new york Dec 2012

Doug Truppe represents advertising photographers both domestically and internationally, providing a wide range of specialties in photography including lifestyle, portraiture, food, still life, humour, children and babies. The agency has established solid working relationships with top clients such as Avon, AT&T and Pfizer, to name just a few, and has great relationships with production companies throughout the world to ensure the best production services for clients.

Visit the website for more information.
 

Jed Root, Inc. is the premier agency for leading fashion photographers, illustrators, stylists, hair and make-up artists, prop stylists and set designers within the fashion industry.

The artists represented by Jed Root, Inc. contribute to projects including advertising campaigns, editorial photo shoots and fashion shows.

Founded in 1989 in New York, the agency offers true global representation to its artists with offices in New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

Today, Jed Root, Inc. sustains its commitment to supplying top talent and continues to set precedents within the constantly evolving fashion industry.

Photogroup Inc. is a boutique artist agency that represents photographers in NYC and the mid-Atlantic. Photogroup has assembled a group of photographers that fuse technique and innovative style. The company understands the needs of its clients and strives to create a relaxed and resourceful working environment.

P.G. Inc. recognises the importance of a creative team in producing dynamic and thought-provoking imagery. The company has discovered unique artists who have great vision and understand a clients’ needs go beyond just the "image".

Trunk Archive is a full service licensing agency representing the most engaging and sought after image makers. Providing a unique, intelligent and forward-thinking alternative to the traditional resources for existing imagery, the agency also serves as a creative partner by offering complimentary image research and visual strategy consultation.

With an extensive international network and partnerships across the entertainment, publishing and fashion industries, Trunk Archive is uniquely positioned to offer clients unprecedented access and comprehensive support in all aspects of content distribution and licensing.

The archive contains hundreds of thousands of images covering fashion, celebrity, beauty, lifestyle, still life, design, architecture and travel. Thousands of new images are added to the archive each week as the agency continues its mission to make extraordinary and previously unseen art available to clients.

Trunk Archive has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Paris.

Jed Root, Inc. is the premier agency for leading fashion photographers, illustrators, stylists, hair and make-up artists, prop stylists and set designers within the fashion industry.

The artists represented by Jed Root, Inc. contribute to projects including advertising campaigns, editorial photo shoots and fashion shows.

Founded in 1989 in New York, the agency offers true global representation to its artists with offices in New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

Today, Jed Root, Inc. sustains its commitment to supplying top talent and continues to set precedents within the constantly evolving fashion industry.

Mission Photo Production offers comprehensive production services for still and motion shoots locally and around the world. “We’ve produced hundreds of campaigns in over 30 countries on six continents in the past 18 years,” says Mission’s founder, Mary Pratt. This amounts to an abundance of experience, a vast network, plenty of stories - and the understanding that the collaboration between the photographer, the client/agency and the production team is paramount.

Recent collaborations include an editorial for Be Magazine with Dree Hemingway, a night shoot for Mini, advertising for Kumon, and several shoots for Mercedes, including a futuristic case study of their famous Geländewagen.
 

Liquid CGI is a boutique NYC-based pre-media firm specialising in PhotoReal CGI Rendering. Its forte is creating compelling product images and visual effects that would be difficult or impossible to illustrate in other ways.

Liquid CGI transforms visual communication by enabling the lighting precision, artistry and cost advantages traditional photography cannot always deliver. Whether clients need a photo-realistic image of an existing product, a computer-generated prototype of a new product, or special visual effects, Liquid CGI allows them to work faster and smarter, with flexibility and ingenuity.

The company's corporate and agency clients are reaching new heights in creativity and brand distinction. The possibilities are truly limitless.

Lifestyle, people and landscape photographer Tim Müller, originally from Berlin, travels constantly, shooting between Europe, the USA and beyond.

Tim has worked for a range of international clients from advertising to editorial, including Nestlé, P&G, McDonald's, Nescafé, Volkswagen, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, ABN Amro, WeightWatchers, Channel4, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and many others.

Tim is represented by cake-factory in London, New York and Los Angeles. As ever, all German clients are welcome to contact his office management in Berlin.

Visit Tim's recently updated website to view his portfolio.

Italian-born photographer Franco Vogt got into location photography to satisfy several passions. One was the chance to solve problems on the fly, the other was to travel.

He has made images for countless clients around the world utilising a very simple and sensitive approach. Often working with non professionals as his models, he has the ability to capture images that feel fresh and spontaneous. His work never feels forced or pretentious  and the viewer will often feel as if they were right there next to the camera watching it happen.

Franco recently completed three fun shoots. A five-day image library shoot for ACT, a print campaign for Sandostatin, and a print/Internet campaign for Eyebobs with Iris Apfel.

“At the age of 19, I packed a small backpack and an Instamatic camera and left Norway to go travelling around the world in search of a greater purpose," explains Vegar Abelsnes. "From exploring, experiencing, seeing, and tasting much of what the world has to offer, I gravitated towards a desire to photograph. Photography became a true passion in my life. It is not only a profession, but also a vocation and an avocation.”

Vegar is a global photographer who is based out of New York and Oslo. He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife and two small children.

Clients include American Express, AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chase, DnB Nor, E*Trade, Forest Laboratories, Inc., FTL Solar, Genentech, Grey, Harper Collins, Integer Group, Interbrand, McCann, MWV (MeadWestvaco), OhioHealth, Pfizer, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, Scandinavian Airlines, Siegel & Gale, Simon & Schuster, VSA Partners and United Technologies.

Latest projects include the Christmas holiday campaign for AT&T, currently up in all stores in the US.

Vegar is represented by Doug Truppe.

Matthew Klein wants to make you hungry for his clients' products.

He doesn't care about anything else.

Daniel Castro has been in love with photography since film came in little cardboard packs at the corner store.

Groomed as a graphic designer, Daniel began his career creating graphics and developing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies in the cosmetic and fashion industries. Little by little, his clients began to ask him if he might shoot some of the photography in the the ads he was designing. He jumped in head first with camera in hand - and never looked back.

Today, Daniel is an internationally published photographer with studios in New York and San Francisco. He creates dramatic imagery for top-tier beauty brands such as Sephora, Clinique, Bare Escentuals and Clarins Cosmetics.

JR Delia is a New York-based lifestyle and portrait photographer with over 10 years’ experience shooting for editorial, fashion and advertising clients.

Known for his edgy, character-revealing portraits and effortlessly sexy fashion, JR is a master of lighting and experimental film techniques. His night exposures are widely recognised and have been featured in galleries from New York to Milan.

JR’s work can be seen in ES Magazine, Esquire Russia, Parade, TATLER, NY Times and Harper's Bazaar.

Visit the website to see more of his wide-ranging commercial portfolio.

Sally Montana is a highly talented portrait photographer and makes people naturally feel at ease. She is fun to work with and completely reliable. Whether portraiture or documentary, her strong photos speak a calm language and are filled with detail.

She is known for her ability to capture personalities with a unique sense for intimacy, and her love for lighting enhances the character beyond the familiarity inherent in the photos.

Sally is currently relocating to New York City and will be available for bookings as-of beginning of February.

Visit her website for more detailed information.

Roger Hagadone is a New York City-based advertising photographer. Equally adept at shooting both stills and motion, his work has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, magazines and award-winning books. He is best known for his distinctive lighting and signature style of retouching.

His clients include Aflac, Zyrtec, Las Vegas, Tabasco, Comcast and Discovery.

Roger is represented by Doug Truppe.

Matt Dutile is a New York City-based lifestyle and travel photographer. He grew up in a small New Hampshire farm town before venturing west seeking buried treasure, as most explorers do. He now enjoys the eccentricities of swiftly speeding cab rides and New York nights.

He’s a problem solver and story teller, an experience maker and fun creator. Sometimes he rhymes. Mostly he smiles.

Matt has the absolute pleasure to spend his life doing what he loves; travelling the world, making people laugh and capturing the energy of the moment forever. He believes that great photography is not just about captivating images, but creating an enjoyable experience for both client and crew. He hopes you'll be one of them.

Clients include Islands, Caribbean Travel + Life, AFAR, Easy Living UK, AAA Living, New York Magazine, and more.
 

David Paler has been commissioned for photo shoots of over 10,000 apartments, buildings, homes and businesses. His experience and efficiency have positioned him as one of the top real estate photographers in New York City.

He approaches each shoot with technical expertise, but it is his artistic eye that is prized by a broad array of developers, architects, designers, hotels, and Manhattan’s highest-tier residential real estate firms. David often accurately depicts a scene, but in an atypical way. 

His work has appeared in several major publications, including The New York Times, Post, and Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Photography, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, and In New York Magazine. His work can also be found in numerous books and publications about New York, as well as in local NYC museums.

Margarette Adams' eye for seeing things through the lens is due in part to her early start as a photographer and ethnographic film-maker. She is able to capture the visual effects of art director, photographer and client’s desire to achieve collaborative creative work.

Her career in the visual arts has earned her respect among her colleagues. Margarette’s work has graced the covers of magazines, best seller cook books, awarded still life photos, editorial spreads, advertisements, web sites, digital work, product packaging, and more. Her visual art skills have even been used on non-food assignments.

To summarise her remarkable work, Margarette has ‘style’.

Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, next to the Williamsburg Bridge, Mica Studios is a 1500 sq. ft., 10' ceiling height, fully equipped rental photo studio, including studio lights as well as available daylight. Mica Studios also has a digital lab that offers an Imacon Flextight x5 Scanner, Epson Stylus 4900 Printer, and a Mac tower with NEC Monitor. Also for use are a make-up station, a vintage film-viewing light table, steamer and a clothing rack.

Mica Studios provide full service in production and post production.

LightSpace Studios is a new fully functional photo and film production facility with massive cyclorama stages and 30’ ceiling clearances.

In the three daylight studios sunlight washes in through skylights and wraps around the windows. An unobstructed space creates the most versatile environment for clients’ creative workflow.

The space offers flexible lighting set-ups with extensive equipment rentals, ceiling lighting grids, blackout capability and ample electricity. The studios have full drive-in access, hair and make-up suites, production offices, client lounges as well as a huge rooftop with panoramic views of Manhattan.

Electrical tie-in is available with distribution (3 Phase 200 AMP) as well as a full lighting grid with customisable and dimmable light sources. An equipped audio and video control booth for DJ's and video projections compliments a pillarless expanse of clean space with unlimited rigging potential for fashion shoots and music videos, motion-capture green screen and commercial productions.

LightSpace studios simplifies the means of making the creative vision a reality.

Gild Hall, 60 Thompson's Wall Street sister property, is located on historic Gold Street and brings a new level of design savvy and service to Manhattan's illustrious Financial District.

Designed by Jim Walrod, the simple yet luxurious rooms feature oversized leather-tufted headboards and elegant custom-designed wooden furniture, topped with rich flannel throws and mahogany details. The hotel features a bi-level, Tuscan style wine bar and lounge, Felice Ristorante & Wine Bar, adorned with dramatic chandeliers and boasting extensive wine programming, as well as 126 handsome, cosmopolitan rooms and suites.

Effortlessly blending classical European sensibility with American contemporary style, Gild Hall serves as a modern-day gentleman's club for the kings and queens of Wall Street.

The APA Awards 2012 Annual Photo Competition Winners are here! American Photographic Artists members and non-members from across the world participated in the annual celebration of extraordinary image-making. Over 1,600 images were entered representing photographers from 15 countries around the world.

With the winners spotlighted for outstanding work that reflects personal vision and exemplifies technical excellence, the award-winning photographers receive many additional marketing opportunities through vigorous promotion, including through Showcase.

This year's 31 winners represent the highest quality and creative vision in imagery. APA congratulates all of them.