KIDS PHOTOGRAPHY Jun 2014

Alexandra Klever has been busy with various commercial, editorial and personal projects. Recent clients include Ferrero Kinderschokolade, Himbeer Magazine, International Wardrobe, Kidd.O magazine, Lidl International, Nokia, Postbank and Villeroy & Boch. She also completed a new video.

Alexandra is represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.

David Handley is a multi-award-winning photographer who was given the prestigious title of 'Sony World Fashion Photographer'.

He is a renowned and established photographer who has specialised in photographing children and babies for the last 14 years.

He shoots regularly for commercial and editorial clients worldwide such as Primark, Ralph Lauren, Mothercare, M&S and Next.

He has an ability to capture the naturalness of his subjects and possesses an expansive knowledge of natural and studio lighting. His experience and creativity with children allow him to capture vibrant, quirky pictures.

David has also lectured at Central St Martins University of Arts in London and runs an online course teaching the art of photographing children and babies.

Dan Demetriad is an award-winning children’s, portrait and celebrity photographer based in Manhattan. Born and raised in Bucharest and a New Yorker for over 30 years, Dan is known for his ability to capture personalities. It is his ease and patience with children, as well as clients of all ages, that leaves him as a favourite among all of his clients.

His client list is a who's-who of New York families, indvidiuals, corporate CEOs, and many of the nation's top actors and entertainers. Dan is also renowned for his interior architecural shots, live performance shoots, post production retouching, and high-quality photo restoration.

Hannah Mentz is an award-winning Cape Town based lifestyle and portrait photographer who specialises in photographing children. She is renowned for her enthusiastic and sensitive approach, putting her subjects at ease to create captivating and spontaneous images. Hannah's shoots, which are often outdoors, have a relaxed and informal atmosphere allowing the children to have fun and be themselves.

Hannah's images have been used in international campaigns for brands such as Lloyds Bank, BBC, Slimfast and Servite Housing, as well as in local campaigns for Ackermans. Her work has also been featured in The Sunday Times (UK), Time Magazine, Hello (UK) and many other publications. Hannah is passionate about her work with non-profit and non-governmental organisations. She has been commissioned by Comic Relief, Sports Relief and Annie Lennox's Sing Foundation, as well as many other local and international groups.

Visit her website to see more.

Ian is a London-based kids photographer shooting all ages, from newborns to teens.

His energy and ability to engage with the kids on the shoot helps put everyone at ease and enables him to capture his trademark natural images.

Ian has campaigns out now for Mini Boden, Matalan, Mothercare and Boots. He shoots editorials for Vogue Bambini, Kikimora and Luna Magazine and other regular clients include Early Learning Centre, Harrods, Morrisons and BHS.

Ian is represented in UK by Zara Ronchi and in Milan by Beatrice Kervadec.

Julia Bostock is an international kids photographer known for her playful vision and irreverent approach. Motivated by the curious imagination and spontaneity of children, she is passionate about capturing this vitality in all her work, both for prolific brands and her own reportage.

Julia's love of travel and other cultures has led her to work with clients from all over the world. She recently spent the day with three beautiful sets of twins shooting for a prestigious Italian brand and has work coming out shortly in Luna Magazine, La Petite and Vogue Bambini.

Kymberly Marciano brings her strong, polished point of view to all that she does, whether she is creating her rich photographic images or working as a consulting Creative Director for established and emerging brands like Solow, Model Magazine, Guess Kids or Childrens Place.

Kymberly’s romantic, feminine photographs are rooted in the natural world, in her years as a globetrotting model, and in the energy and curiosity she brings to her relationships with children. She is currently transferring the same sensitivity and narrative gifts as she expands into women’s fashion, celebrity, and brand development for teen singers/actors and personalities.

Both as a photographer and Creative Director, Kymberly’s position as a fashion insider, trend watcher and “discoverer” of new talent helped her to successfully brand and develop Guess Kids into a global lifestyle brand, shooting and conceptualising iconic advertising campaigns for its European, Asian and US markets in early 2000.

Using her global network and deep knowledge of fashion, Kymberly now also provides Creative and Art Direction for fellow photographers and motion artists. Many of the young people she has discovered, photographed and developed have gone on to major careers in modelling and acting.

Marcus Renken is a Hamburg-based fashion photographer with a special affinity for kids. While many collegues find the work with children hard and stressful, Marcus is still curious and excited to find the key to trust, "the essential ingredient to getting your models to feel free and be themselves."

Naturally, this requires efficient teamwork and workflow. One Art Director said after a couple of years of co-operation: "The most relaxed shoots I have ever had.“

In recent years Marcus has worked for a large number of catalogues, including
Jako-o, Fitz, Steiff, Otto, Bonprix, Tchibo, Whoopy, Stummer and Mills Fashion, and is still looking for new challenges.

German photographer Marina Kloess lived in New York and has assisted well-known photographers, including Bruce Weber. Her professional photography career started in 2009 and she has extensive experience in kids, lifestyle and people photography, shooting on location and in the studio in Germany or abroad.

Marina captures and communicates moments, feelings and people in a way that is both tangible and sincere. She now lives in Munich.

Photographer Patrick Harrison has over 20 years of experience shooting natural and inspiring images. He shot for Junior Magazine since the start and was a regular contributor.

As a father of three girls he is fully qualified to make sure shoots are fun and relaxed and knows how to handle the odd tantrum. He has shot kids lifestyle campaigns and image banks for The Welsh Assembly, Tenpin, Tesco, Camping and Caravanning Club, and the Fostering and Adoption Agency.

"Patrick is a fantastic photographer. He is exactly what you want: friendly, charming and unassuming. He is a joy to work with and he always gets the best out of people. He has an uncanny ability to capture the essence of a person or a situation, and always with an unerring instinct for a great frame," Roger Whittlesea, Proud Creative.

Patrick is represented by Lisa Pritchard Agency (LPA).

Born in 1970 in Paris, Patrick Wittmann began his photography career in 1994. He spent numerous years assisting various photographers, travelling the globe on photographic assignments.

Patrick is now an award-winning photographer based in Munich, and has been shooting for more than 18 years.

For the last 12 years he has specialised in children‘s fashion for commercial, catalogue and editorial clients worldwide.

Sonja Tobias lives in Hamburg, which is also her working base. She works for international brands with the same enthusiasm as she does for local clients.

Sonja loves to catch the extraordinary in every moment.

"Coincidences determine my life - that is why coincidence takes place in my work.“

Sonja Tobias is represented by wildfoxrunning.

Stacie has been behind a still camera as a commercial lifestyle and candid portraiture photographer for many years and began directing 10 years ago. Ribbonhead is her own media and publishing company through which she produces and shoots advertising print campaigns, directs commercials/film productions, and publishes her own (award-winning) children's books.

Her advertising clients are drawn to the personal, playful and authentic moments she captures combined with her creative art direction and her ability to direct children as if they are not in front of a camera. She is happy to work through an agency or direct to client. Kids have been a large part of her work in all forms as a professional artist and also in her philanthropic time. Stacie is pleased to be a new addition to the director's roster at Hybrid Edit + Content in Santa Monica, California but loves to travel all over the world to create shoots. Her images are also available for license.

Steve Boxall is a commercial and editorial fashion/lifestyle photographer from London who specialises in children.

"I like to think that my images are where fashion and lifestyle meet. For me, it's all about capturing images of a fabulous life.

After six years of working in London and before life got too serious, I left England for the most amazing years of my life travelling the world (and never went home). I have 20 years of experience working in almost every aspect of the photography industry. I'm a father of three and love to photograph people and especially kids.

I'm based on the East coast of the USA between Miami and New York (I live on a plane). I'm at home shooting in the studio, on the beach (preferably on an island with fruity drinks), in zero gravity, and everything in between."

Recent clients include Royal Caribbean, Stellar McCartney, Adidas, Sports Illustrated and Kimpton Hotel Group. Steve is represented by ABTP (212-929-7771).

Susanne Dittrich was born and raised in the mid-west of Germany. Her work is about atmosphere, lightening, feelings, fun and friendship. Her main focus is on children, showing them in fashion, lifestyle and editorial images. Clients love her vibrant and vivid style, as well as her ability to create the same look for stills and film in a relaxed, fun environment.

Clients include Allianz, Audi, C&A, Coca Cola, Compo, Deutsche Bank, DM Markt, Edeka, Eon, Gruner & Jahr, Hipp, Kellogg's, Heinz, Jeans Fritz, Lufthansa, Manor, Meggle, Miracoli, McDonalds, Neckermann, Nivea, Porsche, Procter & Gamble/Lenor, Lego, Lufthansa, OB,
 Pampers, Rama, Reno, Ritter Sport, RWE, SOS Kinderdorf, Südzucker, Vodafone, Telekom, Tchibo, 
Premiere, Renault, SAP, Skoda, Symrise, T-Mobil, Total, Volksbank, Welho Finland and Zeiss.

Agencies include BGP Advertising Dubai, Bcube Milan, DDB, DraftFCB, Fischer Appelt, Grabbarz & Partner, Grey Worldwide, Heye, Jump Lyon,
 Jung von Matt, Kolle Rebbe, Klaus E. Küster, KL Liedig, KNSK, Leagas Delaney Hamburg, Leagas Delaney Prag, Lowe Alice Paris,
 McCann, Erickson, Ogilvy Düsseldorf, Ogilvy Frankfurt, Proximity BBDO Paris, Publicis Paris, RedRoses Communications, 
Saatchi & Saatchi, Springer & Jacoby, Scholz & Friends, Serviceplan Munich, TBWA and 358 Helsinki.