INTERIOR, ARCHITECTURE AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY & MOTION Nov 2021

Agnieszka is an interiors and lifestyle photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Her work is polished and elegant, presenting a refined version of the spaces she photographs.

Agnieszka enjoys the collaboration on set with clients and production team members, drawing inspiration from the feedback and group energy. Her personal philosophy is one of pragmatism. She always keeps in mind that images, aside from aesthetic pleasure, serve a specific purpose to the client.

Ultimately, Agnieszka prides herself on being highly responsive and easy to work with. These qualities have won her many loyal clients.

"Based in Rome, Italy, I'm an architectural, interiors and 360º photographer.

I like to blend natural and artificial light; most spaces give their best at a specific time of the year, and through blending natural and artificial light we can get quite close to that magic moment.

I work mainly for architects, luxury real estates, shipyards, interior designers, corporate and construction companies.

With many years of experience, my open personality, and an affinity for light, I can execute any type of assignment. I am also a tech freak, so I like to keep my gear updated to the latest technology. I can arrange an online-based collaboration any time, giving to the customer the chance to review and make annotations on the images just taken.

Whether you need an immersive 360 virtual tour to sell a house or a new estate project, an architectural shooting session to showcase your work or a high quality yacht photoshoot, you can count on me."

Visit Alessio virtual tour website here.

Alexander is a photographer from north-eastern Germany. He began his photographic career with architectural and interior images. Early on, he used all technical options for his work to capture structures from unusual perpsectives. He photographs houses, company buildings, residential areas and entire cities from a drone, a helicopter or a plane. 

At the request of his clients, he also manufactures 360 degree panoramas of all kinds of buildings. 

Typically, he approaches the object to be photographed in which he visits at different times of the day, explores it from different perspectives and oberves different lighting situations, then he captures the wide angles and small details that stand out.

Alexander has neither a particular preference for modern or historical buildings - he simply loves all kinds of architecture. He has published a large format coffee table book about modern architecture and historical mansions in his homeland Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

After years spent working with an exhaustive list of high-profile photographers as a creative image retoucher, operator, and assistant, Benjamin Norton has been privileged to produce work for such diverse clients as Marks and Spencer, the British Museum, More London and The Royal Academy of Arts. 

Ben strives to create strong and long lasting professional relationships, by listening to and delivering on his client's objectives. Using digital capture, Ben works directly with clients or remotely from a shoot location to effectively ensure their vision is fully realised and executed. Recently he’s produced work for, amongst others, Stanton Williams, Hines Interests Ltd Partnership and WHY? Architecture Workshop. 

Benjamin Norton Photography is a member of The Association of Independent Architectural Photographers and is available to work internationally.

Carl Vernlund provides award winning still and motion visuals of architecture, interiors, and aerials to architects, designers, engineers and builders.

Based in Central Connecticut and Athens, Greece, he covers the EU and USA. Embracing the latest technology and COVID-19 safety protocols, he produces stills, drone aerials, 360 virtual tours.

He discovered his passion for architecture and photography as a young man, travelling to Kenya to photograph wildlife and then studying Architectural Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Carl started his 30+ year career working as a staff photographer with Armstrong (AWI) where he travelled extensively throughout the USA and Europe. Today Carl collaborates with fine architectural, engineering and construction firms.

His images have helped his clients earn awards from American Institute of Architects and have been featured in national shelter publications including Architectural Digest and Architectural Record. 

Visit his website to see how Carl can showcase your projects in their best light.

The New York City-based photography team of Ellen McDermott and creative partner Bridget Sciales produces timeless visual language with imagery that is both intimate and visceral.

Their photography evokes emotion which enhances the digital experience for consumers across e-commerce, marketing and content creation. Their approach involves shooting with a studied and refined lighting that immediately provokes the viewer into a time and space.

“Throughout our careers together we have partnered with our clients as a driving force with digital pioneering and customer engagement using new and emerging digital channels. The end result is extremely well curated experiences in the era of digital immediacy. We translate our client’s retail standards and needs in the e-comm space that drives social commerce and leads digital innovation”.

The work can be seen in ad campaigns, digital content, books, corporate assignments and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

Clients include Ralph Lauren, One Kings Lane, Martha Stewart Living, Iconix Brands, Toast, Plain Goods, Architectural Digest, Christies, Sotheby’s and Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt among others.

Gregor’s recent projects in the hotel industry took him to Cologne, Zurich, Salzburg but also let him work in his home town, Vienna. The photos he took for the Ruby Hotel Luna in Düsseldorf earlier in 2021 were crucial for the hotel receiving the 'Hotelimmobilie des Jahres' Award at 196+ hotelforum Munich. 

However, not everything in front of Gregor’s camera is a hotel, and not every output from his camera is a photograph. For The Naked Indigo, a bowl restaurant at the Europark Mall in Salzburg, Gregor was sent by the interior designers to capture the final result of their work in stills and video.  

In the upcoming year Gregor will invest in setting up a permanent studio in Vienna to bring his attention to detail also to the world of product and still life photography.

Joerg Schwalfenberg has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. His work spans several genres, from portrait to corporate / industrial photography to architectural photography. This is where his photographic heart beats, as he has always had a fascination for architecture.

No matter what tasks are given to him, he always likes to tackle them with the highest professionalism, brings his point of view and delivers highly professional work. The company's own in-house post production and its good network guarantee short communication channels and thus little friction.

In his personal work, Joerg Schwalfenberg experiments a lot, likes to allow optical breaks and thus achieves new perspectives, which he allows to flow into his professional work.

As a professional member of the BFF (Professional Association of Free Photographers and Film Designers e.V.), he now also passes on his experience as a mentor for the participants in the new BFF sponsorship award.

Joerg Schwalfenberg works wherever his customers have tasks for him - worldwide!

Kip walked into a photo studio while studying at Ringling College of Art and Design and knew he has found his calling. He spent the next decade working in darkrooms and assisting top-level photographers. His first paid gig was photographing punk rock bands. He liked the chaos, lack of control and capturing the instance it came together.

For the last 20+ years Kip has refined his craft in the controlled chaos of the photo set. He is inspired by light, angles, styling and the latest technology. There’s no situation Kip can’t handle. His confident and collaborative approach has earned him the loyalty of his clients among which are luxury textile and furniture brands, hotels, resorts, top designers, architects and builders. He is also a Hyatt approved photographer.

His work can be seen in Architectural Digest, Milieu, House Beautiful and Traditional Home. He still devotes personal projects to the rock scene.

“My last job in March 2020 was at a quiet London Heathrow Airport for British Airways, shooting their First Class lounges. I needed my passport to go ‘airside’ but, with lockdown soon declared, that was the closest I got to leaving the country for quite a while.

Being so used to shooting internationally I focused on commissions in the UK, discovering many wonderful projects close to home: including making a film about a Grade 1 Listed estate; photographing the new building by French architects Barthélémy Grino at the Glenmorangie whiskey distillery in Scotland; making films for arts organisation Sussex Modern; a film in the Cotswolds for US brand Insinkerator; shooting Cole & Son’s new wallpaper collections in an historic house; photography in London for The Crown Estate; the new Manchester hotel by Kimpton…

I’ve also continued my close working relationships with several highly talented interior designers and architects including Kelly Hoppen, Goddard Littlefair, Shalini Misra, Gregory Phillips, Jorge Canete.

Although proud of an A-Z client list that ranges from Architectural Digest, to Dior, Harrods, Patek Philippe, Vogue, to the Zoological Society of London, with my work roughly 50/50 shooting stills / making videos, it’s really always the next commission that’s most exciting.”

"My passion for photography came through in my early 20s, when I decided to leave my bachelor in economics and business and moved to London to work as a freelance for several real estate agencies.

My interest in architecture photography comes from a strong family tradition of architects and designers. Also, having a family-owned hotel has proven really helpful in the planning and visualisation process of the client’s requests and how to meet them.

I eventually moved back to Italy eager to improve my skills, and have since worked locally and internationally with hotel brands including Hilton, La Cocumella, Le Sirenuse, and architecture studios such as Gnosis Progetti, with whom I shot Naples’ international airport, Paestum’s archaeological site, and other renovation projects."

Tom Jasny is specialised in interior and exterior photography; he creates amazing images for incredible properties and places - images that create instant appeal, photos that evoke “I want to be here,” emotions.

Tom possesses a signature skill in lighting and a thorough eye for perfect perspectives and detail. With now almost 20 years of expertise as a sought-after photographer for hotels, resorts and residences, his irresistible images speak for themselves.

Some of his recent work is featured in this Spotlight. He was commissioned to shoot ecologically valuable houses with unique designs and the highest quality for BAUFRITZ. He also set the scene for high-quality lamps for ESTILUZ, a Spanish lamp manufacturer, shot an editorial for Schöner Wohnen Magazine, some interior design concept examples for STUDIOvKING, and travelled to Los Cabos, Mexico, for his long-lasting client RIU Resorts.

Viewing Victor Elias's award-winning architecture photography is an invitation to transport yourself to that idyllic place where you want to escape in time.

The spaces are captured in their best light, carefully crafting every detail angles explicitly chosen to make you, the viewer, feel welcome and as if they are waiting for you, motionless.

His work appears daily on thousands of travel websites worldwide, helping travelers make the right hotel choice.

He considers himself a visual poet, and the images he captures are representations of his vision of the world from personal experiences along this journey called life. 

Traveling is his passion and a necessity, and photography has enabled him to fulfill his creative life beyond his dreams.

His architecture work is currently on display at the Palazzo Mora for The Venice Biennale 2021.