CARS, TRANSPORTATION AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY + MOTION Jan 2020

China-based and Singaporean-born Andy Wee has been shooting both Chinese and international brands, from Asia's Mazda and Toyota to Germany's Mercedes-Benz, Audi, VW and Skoda to USA' Jeep, Chevrolet and Ford to Chinese brands like BAIC Beiqi, SAIC HongQi, FAW Mazda, Geely and many upcoming electric cars like NIO and DongFeng's SF5.

The recent launch of the CX-4, Mazda's Asian variant of American CX-30, to both Chinese and Japanese clients has been a linguistics test for Andy's team. The shoot has gone from studio to city to mountain roads, all in a week's work.

Andy has worked with numerous agencies, and his team is able to speak both English and most of Asian languages, and thus able to communicate clearly with everyone involved in both pre-production and post-production.

Born and raised in Southern California, Anthony Dias grew up with strong family values and a wide range of artistic expression. These same values and artistry are exhibited in the respect and admiration Anthony shows towards his team and the work they create. Positivity, calmness, and resourcefulness are Anthony’s key attributes that provide a smooth and productive project, allowing the final results to reach incredible heights.

Anthony’s mastery of photography and video is where he shines, his skill and creativity in both studio and location as well as his passion to capture people, cars, and landscapes is what sets him apart from most shooters. Anthony’s colourful and clean style is represented throughout his imagery with a strong sense of humanity and life.

As each year passes, Anthony’s client list grows including: Mercedes, Honda, Acura, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, Nissan, Infiniti, and many more. He can’t wait to see what 2020 brings! 

Announcing Infiniti’s 'Luxury should be lived in' campaign by Anton Watts in collaboration with Crispin Porter Bogusky.

Four cars: Q50S, QX50, QX60, QX80.

Four unique campaign stories: Best Man, Entrepreneur, Family Time, Night Owls, each with supporting video.

216 final shots, 145 hours of footage, 8 final films,12 shoot days, 23 locations in NYC, Montauk and Los Angeles, 15 talent, 29 crew.

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Anton is represented in London by Catherine Collins. Follow Catherine on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Born and raised in Southern California, Brian Konoske grew up with a love of the outdoors. It's that love of nature and the world around him that informs the authentic feel of his photography, and his dedication to creating real moments that are never overly manufactured is a hallmark of his pictures.

From an adventurous and spontaneous approach to life to an inspired palette for his imagery, Brian looks to the natural world for everything he creates, as well as a global world-view shaped by travelling the world from a very young age.

From cars to candid human moments to a quiet landscape, Brian's ability to see beauty in real moments and in real time is a source of constant inspiration for crafting a look of distinction. 

Bruce Jenkins has learnt himself a name as a exponent of capturing raw speed emotion in a unique style. It is this unique and technical excellence that has made him a two-time winner of the New Zealand Motorsport Photographer Of The Year.

Bruce, however, is just as comfortable shooting on dried up lake bed, a country road or a deserted highway in the middle of India. He has worked in these scenarios for corporate clients and is quick to convert the conditions, focal length choice and vehicle speed into the image that is required.

Follow him as Bruce Jenkins on LinkedIn or on Instagram.

Now represented by Reload&Co in Sydney, Frederic is available to work worldwide.

His latest projects are carefully balancing lifestyle and automotive.

Here’s a look at the second half of 2019 for Jeff.  First up is a week-long shoot for Hyundai’s updated Ioniq vehicle. Jeff and team shot on their home turf of Los Angeles, with great locations and weather. The shoot included a day of video production as well.  

One of the more exciting projects this year was for Jeff’s long-time client Subaru, which brought everyone together in Colorado and Utah to shoot their Outback. Drones, kids, rigs, stars, waterfalls, dogs, bikes- the shoot covered it all.  

Jeff’s second social media project for Lincoln this year covered a holiday theme. Shooting entirely hand-held, Jeff and team covered a huge variety of setups over two fast shoot days. Capping off the year, the team flew to Acura’s PMC factory in Ohio, to shoot the creation of the special PMC Edition MDX. The red paint looked stunning from every angle, creating the perfect playground for lens and lights. "See you in 2020!"

Kelly’s recent work features new offerings from Bentley Motors, Aston Martin, and Hyundai, dynamically captured in both urban and vast rural environments. 

In 2019, he was commissioned to photograph the EXP 100 GT, Bentley’s vision for the future, the first time the vehicle had been viewed outside of the design studio. His personal project "Exit Strategy" features a range of airliners from around the world, all of which are shot from the ocean. 

More of his client and personal work can be found on his website and Instagram.

Kevin Uy is an automotive photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. His dynamic and adventurous style produces vivid imagery that has been used for commercial and editorial campaigns in both digital and print.

The breadth of Kevin’s experience spans studio work to on-location shoots; working solo to collaborating with production crews; rig motion, and more. Paired with his technical expertise, he aims to go beyond capturing a moment to telling a story though his photography.

He recently wrapped up a set for Lexus Canada by doing the interiors of the 2020 GX SUV, showcasing the plush seats. Next on the horizon will be location scouting for an upcoming winter campaign shoot.

In 2019, one of Lisa Linke’s most exciting assignments was the Toyota C-HR project for Saatchi & Saatchi. She captured the images in studio and created the colourful look by using gels. The backplates were integrated as well as colorised in-post in collaboration with Recom. 

Another undertaking by Lisa was the campaign for the new GMC Acadia lineup for Leo Burnett. For this photo shoot, Lisa travelled to Oregon in order to highlight both the on-and-off pavement capabilities of these vehicles. A favorite location was the Oregon coast, where the rainy weather added to the mood of each scene.

Lisa also worked on several personal projects, one being the new BMW i8, photographed in the Malibu Canyons. Travelling to Germany, Lisa was able to shoot various lifestyle projects during her stay.

For 2020 Lisa is looking forward to new adventures and challenges.

Frankfurt-based Marius Krutschke is a German photographer specialised in automotive, who also loves outdoor adventure and capturing people in their professional environment.

He just came back from shooting a Tesla Model X in the exciting California area, where he spent two weeks downtown and in the suburbs of Los Angeles as well as in the surrounding desert area. This is a way for him to reconcile his passion for cars, fascinating landscape and a cool urban atmosphere.

"Even if technology is very attractive to me, I never forget to emphasize the beauty of reality in my pictures."

Check out and follow Marius' Instagram and have a look at his website.

Mike Cutler is well versed in many genres of photography and video, but focuses on cars.

He currently freelances for Roadshow and CNET’s online automotive channel.

Some of his recent work includes: photographing cars at the 2019 LA Auto Show, filming the launch of the new Ram Rebel Diesel in Duluth, MN, and filming the new Volvo Factory in Charleston, SC.

He looks forward to working with more brands, agencies, and magazines in the near future!

As 2020 kicks into high gear, Nate Hassler is happy to share some of his latest (or at least, most favorite) work from the second half of last year. In summer 2019, Nate took his annual trip to the German Eifel region for the Nürburgring 24 Hour endurance race. 2019 marked Nate’s sixth year in a row attending, so he wanted to try something a bit different and out of the ordinary. Nate has been using glass prisms for a while now, and the N24 was the real torture test for the technique. Nate also arranged for another installment of his “Dirty Cars” series, this time securing a short window to shoot the Toyota GR Supra GAZOO Racing GT4 at the TMG development facility the day after the race. The story and feature images appear in the last ever print issue of Super Street Magazine.

The highlight of fall 2019 for Nate was certainly a project commissioned by SYLVANIA Automotive, Nate spent two days and nights shooting various vehicles in Los Angeles, showcasing various types of lighting solutions. Nate and his team then spent a day in the desert shooting three specially modified off road rigs to showcase SYLVANIA Automotive’s new light bars and other off road lighting accessories.

Nate is looking forward to a great new year!

Pierre Rios is a commercial director based in Panama City, during his 10-year career he's been the production manager for Discovery Channel shows 'Naked and Afraid', he then moved into a creative field as director and DP for commercial work.

Working with car brands such as Subaru and Nissan, he has developed a sense for a narrative that is evocative. Pierre is still learning and growing, he feels style is something you develop for a project and shouldn't be based on your likes but your ability to tell a story.

2019 ended with a huge blast for Sébastien. After completing various projects for Nissan, Toyota and Lexus, Sébastien had been chosen by a panel of international expert judges to win the Spotlight Awards 2019 in the car category, with his shot of the drifting Toyota Supra racing concept. Please check out his winner’s interview.

He shot the world premiere images of the very awaited Lexus LF-30 concept announcing the entry of Lexus in the all-electric world. Probably one of his most complex and time stressed projects yet, “I had an extremely short amount of time to shoot the concept as it was leaving the South of France for Japan. Having foreseen the full CGI environment, this project was completed on time when they turned on the lights at the 2019 Tokyo motor show.”

Sébastien is represented in the USA by Vertical Reps, in Milano by Cute NYC and globally by Patron.

2019 has been extremely successful for Sergei and his team, constantly learning and improving their skills, serving new and old clients.

Sergei is gaining his popularity beyond his native country and is constantly looking for new challenges in Europe. Despite being a petrolhead since his early years, Sergei is not only fascinated by capturing cars, but has the tendency to produce more lifestyle imagery than ever.

Last year one of the most remarkable projects was by no doubt the brand new Porsche 911 campaign and lifestyle series. The team has also worked on numerous campaign imagery for Toyota, Skoda and created marketing assets for Jaguar and Land Rover dealer Inchcape Motors.

Other clients include Audi, BMW, Lexus, Honda, numerous restoration shops and many others.

After 26 years in the industry 2019 has been one of the most exciting, they have been working on some of the biggest launches in the automotive industry, including the launch of the new LandRover Defender. Trigger has also been shooting for Jaguar, Bentley, McLaren and JCB.

Furthermore, Trigger has just joined Crxss.agency and is looking forward to working with their team.

WE! shoot it, is the international working photographers-duo Michael Compensis and Thomas von Salomon. 

Right at the start of the new decade, they showed us their new personal project calendar 'ICON 911'. The underlying idea was to visualise all generations of the iconic Porsche 911. From the very first series of 911s, still named 901, to the recently launched latest model 992 – each series in between was lensed by the duo.

Each vehicle was photographed in the studio, but staged individually. That’s what made the project so interesting. But that’s not all; Michael and Thomas had the rare opportunity to walk around the individual vehicles with their owners and spontaneously find the “perfect” perspective and come up with the right way to stage the cars. For their outstanding personal project Thomas and Michael just recently have been nominated for the International Gregor Calendar Award 2020.

For Smart social media, the two staged the Smart ForFour with electric drivechain. In a couple of pictures but also cinemagraphs they pointed out the electric theme by putting some flickering icons in the motifs, shot right on location by using a special lighting tool to project them!

Yannick Brossard, born 1976 in Paris, began his career in the field of photography in 2001. Self-taught, he worked in a traditional film laboratory for two years, and witnessed the emergence of digital technologies in the professional world. These new technologies allow more flexibility and less bulky devices.

In 2003, he embarked on a trip to Argentina to develop his shooting capabilities and to discover Latin America. The meetings he made during this trip allowed him to work with great Argentinian photographers as an assistant and digital retoucher.

With his many experiences and references accumulated abroad, Yannick returned to France in 2006, and began freelance retouching. He worked mainly in fashion and advertising for Vogue, Numéro and Elle, among other prestigious brands.

Today, Yannick Brossard works mainly in the automotive sector producing catalogues, ads, press kits or commercial films. He completes his work with corporate and annual reports.

Yannick has a team that works alongside him in the realisation of films or in the retouching process.