fashion & beauty photography + motion Jul 2020

Alicia Stepp is an award-winning, internationally published fashion and beauty photographer.

Her work is elevated but fun, with adventurous moments and emotional stories living side-by-side with clean, structured silhouettes that reveal her instinctive understanding of colour, light, and form.

During the past four months Alicia has worked to create safe indoor and outdoor shooting environments at her home studio and on location. Both are fully equipped for safe, socially-distanced sessions in person. She has also worked to develop a unique and flexible virtual shoot process. Using this technique, she can coordinate a shoot practically anywhere in the world, with no direct contact.

Alicia recently celebrated the relaunch of her brand and the debut of her newly designed website where you can visit to see more samples of recent produce-in place and virtual work!

Her clients include Kevyn Aucoin, Mary Kay, Nike, Rituel De Fille, Spotify, Tiffany’s and more.

We can all agree that this year didn’t exactly go according to plan, but after lockdown Anna Michell hit the ground running with two Harper’s Bazaar covers published and a couple more international magazine editorials on the way.

She is also excited to share a more experimental story which was shot for Noctis Magazine earlier this year, exploring the theme of futurism, which turned out to be incredibly prescient.

Anna is now looking forward to getting stuck into some new projects.

Anna is a still life and beauty photographer based in Gdańsk, Poland but available worldwide. She is an advertising photographer with strong analytical skills and marketing knowledge. 

Her work reflects her fascination with colour, textures and dramatic lighting. 

Interaction between hues along with light and shadow play are her main determinants during the creative process. 

Beauty photography is what excites her most and shooting editorials for publication in mind is, what she thinks, the best way to develop both artistic competence as well as craftsmanship. She is always open for experimentation and willing to go that one step further.

Currently she is looking for new ways to move her business to the next level of commercial photography.

Azzurra is a fashion, beauty and portrait photographer and high-end retoucher based between Milan and London, working as freelance for fashion and beauty brands, companies, music bands and magazines. Visual communication has always been a crucial aspect of her work. She aims to create emotions for the brand by using storytelling in a dynamic balance with beauty.

Azzurra collaborates with luxury brands such as Carolina Herrera, Cotril, Miamo, Youth Milano, Levi’s, Wella, Zalando, Dimensione Danza, Braccialini, Sturlini, Helvita Suisse, Graziella, UGG, Ascot Sport, Angelo Marani, Mano Swartz, Reda Occhiali, Selvatica Wear, Copenhagen Fur, Bramante, Saga Fur, Arezzo Wave, Afyda Antara, Pitti, Flower Couture, and many others.

She has a long list of awards and important publications, including the Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3), the International Photography Award (IPA), Vogue Italia and Elle, to name just a few. Some of her images are part of the new talent collection of Art + Commerce and Vogue Italia, and identify her as a talent to be discovered.

In these hard times we are facing, Azzurra will ensure a safe, contactless photoshoot where every safety measure will be ensured.

Benjamin Kanarek is a Paris-based internationally renowned fashion and beauty photographer from Toronto, Canada. He teams up with Frédérique Renaut as co-video director.

He has vast experience in shooting for international clients from Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Elle, Numero, Grazia, and L’Officiel Paris, to major ad agencies Publicis, Havas, CLM BBDO, JWT, Ogilvy, and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Benjamin has recently completed special haute couture, high jewellery and ready-to-wear photo shoot projects for Cartier, Chopard, Valentino, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger, and Longchamp.

His work has also been exhibited in Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, Le Festival International de la Photographie de Mode in Cannes, and La Santa Bac, in Barcelona.

Follow Benjamin on Instagram.

Camilla Camaglia is an Italian photographer specialising in beauty, fashion and portrait photography. She's currently based between Rome and Berlin and is available for worldwide requests.

Whether it's about clean, contemporary or creative beauty image ideas, Camilla can provide her clients with great expertise and technical knowledge, as well as being up-to-date with current trends and styles.

Her photography work has been published on the covers of magazines such as L’Officiel Greece, L'Officiel Latvia and Trucco & Bellezza, and she has worked for clients such as Glossybox Germany and France, Camp David and Soccx.

Camilla has recently photographed a beauty trends editorial for L'Officiel Lithuania and shot an advertising work with Italian actor Patrizio Rispo for the company Km Campania, under the art direction of Eve Studio.

In 2019 Camilla published her first book in cooperation with international make up artist Einat Dan, sponsored by make up brand Kryolan.

Photographer COMER travels the globe shooting for fashion and editorial clients.

An award-winning fashion, editorial and travel photographer, he's naturally a perfectionist, a romantic, a nostalgic. He's a pretty normal dude too though; hailing from Manchester he brings with him an element of realism and humour to every shoot.

COMER has worked with commercial clients including HTC, Private White VC, Channel 5, Lee Cooper, Dockers, UGG UK, Nivea, JD Sports, Manchester United and Adidas.

David Fitt's photo work has been praised for featuring strong storytelling with an urban twist, whether it is fashion or landscapes.

Whereas the photographs he takes pay cinematographic hommage to light masters like Edward Hopper and photo legend Stephen Shore, his film work refers to the aesthetics of directors like Nicolas Winding Refn and David Fincher: both of them are known to be electric, witty and playful.

Dedicated to his passion to create haunting, vibrant, and emotionally-charged pictures, still or moving, he is always looking for new ways to push his art forward.

Globally recognised photographer Dorit Thies has earned a stellar reputation over the last two decades as a go-to talent for beauty, hair, health, wellness and lifestyle clients looking for creative solutions to their most high-profile projects.

Clients such as Glamglow, Sephora, Estee Lauder, Prevena, Elle, L’Officiel Magazine, Glamour Magazine and Amazing Magazine have all benefitted from her ability to conduct shoots that produce premium work that is done fast, efficiently and on-budget.

Leading by example, Dorit recently completed the Covid-19 certificate training through OSHA Safety & Health, assuring her clients that a safe shooting environment for her crew and talent is her top priority.

Always expanding her creative horizons, in January 2020 Dorit’s work was celebrated with a solo photo exhibition featuring 25 of her floral images at the prominent Space Place Gallery in Russia.

Free-spirited and unwilling to accept labels, Fabrizio Piscopo defines himself as a cog in the communication mechanism, to which he contributes through his work, with the aim of enabling people to dream thanks to the images he creates.

In his constant search for inspiration, he wants to explore, feel and comprehend sensations, so that he can infuse and mold them in his shots. His intention is to understand the matter of which objects and people are made, and to shape it in his photos.

For him, beauty and fashion are two planets that orbit around objects, made iconic by marketing, that effectively evoke the irrational dimension.

In the industry since the past five years, he is based in Milan, and he has shot in many locations like New York, Dubai or Cannes. He has been the go-to photographer for national and internationals campaigns for Nestlé, Dallara, Illa, Giannini, Vitality’s and many other brands.

Greg Adamski is a Polish fashion photographer based in Dubai.

His shoots are a perfect blend between Middle Eastern culture and a sharp European edginess. For him a desert is a blank canvas that allows art and fashion to combine in any direction. His style is clean, moody and overall, cinematic. Greg collaborates with another videographer in his projects, Klaudia Zdanowicz. 

You’re always welcome to follow his recent work here.

Photographer Matt Hind has a unique take on a classic style which perfectly complements both fashion and advertising campaigns. He seeks out emotional authenticity in his model photography with a strong emphasis on narratives and blending traditional, classic, heritage style in his fashion images. He has a skill for capturing filmic moments on location.

As an experienced photographer his images have a quality and elegance and he is skilled at working with natural light.

He shoots for clients such as Nigel Cabourn, Barbour, Forevermark, Bucherer, Baume et Mercier, MHL for Margaret Howell and commercial projects for Hiscox and editorial for Vanity Fair and Glass Magazine.

Oliver Pearce is a fashion, beauty and advertising photographer based in London. Over the last 25 years he has worked for many international clients in some of the most exotic locations around the world. 

He began his creative journey as a painter, but a move to New York focused his concentration on the world of fashion photography. 

Oliver enjoys working collaboratively with his many long term clients, creating unique images and brand building. He is deeply involved with the pre and post production processes, from initial creative concept to delivery of multi channel assets. 

Equally comfortable on location or in the studio, there is always a fun atmosphere on set with Oliver contributing to the creation of beautiful, intimate and engaging images.

Photographer Olivia Beasley loves to create a narrative in her photographs, showing people in real places or constructed environments to give a sense of time and place. Her story ideas often begin with a written text which can be re-imagined as still and moving images.

She uses this same approach on portraits, fashion or still life projects. She enjoys collaborating with people – “the people I'm photographing and everyone that helps me make reality look a little bit better”.

Clients include: American Express, Bacardi, British Airways, BT, Clarks, Ernest Jones, Heals, Levi’s, MasterCard, Merchant Archive, Qatar Airways, Parker Pens, Remy Martin, Soma Magazine, Sony, The Times, The Telegraph, UBS/Tate Modern, Wallpaper* and WWD.

Olivia has won many awards for illustration and photography including D&AD, PDN, Creative Review, Campaign, Association of Photographers and American Photography.

She was selected to show at the 20th International Hyeres Festival of Fashion and Photography in France and nominated for Photofolio Exhibition at Rencontres D’Arles, France. Other exhibitions include ‘I shot Norman Foster’ curated by the Architecture Foundation at the Yard Gallery, London and 'In Fashion Photo' by Art Photo Expo, Miami.

Born in France, Pascal Raso started with photography after drawing and painting at a very young age, when he found an old view camera. A former athlete, he was captain of the French Speed Skiing National Team, and a member of the World Top Ten. After his ski career he turned to pro photography for extreme sports and from 2000 in studio.

During the last 15 years he travelled around the world for his global clients. He has realised more than 50 international campaigns. As an artist his work has been shown in several group and single exhibitions. He has given lectures in several different universities. He is currently exhibiting at The Line Gallery London from June 2020.

Peter Soubbotnik is a French photographer, born in Switzerland, raised in Germany and in France. 

He studied fine arts and history of art before starting his career in the fashion and beauty industry in Paris.

He has a sensitive eye for patterns, light and colours, giving rise to minimalistic images with a distinct architectural feel. 

Natural light is definitely his favorite but he also loves working in studio or wherever the project demands. Travelling the world, Peter is a competent, experienced and reliable creative partner who is developing individual concepts for his clients. 

His work is mainly for fashion, beauty and commercial. He can also organise a complete photo production for your fashion and beauty projects.

Philipp Jelenska is a photographer based in Vienna but travelling and working around the world. He is best known for his expressive and aesthetic pictures, which are a mixture of commercial beauty and art. His unique and remarkable work is defined by his use of shadow and light and his love for playing with contrast. If you have to choose one word to best describe Philipp’s photographs it would be glamorous. 

His work has been published in numerous prestigious magazines such as L’Officiel, Vogue, Tatler, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many more.

Beside his editorial work, Philipp has also done commercial/advertorial work for various clients such as Harvey Nichols, Schullin, Chaumet, Chanel, Guerlain, L’Oreal, and Urban Decay.

Rupert Laycock is an international photographer and director, with a focus on swimwear, fashion, and lifestyle photography. Rupert is as equally comfortable in studio as in a sun-soaked landscape.

A move to London in 2016 heralded the next step in his visual career. Following four years in the city, Rupert has been honoured to work with top international brands and magazines in exotic locations around the world, with a recent full service stills and video campaign in Peru for Vöda Swim, or a private estate in England for Reve x Away That Day. Rupert thrives when projects allow him to meet new talent and explore new locations and aesthetics.

He has shot for clients such as The White Company, Anthropologie, Nissan, Boodles Jewellers, Unilever, Love Beauty & Planet, Toyota, Gallo Wines, Melijoe (France), Thomas Pink.

"I focus on grasping a moment in time, in its most organic state; finding that perfect moment in that perfect light. Each click striving to reveal the subject’s story and its beauty.

My attention to detail helps me to create bonds quickly, deconstructing walls of initial animosity and forging bridges of trust; knowing that I always seek to find a perfect picture of them."

With these unique qualities, it is no wonder that Terence is found at work behind the scenes of Asia’s Next Top Model, Asia’s Got Talent and working with brands like JBL, Sony, Singapore Airlines and magazines like Harper’s Bazaar, to capture the untold stories and to unveil the unimagined perspective.

Tory Smith is an international photographer and videographer who covers fashion, beauty and commercial photography. 

She has a unique and recognisable shooting style. Her style is both colourful and imaginative with a soft lighting approach. Tory’s expertise and 10 year’s experience have allowed her to work with many leading advertising agencies, fashion brands and magazines internationally.

Her latest campaigns for L’Oreal Paris and Lee Stafford Hair & Beauty are live now and instore in Boots throughout the UK.

Visit her website for more info and follow her on Instagram.

Vickram is a fashion photographer, film director and a photo artist based in Mumbai, India, known for pushing the thresholds of art and creativity with new techniques, styles, fashion films, cinemagraphs, stop motion, CGI and much more.

Vickram brought 3D photography to India way back in 1998, he created the first ever 3D covers for magazines like Elle and others in India and was awarded the 2nd Prize at PMA, USA with his 3D work travelling 30 countries.

Winner of more than 15 international awards, Vickram has been included in the 200 Best Advertising Photographers in the world by Lürzer's Archive International. He was also awarded the title of most influential person in the business of photography in India by Asian Photography, beating the likes of Canon and others, and has featured in the list many times.