BEAUTY & HAIR PHOTOGRAPHERS & DIRECTORS Mar 2014

Alexander Imaging is a creative advertising and catalogue studio, located for 15 years in the heart of Soma, San Francisco. Jeff Alexander strives for clean, creative imagery that is focused on beauty, cosmetics, products and food for a wide range of clientele.

Full service production, skilled photography, high end retouching and post production, Alexander Imaging consistently works for its clients to bring a high level of service and attention.

An exciting photographer with boundless energy for his craft, Barry Jeffery has extensive experience creating distinctive and compelling images. His technical brilliance and artistic vision bring alive even the most challenging of concepts and locations. Barry’s engaging personality and humour puts everyone at ease, fuelling spontaneity and energy from within his subjects to create iconic photography.

Based in London, Barry likes to be involved in every step of the photo production process, from concept to casting through to digital post-production. This drives the creative vision and delivers great results. He also directs and shoots short films and music videos.

Barry has shot an enormous number of fashion and beauty editorials, magazine covers, portraits and commercial projects for clients including L’Oréal - Matrix, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Collection, Selfridges, Balmain Hair, Sleek, Baumler, Without Prejudice, Asian Bride Magazine and NXT.

With over 25 years of professional experience, Bete Vieira now occupies a prominent place in the production of beauty hair photography. She has done significant work in various areas of photography, and also edited art books. 

In the last decade she has won recognition as one of the best and most experienced Brazilian hair photographers. She currently produces photos for advertising campaigns and product packages for more than 50 Brazilian hair cosmetic companies.

Her studio in São Paulo offers all the necessary facilities with production executives specialising in casting, contracts, hair and make-up production, costumes, catering and post-production.

To ensure that preconceived concepts will materialise into images of intense communication and aesthetic beauty, Bete personally oversees all activities of her production executives with inspiring passion, accompanying every detail from post-production up to final delivery.

Born in Sao Paulo and with a Bachelor's in Arts in Advertising, Caesar Lima has always had the passion and drive to go against the creative grain. A self-proclaimed non-conformist, he is a master at depicting original, never before seen emotion and captivating subject matters. He thrives in doing the "wrong thing", yet possesses the extraordinary talent to transform that into the surreal, thought provoking, even beautiful.

Caesar welcomes and embraces technology as an endless tool to express himself creatively. Gifted with a visionary's eye to carry out ideas, he boldly pushes limits and stays one step ahead with his innovative photography and design. His "out of the box" thinking have earned him multiple awards and accolades, including four 2013 IPA Awards, 2013 One Eyeland Award, 2012 PX3, 2011-2012 IPA Awards, 2011 Archive 200 Best, 2010 IPA Awards, 2010 PX3 in Paris, 2009 IPA Award, and a 2009 Addy Award, to name just a few.

His rebellious methods have become his unique signature, making Caesar one of the most successful and recognised beauty photographers of our time. 

DN Design Photography & Retouching’ is a Dublin-based studio specialising in high-end hair and beauty photography and retouching. Over the years, the company's images have received numerous awards including 1st place in the World Stylist of the Year in the ladies Avant-Garde 2013 OMC World awards.

What attracts new clients and maintains their existing client base is the team's attention to detail, unstinting service and the fact that photography and digital retouching are all covered in-house.

With over 50 years' combined experience, DN Design has worked with many leading corporate companies and Ad agencies. Clients include Irish Hairdressing International, DIOR, IDL/Pernod Ricard, Guinness, Irish Rail, Britvic, Aviva, U2/Principal Management and Aer Lingus.

DN Design welcomes any challenge and has never failed to deliver even on the most creative and imaginative ideas.

Paris-born Elise Dumontet has been shooting hair and beauty in London for the last seven years. Her style is feminine and sophisticated and her direct approach allows her to get the most out of her models.

With connections throughout the hair and beauty world, Elise always brings together a fantastic, dedicated team. She has shot high profile campaigns for L'Oréal, Pantene, Tony & Guy and Urban Retreat, as well as regular features in magazines such as Vogue, Tank, The Observer, In Style and Cent.

Working primarily in the field of beauty photography, Fernando Milani was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based in New York City, he divides his time between the US and Europe.

Fernando is dedicated to photography with a passion and tremendous focus, challenging his creativity and exploring new forms of art. His drive, charisma and keen sensibility for beauty is what makes his work so noticeable to creative directors and clients.

In 2006 Fernando was listed in WWD Beauty Biz Magazine's "It" list as one of the 'Top Beauty Photographers' in the industry.

He has shot for magazines and publications such as Marie Claire, Glamour, InStyle, Elle (US), Seventeen, Shape, Fitness, Self, Vibe, EVE (UK), to name just a few. His recent advertising clients include John Frieda, Garnier, Pantene, Sephora, Avon, Gillette, Pepsi Cola, Peroni Beer, Philips, Boots (UK),
Campbell's, Kraft, Bayer and Johnson&Johnson.

Gavin O'Neill is a New York-based photographer specialising in hair and beauty, with clients ranging from Olay, Gillette, Philips, Avon and L'Oréal, to Vogue, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan.

Visit his website for more images and contact information.

Jenny Hands has 12 years of experience shooting hair. She has worked with brands such as Aveda, Clairol, Batiste, Nivea, HOB, Brooks & Brooks and Diva with top industry hairdressers Antoinette Beenders, Akin Konizi, Darren Ambrose and Sally Brooks.

Jenny has just returned from spending December in New York shooting for Aveda and Clairol. 2013 British hair awards saw Jenny's work win The British Hairdresser of the year for Akin Konizi for the 4th time and The North American Hairdresser of the year for Allen Ruiz.

New York City-based beauty and fashion photographer Joseph Cartright is as diverse and creative as the city he grew up in. With an engineering background in avionics and a career in music production, he has coalesced the precision of engineering and the fluidity of music production into a unique photographic and visual art form.

Joseph's technical and artistic background has made him a much sought after teacher - teaching at the prestigious Parsons School of Design - and he has for many years lectured and taught seminars for Apple Computers, Phase One, Microsoft, Xrite and HP, to name a few.

His Client base includes some of the best known brands in the beauty and fashion industries including L’Oréal, Victoria’s Secret, Aveda, Wella, Ralph Lauren, Escada, ELLE, NYT, Allure and many others.

Born and raised in Munich, Julia Saller studied various fields in the Arts and graphic design before she found her true passion in photography. After establishing herself in portraiture she turned her attention to fashion and beauty.

Always with every detail in mind, from pre- to post-production, Julia's images touch the viewer with an incomparable aesthetic expression and intense feminine approach. Her creative work is regularly featured in campaigns for ArtDeco and  Great Lengths as well as in magazines such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar and many more.

"Born in 1968, my areas of expertise are people, fashion, advertising, cars and still life photography. I was born in Bavaria and have been working as a professional photographer for over 15 years in Hamburg, Munich, New York, Florida and also Nürnberg, where I now own and run M17Creative Studio. I have helped numerous models expand their portfolios with stunning images and provided content for magazines, websites, ad campaigns and modelling agencies from around the world.

"From vocation to profession - photography demands technical understanding and creativity, and these are exactly my personal interests and passions. Large or small scale, advertising, fashion, beauty, portraits, head-shots, model portfolios, retouching, on location worldwide or in studio, I strive to make every photo shoot creative and comfortable. Capturing the beauty in you and your business, our studios are the prime address for top-quality commercial photography and offer the latest technology from leading manufacturers as well as lots of space for shoots of all kinds."

Visit Tom Huckert's website for more information.

From the beginning Thomas Kruesselmann started out as a commercial photographer, he has also been shooting video. A few years ago, he was one of the first visual artists worldwide to create fashion films. Now that the worlds of photography and film are merging and advertising agencies no longer strictly seperate them, the time for his dual role as photographer/director has truly come.

Thomas often shoots stills and motion within one production, on one budget, giving one creative answer to the brief. Although Thomas' trend is towards fashion and beauty, his work contains elements of lifestyle and documentary imagery.

Recent clients for motion and stills include Braun/BBDO Proximity, fashion labels and a medical skincare company.

Visit his brand new website for more.

Wendy Hope is a fun and whimsical, multi-faceted, versatile photographer and visual artist. She displays her expertise in creating new, dramatic, and exciting looks in beauty and fashion as well as celebrity driven advertising.

Wendy’s work combines technical precision and detail, which is reflected in her lighting and stylized work.

Wendy is based out of Brooklyn NY and clients include Neiman Marcus, New You Magazine, Scratch Magazine, Culture Magazine, Sebastian Hair, Wella Hair, Revlon and Essence Magazine.

Born in Luxembourg in 1969, Yves Kortum began taking photographs in 1987. Moving to Brussels to study photography, he left higher education to join the team of a renowned photographer and continue learning in the field. In 1993 he started working as an independent fashion photographer and model scout in Paris.

In 1994 Yves shot his first Elle cover and began working for several big names in the hair and fashion Industry. In 1996 he left for Vienna to conquer the Eastern European countries, returning to Luxembourg in 2000 to open his own studio. In 2005, he found himself in Paris once more and began specialising in hair photography, working for a range of big names in hairdressing. In 2010 he reopened a new studio in Paris. Yves currently works for big brands including L'Oréal Professional, RTL, Schwarzkopf, Wella, Davines and Jitrois.