PHOTOGRAPHERS' AGENTS Nov 2020

Paula Kesäläinen is the latest addition to Studio Fotonokka's roster of talents. Her strength and interest are in still life, lighting and retouching.

Paula is into details and close-up photos, strong and warm colours and vintage-vibe images. She is also great with people and manages to get the absolute best out of them. Paula has recently worked with international clients such as Kesko, Audi, Lidl, Warner Music and Universal Music. 

Atte Tanner is a Helsinki-based photographer who works between commercial shoots and fashion.

His work is characterised by theatrical elements and bold colours. He strives to create images with mystical atmosphere and precise lighting. Atte sees his clients more like friends and believes in meaningful relationships, experimentation and clarity. Atte has recently worked for BMW Finland, MTV3, Arla, Lexus, Warner Music, Rovio and TBWA.

Horton-Stephens, London's leading photographers' agents for over 25 years, have been busy as usual shooting stills and moving image from online content to TVC. Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of new work, but be sure to visit the site for a full run-down.

Horton-Stephens is well-known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what the team do. Great production remains key to the success of all their shoots. They’re friendly and approachable, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of lighting, casting, locations (in the UK and worldwide), set building, timings, post-production, cgi and moving image - whether shooting TVCs or on the back of TVCs - they’ve done it all!

They also look after two CGI outfits. They have always worked alone in small, darkened rooms isolated from the real world and are therefore very well placed to create without limit and without human contact. In current times it can be an answer for productions that would be otherwise impossible.

JSR is one of the world's most successful creative agencies, managing over 50 photographers, illustrators and content makers, finding creative solutions for the world's biggest brands and agencies.

With full in-house production capabilities and the connections to produce multi-million pound projects anywhere in the world, JSR are delighted to present some of our latest work, some achieved during the lockdown, as we begin to return to providing the service that has kept us at the forefront of image making for over 15 years.

Here’s a selection of current work from our talented photographers for Suzuki, Puma, Selfridges x GQ, British Airways, Canon and Vodafone to name a few.

View more on our newly re-designed website."

Shooting is as easy as in pre-covid times in the Canary Islands and Spain! Paraiso Productions, which is based on the sunny and beautiful island of Lanzarote, has created and launched Paraiso Agency, managing artists, to offer a full range of services to clients. 

This new service facilitates the resumption of the creation of advertising campaigns, photos, videos and films, respecting the new security measures and protocols that have been put in place since the Covid crisis - as well as reducing the production costs.

The new artistic branch of Paraiso Agency is composed of multiple talents with a local base, but renown internationally. Among them stylist and art director Lauro Samblas, who has worked extensively for Mango; Jaime Hernández Pérez, hairdresser and make-up artist who has worked for Vogue; Swiss photographer Jacques Mezger, who has worked for numerous Mercedes campaigns, among others. Many high level professionals from all fields are now available to help you with your campaigns. 

In conclusion, the team of Paraiso Productions and Paraiso Agency will aim to follow and meet your expectations in all production and services required.

Red Cactus was first established in 2003 with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. The presence of these three locations grants the company insight and freedom to produce great projects anywhere in Asia with a high level of service.

"We love what we do and believe in a win-win mantra in all aspects of the business, thus creating a positive shooting environment that inspires creativity and all of us to be at our best!"

Reload+Co is an Australian-based production company, representing a select group of photographers and directors. They specialise in advertising campaign production and offer their expertise across the fields of stills photography and film. Reload+Co create content specifically tailored to meet clients print and digital needs. They offer a full service experience from preproduction to post, for projects of any size.

"With lockdowns and restrictions still in place in many parts of the world, internationally clients are looking to Australia to shoot their campaigns. Here in Australia we are able to help you plan and execute your shoots in a COVID-19 safe environment. We are fully operational and have both creative and production teams available to work on your projects.

We invite you to shoot in Australia!"

Solve is a Lisbon-based multidisciplinary agency founded in 2016 representing Portugal’s biggest names in hair, make up, styling, photography and film.

Engaged in exploring the different identities of their unique image makers and expanding the range of creative disciplines in the beauty and fashion industries, Solve has been creating everything from advertisement campaigns with leading brands to high fashion editorials, while accompanying and questioning the developments of the world and – they like to think – contributing to a positive change.

Now, the agency is taking a step forward introducing a new range of services of fashion production, aiming to create a wider and envisioned experience between the talents, the clients and the consumers. "We will always do more, as long as it means better”, their motto, sounds just right.

"Even in Corona times, we were able to realise beautiful projects.

Marion Schmolka successfully implemented the current Silhouette campaign during the lockdown period with all the prescribed hygiene measures.

Marco Trunz was with Lanius in Denmark when the borders opened again and shot a nice video in addition to the image photos. The image beside is taken for a free project in his new base in Berlin, where Marco now lives.

Our newcomer Elie Benistant was finally able to travel from his home in South Africa to Paris, where he is now based.

Christina Borth was booked for the famous fashion house Engelhorn for an accessories shooting. Markus Burke did a GQ cover story and some men fashion for the GQ Style Issue. 

Jonathan Stokes could catch a flight to Italy to shoot the stylish restaurant Oreste. Thomas Knieps worked with a great team on a free beauty project - my Beautiful Garden - hair & make-up by Peggy Kurka.

Our Munich based still life photographer Sarah Fuerbringer supports the local handcraft and did a shooting for the bag brand HIER. Eric Frideen - based in London was shooting for the UK shoe brand Carmela. 

Let yourself be inspired by the beautiful photos and films to see more on our website."

"The Hounds Group is a boutique artist management and creative agency representing photographers and directors in Los Angeles, Texas, and Atlanta. Our roster of sharp and seasoned talent has created striking, memorable content for campaigns by some of the world’s leading brands - spanning across automotive, advertising, lifestyle, fashion and beauty, travel, music, and more.

Hounds also operates as a full-service production company, providing turnkey support for stills and motion productions nationwide.  

Adapting quickly in 2020, Hounds has been successfully operating COVID-safe shoots since July, with a thorough program of precautions and procedures in place, including continued safety certifications by officers and producers to ensure the health and well-being of our personnel and the projects at-hand. 

Past clients include: Adidas/Reebok, Anthropologie, Apple, Audi, Beam Suntory, Bose, Buick, Crate & Barrel, Hyundai, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Nationwide Insurance, Shell, Sprint, Square, Ram Trucks, Toyota, Urban Outfitters, Wendy’s, and more.

We’re delighted to present these selected works by Ashton Rodgers, Edward Aninaru, Johnny Valentine and Matthew Jones. See more work online, and for more info, reach out via email."