GLOBAL ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY Mar 2019

Marco Grizelj and Kristian Krän are Swedish photographers who formed Aorta, their cooperative trademark, in 1996. Since then, the pair have excelled in a diverse range of photographic genres for advertising, editorial and artistic purposes.

Their work is highly staged and emphasises an uncanny reality that draws the viewer into their fantastical world. They use their unique style and lighting in combination with an extraordinary conceptual vision to create surreal and unique imagery.

Their talents have brought them numerous international awards and led them to work internationally over the years with notable companies such as Harvey Nichols, IKEA, Volvo, Absolut Vodka, Channel 4, Monki, Elle, Wired, Time and GQ.

Advertising photographer Charles Howells is known for his creativity, graphic style, and technical prowess. He is sought by top agencies and international brands in the U.S., Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.

His style results from an almost intuitive sense of his subject combined with mastery of light and form. He’s inspired by and involved in the whole creative process, from generating ideas and designing technical solutions to finalising his stunning images in post-production.

His work appears in top fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Karen, No, Grazia, Pilot and Black. His advertising clients are extensive, including Coke, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Westfield, 42 Below, DB Breweries Beer, Volkswagen, Nissan, Mini, Greenpeace, Vodafone, Madori, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Panasonic, Nikon, L’Oréal and M.A.C. In New York, Charles worked on shoots with celebrities such as Britney Spears, Beyonce, Jay Z, The Black Eyed Peas, Kelis and Pharrell Williams, as well as advertisers L’Oreal Paris, Hugo Boss, Anna Sui and Pepsi.

Charles lives in Auckland, New Zealand. His work frequently finds him in Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, LA and New York. White Studios, Charles own studio complex, was opened in 2007 and is now the busiest and most popular studio facility in the country.

Eric Yip is passionate about movement, shape and form - all in beautiful light.

Eric specialises in fitness and active lifestyle photography. He utilises a mixed light approach, using light from the surrounding environment and strobes to capture the natural, authentic emotion in his images.

Based in Sydney and Singapore, he finds it important to balance personal and commissioned work to ensure a healthy dose of inspiration, to meet new people and develop ideas. When he is not making images for fitness and active lifestyle, you can find him either walking the wilderness or shooting architecture.

Eric is always open to discuss briefs and projects and share any thoughts to develop something creative. Get in touch!

Howard Kingsnorth has extensive experience in several genres of advertising photography, in the studio, in the air and on the ground.

He is at ease with complicated briefs and demanding clients, and brings his mature knowledge and creativity to all his projects.

London-based advertising and lifestyle photographer Jon Attenborough recently shot the 'Small Shops' campaign for American Express. Jon travelled to Manchester, Scotland and London to shoot independent shops and owners to promote the campaign - celebrating the small business who do big things for their communities.

His images are honest and refreshing and he often favours a natural light approach which allows him to draw out the best in his subjects and convey engaging narratives in one single frame.

He has also worked for brands such as Adidas, Channel 5, Fred Perry, Gillette, H&M, Halifax, HSBC, JD Sports, Marks & Spencer, Nikon and Reebok.

"This project focuses on each of the seven centres of spiritual power in the human body. Through the union of bodies, colour and fluorescent lighting the work explores mindfulness and self reflection.

With each chakra being based around a specific colour, each image is the embodiment of one of these colours, with the image radiating this hue throughout."

Lei Deng is a commercial photographer and cinematographer born in Beijing, China. He started photography as a hobby, and it soon led to him falling in love with motion pictures. Lei moved to the US to pursue his dream in film-making.

Drawing on strong influences from his background, Lei has a unique perspective to creating art. He was worked on many TV commercials and music video projects.

Recent work includes the 'Brand' video featuring Katy Perry, Kumho Tires featuring Brandin Cooks, Google 'Famebit video', Sia music video, and many more.

Lucila Blumencweig was born and raised in Buenos Aires. After working in the film industry as an art director and costume design, she turned her attention fully to photography.

Lucila founded her own studio in 2006 and produces all aspects of every campaign, working in the fashion and advertising industry ever since. Her work is mostly known for the detailed art and emotional use of light.

She has been awarded at the NY IPA awards several times and many campaigns have also been recognised at the Cannes Festival, Ojo de Iberoamerica, and Lapiz de Platino.

Clients include Sony, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Citi Bank, Powerade, Nike, Sprite, Honest Tea, Personal Mobile, Fox, Vitamin Water, Taragui, Fernet, Santander, Atma, Movistar, Rolling Stone, D&D, La Petite Mag, Siesta and Primera Huella, as well as agencies such as Publicis, DDB Berlin, Grey Argentina, TWBA Buenos Aires, McCann Peru and Ogilvy. She is currently finishing post-production for a large Coca-Cola project with Publicis IT, shot in Malta this past November.

Lucila is available to work worldwide and is happy to join new adventures. Email her to get in touch.

"Brought up by a man who walked into the wild, born under an incandescent African sky at the far tip of the globe, I was a child bathed under a fluorescent rainbow so deep and high beside a rugged ocean, so wild and free inspired by the might of the point breaks and the two oceans meeting.

I was born to capture light and life’s spontaneous moments with a hunter's repartee, whet by the taste of the unknown, far from the smell of home, inspired by perfection and never fleeting. Cities anew, lands uncharted, lessons all learned with an open mind and trusting eye.

I work as hard as the day is long, for there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. If this is all you’ll ever know about me, it’s enough to say you know me well."

Michael Grecco is an award-winning internationally renowned director and photographer of celebrity portraits, advertising and editorial commissions, private collections and fine art.

One of the most respected visual storytellers in the world, his conceptual vision and signature dramatic lighting create distinctive images that are evocative, sophisticated and comedic. Michael has shot portraits of the most recognised stars such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Ferrell and Penelope Cruz.

Known not only for his high-concept imagery and his ability to light like no other, Michael is also valued for his innate ability to connect with each subject to bring out surprising nuance and a conceptual twist that makes even the most recognisable faces intriguing and fresh. Thus he delivers on every aspect of his clients' vision, satisfying the most recognised brands including Apple, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Direct TV, and Pfizer.

Learn more about Michael by visiting his website.

Nick Hall is a US and UK-based ‘big picture’ photographer and director. He is known for his panoramic, high definition landscapes and lifestyle images.

His career has seen him work on large-scale productions in the UK and abroad for clients including Canon, American Airlines and Citi Bank. His personal projects take him to the world’s rugged environments to document their impressive landscapes and the communities that live alongside them.

Nick’s captivating images have seen him feature in Luerzer's Archive '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide', win an International Photography Award, and regularly appear in the PDN Photo Annual.

Paul Alexander's remarkable capability to create stunning "on-the-fly" portraiture comes from having had the privilege of working with some of our generation's brightest stars and executing global advertising campaigns for international brands such as Miller, Bacardi, Coca Cola, Motorola and Jack Daniels.

Paul's work has been seen in L'Uomo Vogue, Hello!, Vogue Sport, British Elle, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Zoomer and Vogue UK. His portrait work has been included in Kodak's top 500 rock photographs and was published in a book entitled "Love Letters to the South" in association with the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. Paul was a season's judge on "Canada's Next Top Model" and has recently returned from a two-month assignment in Amsterdam where he filmed the new hit television series, "I Can Make You a Supermodel".

Ted Grambeau is a world-renowned active lifestyle, surf and adventure photographer. Shooting advertising, fashion and action in some of the most remote regions on the planet for the last 30 years, Ted’s commercial clients range from Apple, Ripcurl, RedBull, Speedo, Quiksilver to Billabong, BMW and Patagonia, to name but a few.

He has shot surfing images in some of the most unlikely areas, including Iceland, Russia, Mozambique and Madagascar. With a formal photographic background from RMIT in Melbourne and experience assisting legendary Magnum photographer Burt Glinn in New York, Ted’s style has a solid technical foundation combined with the influence of photojournalism, resulting in real pictures from real situations.

With experience from years photographing in surf in the impact zone, Ted now translates this knowledge to fashion, advertising and editorial in and around the water.