Munich of the 'Line Casablanca' for Charles Vögele.
• Barbara Bonisolli captured the newest products in the Mediterranean range from McDonald's (Heye München).

Hamburg Messe and Congress GmbH engaged Christoph Siegert to visualise a central city location for the Hamburg Fair. His modern tilt-shift image concept completely re-envisages the orientation of the city's districts.

The Public Relations unit commented on Christoph's work: “The city centre location of the Hamburg fairground is unique in comparison to other fairground locations. The goal was to present the attractiveness of  Hamburg and its surrounding areas and to make it clear that it is worth coming to Hamburg, not just to the fair but also to visit the city. Christoph Siegert represents this concept through his modern photographic conception.“

Christoph also recently realized a campaign for Hella and Bernd Beitz, from Beitz Kommunikation, commented this on his work:

"The transformation of Hella's "water dress" motif was just as attractive as it was complex. Although the presentation of the form would be impossible without post production; the most difficult part of the work was accomplished by the photographer. Again, Christoph Siegert proved to be the right choice of photographer."
 

Over the past three years Till Leeser has spent a lot of time working in China for Chinese clients, notably BBDC (Beijing Benz Daimler Chrysler) and GMS (General Motors Shanghai). He has also worked in China for Honda, Skoda and Peugeot.

Featured in this Showcase is his work for the new E-Class saloon catalogue for BBDC (Beijing Benz Daimler Chrysler) with agency Jung von Matt. The Chinese version differs from the German E-Class model by being 16 cm longer.

Till's Chinese office can be reached on +86 136 815 70 260.

Living stills and latest work form Berlin-based photographer, Jens Bösenberg:

• The jewellery designers at Celine Engelstad, Norway, commissioned Jens to photograph the new spring/summer 2010 catalogue collection.
• He photographed surreal stills in the style of Magritte (Thomas Rook production) for AD Magazine.
• ADAM Audio is one of the world's leading manufacturers of professional audio equipment. Jens photographed the image designs of several products for catalogue and advertising shots.
• As part of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Humboldt University, Berlin, Jens was commissioned to take stills for the publicity campaign through agency Nordsonne Identity, Berlin.
• He also helped develop the image concept for renowned porcelain manufacturer Hering Berlin and photographed motifs for brochures and catalogues through the Edenspiekermann Agency.

All photographs were retouched in-house by Whitelight Studio.

Düsseldorf-based photographer Björn Giesbrecht is specialised in fashion, beauty and advertising images.

Björn's clients include Celebrity, Cavalli Vodka, Deichmann, DT Magazin, McArthur Glen Designer Outlets, Members Only, Musikexpress, Neoon, Nike, Paddocks, Sony Magazine, Stylemag, Tribeca N.Y. Jeans, Pilot Magazine, Pantene, PlayStation Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger, Toyota and Universal Music.

Check out the gallery to see some of his recent work or visit his website for more information.

Latest news from Sabine Duerichen:

• Sport Scheck 2010 summer catalogue, shot on location in Mallorca.
• Kids Magazine for the Copyright Group.
• Free work in black and white.

Visit her website for more information.

Recent work form specialist baby photographer Sandra Bielmeier:

• A new campaign with Britax/Roemer for children's pushchairs and baby car seats. Styling: Maren Assmus. Digital support: blink-imaging. Agency: wüschner/naylil.
• A warm and cosy studio was the place where a group of adorable babies found their "Golden Sleep", the new campaign from Pampers. The results show all the loving details: little hands and ears, long eyelashes, lovely belly buttons and puppy fat. The team was delighted. Agency: Saatchi&Saachti. Digital support: blink-imaging. Pictures coming soon.

Sandra is currently preparing a shoot for Generali and will soon begin the second part of her work for Britax/Roemer.

DPRODUCTION, based in Munich, was founded by Rena Motschmann to provide a full range of photo production services in the south of Germany and selected locations abroad. In 2008, the company started DPHAZE.com, a creative design studio specialising in corporate branding, print media and web design, and recently launched DPRODUCTION Location Gallery, an online gallery and customizable picture database.

Recent and upcoming projects included:

• Karstadt Collection winter 2009/2010, Munich production services for Gudrun Hamann Production, Hamburg. Photographer: Blasius Erlinger. Agency: Grey. Locations: City of Munich and various sites in Bavaria.
• 11th GBDe Annual Summit Munich. Six months of full service project management for NTT Data, Tokyo, and GBDe, Washington. Location: Munich.

Since 1998, bigshrimp has been working from bases in Hamburg and Berlin for national and international photographers, agencies and industrial customers with increasing success.

Aside from total production management of campaigns and complex catalogue shoots, bigshrimp offers clients all manner of production services including production, art buying, casting and location from one single source.

bigshrimp stands for efficient handling, streamlined organisation and top production quality. Visit the website for more information.

KGB Locationservice Berlin has been scouting and producing for still life photography in Berlin, Frankfurt / Main, and around Germany since 1992. Over recent years, the company has expanded all over Europe and around the world.

KGB's two offices in Berlin and Frankfurt / Main developed to offer quicker and more extensive services to clients. With years of experience across all the different genres of advertising photography, from editorial to fashion, cars and product advertising, KGB has witnessed the massive changes in Berlin since the end of the Cold War and looks forward to the exciting years to come.

Clients include Adidas, BMW, Deka Bank, E Plus, Porsche, Mercedes, VW, Unilever, Siemens, Tchibo, Volvo, Panasonic and Honda.

Latest news from alphadog:

• The "Hella Water Dress", in cooperation with Beitz communication for client Hella. The photographic part was contributed by Christoph Siegert while the motif was developed by alphadog as a mix of CG and post production.
• OK! Magazine "Extensions". The beauty line was photographed at Till Becker with alphadog adding the finishing touches.
• OK! Magazine "Safari". Safari meets glamour - leather and linen combined in earthy colours with shiny metallic materials, shot by photographer Christoph Loeb in Cape Town. The look development and fine-tuning was handled by alphadog.
• Geese were arranged in a funny scene for estate agents Grossmann & Berger. The geese symbolise visual and verbal wit with the location, the Goose Market, Hamburg. The geese were photographed by Philip Rathmer.

retouched is a post production company specialising in both fashion and beauty retouching for magazines and advertising clients.

retouched aims to keep pictures natural and alive by emphasising the human side of models but at the same time giving fashion and beauty images a modern, subtle look. Working closely with photographers, the company sees itself as a natural retouching partner experienced in developing looks through its passion for beautiful skin and hair tones.

Clients include Vogue UK, Vogue Germany, TUSH Magazine, Grazia Germany, Elle Russia, Glamour Russia, Elle Germany, Myself Germany, Zink Mag, Wig Mag, JOOP! Eyewear, Jette Joop, Eucerin and Gore-Tex, amongst many others.

Latest projects from Petra Wiebe:

• Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, Susanne Wiebe show - planning, organisation, casting, fittings and styling from head to toe, with perfect shoes and elaborate rockstar hair couture.
• Munich Fashion Week opening show, with Audi and Susanne Wiebe. In addition to the models, the show featured 12 VIPs, including Natascha Ochenknecht, Jutta Speidel, Noemi Kern, Sibylle Beckenbauer and Karin Webb.
• Gil Bret with photographer Kristian Schuller. Hair and make-up by Norbert Cheminel. Model Marie Nasemann, Mostwantedmodels.
• Tresor Magazine cover shoot. With Florida Beach make-up and floral dresses. Photography and post production by Bernd Bryant. Hair and make-up by Norbert Cheminel. Model Lucia from Major Models, Munich.
• Fine Taste and Tresor Magazine. A production in the Marrakech Medina with photographer Norbert Hurrle and model Denise Rombouts, Visage.ch. Hair and make-up by Norbert Cheminel.
• Jeans Editorial. Photographer Bernd Bryant. Model Natalija, Instyle Models. Hair and make-up Norbert Cheminel. Styling and concept Petra Wiebe.

Latest news from Elbmodels:

• Kristian Rahtjen shot Birgit for Bauknecht washing machines.
• Menina has been chosen to shoot with Björn Giesbrecht for Deichmann.
• Gabriela completed a nice but cold shoot for Golfhouse earlier this year in Portugal.
• Young photographer Annett Poppe did some lovely personal work with Wookie.

The first three months of the year were extremely busy with work for clients including Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Post, HSE24, Allianz, Hornbach, Bauer Women and Bijou Brigitte.

New equipment from 711rent:

• The new Leica S2 with a complete range of Leica lenses. The ease and handling of an SLR with the megapixels and quality of a medium format camera - 37.5 MP in a 35mm body.
• The new Profoto Pro-B3 1200 AirS with lithium battery provides double the flash power in a far lighter package.
• The Chrosziel Studio Rig for Canon DSLR, along with the Canon TSE 17mm, TSE 24 LII, EF 50mm F1,2 LII, EF 85mm F1,2 LII, and the new 100mm macro.
• The latest generation of Apple Mac Book with the unbeatable i7 CPU, available in 15- and 17-inch versions.
• Noblex panoramic cameras.
• The Briese 77 Focus with the specially designed Honeycomb grid for even better light control.
• A wide range of beautifully hand-painted Schmidli fabric backgrounds with motifs and frames.

Visit the new 711rent homepage and be sure to check the company's new creative listing and Facebook fan page.

Offering contemporary and innovative lodging, Storage Apartment is a brand new 250 m² guesthouse located in an old factory in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. It is perfect for production teams who all wish to stay together in the same location.

Accommodating up to 12 people, Storage Apartment's world-themed rooms can be individually rented by guests wishing to share their experiences with other international lodgers. Alternatively, the entire apartment can be booked out to accommodate larger parties. Features include a fully equipped kitchen, two large and modern bathrooms, a 'eat and meet' area with a large wooden table, and a spacious studio.

A friendly landlord helps guests to settle-in and advise on the best places to visit, making sure everyone's stay is a memorable one.