corporate & industrial photography Oct 2015

Barry Willis has been photographing people for over 25 years. His work spans the advertising, corporate and lifestyle sectors. From the boardroom to the engine room, his calm, confident manner is always a perfect fit.

Time is of the essence when photographing people at work. From the client’s point of view, it means minimal disruption with maximum results, something that Barry’s years of experience guarantee time after time.

Having just returned from a three-day shoot in Paris he reflects, “We had less than a week to organise everything, from casting to travel and subsistence for a crew of ten. Everybody enjoyed the shoot and the client is delighted with the results.”

Recent clients include Abbeyfields Care Homes, Action for Children, African Petroleum, BP, British Land, Central NIC, CLIC Sargent, Hydro International, ICAEW, Lavendon Group, Low & Bonar, Morgan Sindall, The National Bingo Game, Nuffield Health, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal London, Socco, SP Angel, Stallergenes Greer, St James's Place and WIG.

Bill Gallery is a corporate photojournalist with a designer’s eye. He shoots customer stories, company profiles, working portraits and special projects worldwide. His specialty is a fly-on-the-wall, narrative documentary approach, working from real life, alone, without lighting or crew.

Bill's low impact, discreet work style enables him to shoot well composed, credible images without disrupting the workplace, whether it be in a corporate boardroom, a hospital emergency room or on the deck of an oil rig. His ability to work with people as well as shape and form make him particularly versatile.

Bill is efficient, self art-directed and, because he works and travels solo, cost effective. A short list of clients includes Apple, Herman Miller, GE, Blackberry, Morgan Stanley, IBM, MasterCard, Thomson Reuters, PIMCO, Merrill Lynch, Time Warner, Northrup Grumman and Coca-Cola.

Brian Pieters is an award-winning, global photographer and videographer with an easy-going, collaborative work style and solid reputation for being an innovative and flexible shooter. His keen eye for lighting and dramatic composition has made him a sought-after content provider for many of the world’s top companies including General Electric, Bombardier Aerospace, Hudbay Mining, IAM Gold, Dupont, Husky Injection Moulding, Scotia Bank, Teva Novapharm Pharmaceuticals, and more.

Creative director James Wilson stated, “There are a number of reasons we keep returning to Brian Pieters studio:  a superior work ethic, technical and artistic competency across a wide range of subject matters, ability to articulate, problem solve and make useful suggestions in regards to approach, consistently high quality product executed with good taste, a collaborative no hassles approach.”

According to Rob Sandler of SVP Marketing at Aspect Imaging , “Brian is extremely diligent and organized in his preparation, highly motivational on set to those involved in the project, and highly adaptive to creative direction and requests from clients. I would highly recommend Brian for assignments and projects requiring world-class calibre photography.”

Cameron Davidson is an award-winning corporate and editorial photographer known for his aerials and location images. His work was recently featured in the 2015 Graphis Photo Annual, Archive's '200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide', and the 2014 Communication Arts Photography Annual. Cameron brings a safety-first mindset to aerials and an easy-going, collaborative approach to his location and portrait work.

Publications include Air and Space, Audubon. ESPN The Magazine, Field and Stream, Money, National Geographic, Outside, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Virginia Living, Virginia Tourism and Wired.

Clients include AARP, American Express, C.H. Robinson, Discovery Communications, Dominion, Ducks Unlimited, EYA, Freddie Mac, General Dynamics, General Motors/OnStar, Jeep/Chrysler, KHA, Morgan Stanley, M&T Bank, Rocky Mountaineer SBA, SEIU and Standard Life.

Awards include Graphis Photography Annual, Communications Arts Photography Annual, Photo District News Photography Annual, Luerzer's '200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide' and American Photographer | Landscape Photographer of the year.

Colgan Photographic is a diverse studio with over 25 years of experience in commercial photography. The studio works with a wide variety of businesses around the globe, from small to medium sized corporations to Fortune 500 companies.

Mitch Colgan is known for his location photography capabilities and is based in the Midwestern State of Illinois in the USA.  Mitch has been commissioned on annual reports, advertising and editorial assignments all across the US and in more than 25 countries on six continents. He and his team have been put in some of the most extreme shooting conditions imaginably -  from the heat and humidity of remote regions of the Amazon to the sub-zero temperatures of northern Canada.

Mitch is as comfortable photographing a CEO from a Fortune 500 company as he is creating images of a cattle farmer in the middle of a feedlot. As a result, his clients return year after year.

Dan Bigelow is a people photographer who for 20 years has travelled around the world shooting portraits, documentary, and image libraries for major corporations, advertising agencies and design firms.

Dan’s work tells a story honestly and compellingly, whether in one image or one hundred images, and he is just as comfortable running a full production as he is working on his own. No matter what, Dan’s photographs capture a situation in an authentic way. Above all, his dedication, good humour and enthusiasm shine through on every shoot.

Recent clients include Volvo Construction Equipment, Cabot Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Marsh & McLennan, Kaplan and United Technologies. His award-winning photography has been featured in the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Annual, AR100 and Graphis100, among others.

Visit Dan's website for more portraits, locations, stories, and selected tearsheets.

David Oliver has been photographing people for over 20 years, priding himself on achieving natural, engaging results from his sitters through his relaxed and easy-going professional approach.

Recent clients include Bank of England, Barclays, Citigroup, London Metal Exchange, Macmillan Publishing, Philips, TNT and Wiltshire Farm Foods.

David's goal is to capture real passion and enthusiasm in the workplace - qualities that motivate internally, and attract clients. He favours a client-focussed approach where he pays careful attention to the subtle details of every requirement before making thorough preparations to bring it to life.

“The real challenge for me is to get into my clients’ heads, discover what they want, and deliver their vision.”

Providing fresh dynamic imagery for corporate clients in a wide range of industry sectors including finance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology and environmental, Douglas Kurn works exclusively on location and is equally as comfortable in the boardroom as he is on the shop floor.

Clients include Alpha Hospitals, Halo Medical, International Labmate, PJ Care, The iGroup, UKAS and RW Baird, and his images have been used in websites, corporate reports, brochures, proposal documents, company magazines, books and intranets.

Douglas has had successes in various awards including the International Color Awards, Landscape Photographer of the Year, Photography Masters Cup, and the Association of Photographers Awards of which he is a finalist in the Commissioned Design section of this year's awards.

He is always up for a challenge, so give Douglas a call on +44(0)7711 545813.

Groundfire Pictures was founded in 2012 by photographers Charlie Simokaitis and Jason Creps. With a combined 25 years of experience creating compelling visual content, they have travelled six continents for their advertising, design and music industry clients.

A partial client list includes 50,000feet, Abbott Labs, Accenture, Addison, Anti Records, Arc Worldwide, BBDO, BMW, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Burrell, Carrot Top Records, Chicago Reader, Citadel, Coates+Coates, Coca-Cola, CME Group, Crosby Associates, DDB, DRAFTFCB, Embassy of Nicaragua, Entertainment Weekly, Goldman Sachs, Grant Thornton, Harley-Davidson, IBM, Intel, J Walter Thompson, Joyce Foundation, Knob Creek, Kym Abrams Design, Leo Burnett, MasterCard, McDonalds, McCann Erickson, Momentum, Motorola, National Equity Fund, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, PBS, Sara Lee, Sony, SRAM, Starbucks, Synergy Creative, University of Chicago, University Healthcare Systems, VSA Partners, Weber, Wellpoint, World Channel, World Headquarters. Inc.

Videos by Groundfire Pictures were featured in both the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Communication Arts Photography Annual as well as broadcast on the World Channel.

Hanne Paludan Kristensen specialises in corporate portrait, editorial and industrial photography.

The keywords are empathy and creativity - her greatest and most appreciated qualities are the warm, friendly personality that makes everyone around her unwind, relax and enjoy the photo shoot.

Hanne's work ranges from elaborate high-end advertising shots to digital compositions and editorial jobs. Her images have appeared on album covers and in magazines including TJECK, FCK Balls, Femina, Hair Magazine, Appetize and many more.

Clients from private hospitals to comedians and entrepreneurs benefit from Hanne's work, varying from small businesses to international companies and magazines.

Hans Verleur is an Amsterdam-based photographer who started his career photographing model airplanes and his dog with a beat up Praktica.

In New York he learned how to master the art of photography by assisting some of the biggest names in the industry and working with well known fine art photographers. Hans' style can be described as cinematographic, in which the light tells an important part of the story. However, he is a real people man and collaboration with subjects is the key to his work.

Hans' assignments range from advertising, editorial, portraits and music and he has also been the photographer of choice for many corporate image bank productions. His international clients include Adidas, Vodafone, ABN/AMRO, Heineken, Orange and many more.

Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of corporate images shot for ABN/AMRO.

Email or call Hans direct on +31 6 50 20 75 20 for more information.

For over 20 years Jon Love has worked in a huge range of locations and styles in film, digital and video, both studio and location based.

Being highly skilled in portraiture and people at work, he has shot places all over the world, including extensive image portfolios from Asian and African nations. Assignments include local corporate clients as well as U.S. companies through Debby Brown in New York, where he began formative years working for U.S. publications.

Jon has successfully shot in a wide variety of environments including city offices, urban landscapes, rural and remote regions, industrial and mining sites for clients who have trusted his ability to co-ordinate all aspects of the job as briefed, and has always provided the best of final choices with images that have excelled beyond the conceptual ideas.

His work has featured in Communication Arts magazine and Photography Annual, the Australian National Portrait Gallery, along with clients for many Australian and US agencies, companies and NGOs.

Joshua Drake has been photographing for international corporations for the past 10 years. His ability to capture images that tell the story of organisations is why he is hired again and again. His diverse eye allows him to generate images in a variety of situations, from oil refineries to aerospace factories to scientific laboratories.

In addition to extensive corporate and industrial work, he has travelled and photographed on five continents. During one such excursion he met his wife, while travelling through East Africa. His time spent travelling is what keeps him balanced and sharp.

Some of his clients include Boeing, BP, UPS, Rolling Stone, GE Medical.

Luis Cerdeira is a Spain-based photographer who specialises in corporate, industrial and architectural photography. His work is frequently featured in annual reports, commercial brochures, corporate websites and corporate magazines.

Luis works quickly and efficiently, completing complex shoots with minimal disruption when photographing people at their work. He also stays on time and on budget, bringing back useful and striking images to his clients. His easy-going approach enables him to get the best out of any situation, both editorial and corporate assignments.

Recent clients include Sacyr, Telice, Applus+, Sener Engineering and Systems, Tragsa Group, Inbisa Group, General Directorate of Civil Protection, Dircom, and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Michael Austen has more than 25 years' experience working on location for a wide range of corporate, editorial and agency clients.

His open and engaging approach to assignments helps to create natural, spontaneous images that immediately establish an emotional connection with the viewer.

Recent clients include Airbus Group, Criteo, Dell, LSE Trium, Macmillan Cancer Support, NextEV and Sapinda.

Visit his website for more information.

Michael Hart photographs people and places around the globe for corporations and design firms in a strong, graphic, and approachable manner. He loves to go to new places and record his impressions of what he finds.

He brings over 30 years of experience to the table and is equally at ease in the executive suite as he is on the shop floor.

Michael's photographs have served as the images of choice for some of America's leading corporations, including many Fortune 500 companies, taking him to over 30 countries along the way.

And through it all, he's still pretty much the same guy he has always been. Still listening to rock music, playing one of his bass guitars, and sipping fine cask strength single malts from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society from time to time.

Michael LoBiondo specialises in advertising and lifestyle photography for the corporate, industrial, and healthcare sectors. Michael has an ability to expose and convey the personality of a wide variety of subjects. His vantage point accomplishes this by striking a balance; work is subtle yet dramatic, clean yet dynamic.

Michael LoBiondo Photography accommodates small or larger productions around the country with a specialised crew for each project. The studio has been based out of Charlotte, NC since 1993 and clients include ad agencies, large corporations, and mid-sized businesses such as Merrill Lynch, Rubbermaid, Michelin, and Tiaa Cref.

From the boardroom table to the shop floor, Mike Ellis combines 25 years of knowledge and experience to create a range of lively and engaging images for his corporate clients. His relaxed and natural reportage style puts his subjects at ease, together with a professional approach and attention to detail that enables him to effectively tell his clients' stories.

Mike's wide ranging portfolio includes work across a broad number of sectors, both in the UK and further afield. He portrays the people who's energy truly is the driving force behind these global businesses, to create an open and honest dialogue with their customers, employees and shareholders.

Recent clients include Anglo American, Apple, ASL Aviation, Beiersdorf AG, BLM Law, Capita, Cinram Logistics, Development Securities, Energy Saving Trust, Eurocommercial Properties, Friends Life, GKN, ITV, Johnson Matthey, Riverstone Energy, Smurfit Kappa Group, Stanton House, Stroke Association, Vodafone and William Hill.

Andrew Molyneux has over 25 years’ experience shooting images for clients in the corporate and industrial sectors. His work takes him all over the world covering a vast range of subjects, shooting both stills and video.

Andrew has a reputation for delivering highly creative images without any hassle and enjoys the excitement and challenge of every shoot, whatever the location and subject. His easy-going approach enables him to get the best out of any situation.

Recent clients include Arriva, Kliklok, UKHealth, Tritax BigBox, GE Aviation, Homeserve, Cargill, Ultra Electronics, The Welsh Government and SAB Miller.

For more information contact the studio on +44(0)1594 845561 or Andrew on +44(0)7836 661 460.

Nigel Hudson is an international photographer based in the UK, with 25 years of experience working inside organisations.

Nigel’s strength lies in his ability to work with people, often in sensitive areas. His relaxed manner and uncanny ability to put people at their ease, means that he is a favourite with clients who want to capture natural moments that reveal the attitude, the style and the ambience of their organisation.

His experience is extensive, having worked with clients such as Barclays, Sainsbury's, Royal Bank of Canada, Nationwide, O2, Yahoo and British Gas.

"For over 10 years I have been capturing the confidence and mood of business leaders in both the UK and Europe with my corporate photography. My experience shows in my work which is always efficient, always fresh, and sometimes award-winning."

Recent projects include Oxford BioMedica 'We believe' film (Client - ThinkerDoer) with director and special effects by Philip Gatward: "I'm really excited about the crossover of stills and moving imagery. Due to the technical difficulty in shooting in a totally sterile lab environment, I combined original moving footage with stills, subtly animated to get full use of this amazing location."

London-based Sean Pollock specialises in portraiture and location photography, working for design and advertising agencies, publishing houses and corporate companies.

With 20 years' experience he thrives on working in all sorts of location, the challenges they present, and meeting and working with the diverse array of people that each commission presents.

Recent work includes Sir Alex Ferguson's new book jacket and commissions by The Sunday Times Magazine, BBC Television, UCL, GKN, ITV and Hodder & Stoughton.

Stuart Conway is a highly versatile and enthusiastic image-maker with an international career spanning nearly two decades and 35 countries.

“I’m happiest on location shooting clean and decisive moments in places full of movement and flux.”

The past few months have seen Stuart shooting a brand film for BP Retail Marketing shot in Spain, Germany and London, as well as various international ad shoots for Shell International and a marketing library shoot for Schlumberger plc. in Houston.

A selection of clients from the past year include TheTeam Brand Communication London, IMG Media Ltd., Schlumberger plc., Shell International, BP Retail Brand Communication, Savage Brands and IBM.

“One of the great things about this work is that it offers a gateway into other worlds, and I love constantly entering new environments then creating and hunting down the images with fresh eyes.”

Stuart is represented by Melody George in the US.

Tuala Hjarno is a people photographer focused on portrait, corporate, documentary/lifestyle and advertising imagery.

Tuala is based in Copenhagen. With his natural Scandinavian touch, graphic style and great understanding of light and composition, he has the ability to create a casual atmosphere and capture a situation in an authentic way.

Featured in this Spotlight are images created for clients such as Dong Energy, GEA, Montana Furniture, DFDS, Sandvik Coromant, 3XN Architects and SSI Dianostica.

Visit his website for more information.

"I really like to shoot planes, machines, research, development and other beautiful things from the world of technology. But, when I look back at my work, I always remember the wonderful people I met in the factories, the laboratories and offices along the way."

Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of Wolfram Schroll's favourite industrial portrait work shot over the last two years for clients including Airbus, Siemens, Bosch and Montana Tech Components.

To see more of his work download Wolfram's new portrait portfolio.