mexico Dec 2014

Yucatan Productions is a full-service production company located in Mexico. The company produces catalogue, advertising and editorial content from the Caribbean Coast (Riviera Maya, Cancun and Tulum) to the Pacific Coast (Los Cabos, and Baja California).

Mexico provides an ideal all-year-round environment for photography, with consistent weather, a wide variety of locations, professional crews, reasonable production costs and many outstanding and as-yet undiscovered sites.

“Yucatan Productions brings the locations to you, and then you to the locations!”

Clients include: Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Tommy Bahama, Elle, Sports Illustrated, C&A, Glamour, Getty Images, Pacifico, Otto, Urban Outfitters, Esquire, Next, Neiman Marcus, Jockey, Printemps, Nu Skin, FreePeople, Merrell, Hewlett Packard, Martha Stewart Prod, Etam, Projek, Beco, Fedex, Private Member, Camaieu, Delia's, Image Source, Condé Nast, Corbis, Quelle, Verena, Jolie, Poetry and Wrap, Vogue, Grazia, Apple, Sofft , Look Magazine, HGTV, Air Transat, Louis Vuitton, Horst, Corona, Gemo, San Marina, Addition Elle,Thyme, Kookai, Sport Expert, Figleaves and Only, Starwood Hotels, Robert Graham, The Chew ABC, and Johnnie Walker.

NOW Image Group is a full service photo and video production and post-production company, with a creative and strategic brand approach.

An experienced team offers excellent quality services in all aspects of a production. NOW gets involved from start to finish in every shoot, working together with clients to achieve the very best results by looking to create high impact, memorable images that convey what your brand needs to communicate.

Advertising productions range from cars, people, food and other specialties. The NOW philosophy is to always give the best professional service. Its high-end fully equipped studio is located on the West side of Mexico City.

Victorious is a full service film and photo production company based in Tulum, with offices in Punta del Este Uruguay and Salvador Brazil. The company offers an extensive and reliable network of professionals who work with a strong ethic, excellence and clarity, ensuring clients' success in every project. Victorious has a vast portfolio of private locations across the continent.

The company's passion and professional work is a reflection of its clients' creations, providing high-end service with international experience for TV commercials, advertising and fashion photography, documentaries, events and more.

Victorious has succcesfully produced throughout the world with expert knowledge in Mexico, Central America, Brazil and Uruguay.

CocoShoot exists as a dynamic blend of contemporary influences from all corners of fashion, pop-culture and the arts. Its productions always reflect both passion and expertise, which spans across cultural categories and borders.

The company's number one objective is to consistently serve its clients with a professional, fun, collaborative and unforgettable experience at every point of engagement. The team operates with flexibility, skill, integrity, passion and complete presence at all times.

"The client is King - and that’s what they’ll make you feel like. Seamless, focused, fun, it’s-all-taken-care-of  - that's the CocoShoot way." 

Romero and Braas is a motion-content service provider specialized in the realization of TV and video productions in Central America. The company has access to an ample network of local professionals, eliminating any cultural or language barriers.

The company also has extensive work experience in the European prime-time TV market. Romero and Braas can assist foreign production teams travelling to Central America or produce on behalf of clients independently, within a given budget and time constraints..

Habitant Productions is the service partner from one of the most renowned independent production companies in Latinamerica. Mantarraya Producciones has produced 25 films of which 14 were directorial debuts. Nine movies were featured at the Cannes Film Festival, including six appearances in the Official Selections and four of these in the competition, and winning best director twice among other prizes.

The mix of good weather, long daylight hours for shooting, the enormous variety of locations and its well-established film and TV industry makes Mexico the perfect place for US and European productions companies looking for great work conditions.

The team has various backgrounds and works closely with clients on TV spots, feature films, TV series and documentaries.

A full service film production company based in Mexico City and Riviera Maya, Percepcion Production Services offers a wide range of services aimed at catering to all production needs across Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

Clients include National Geographic Channel, MTV, Discovery Channel, José Cuervo, and a long list of more than 200 satisfied names.

Jair Dominguez is an international fashion, advertising and still life photographer based in Cancun, Mexico. His career began 15 years ago as a photojournalist for many of the most important newspapers and media sites in México.

As fashion photographer Jair Dominguez has been working with several companies like Zingara Swimwear and others. His work has been published in several magazines including Boulevard Magazine, SEDE Magazine, and others.

He also has collaborated as publisher in many editorial projects.

Visit Jair Dominguez´s website to keep up with his work.

Gaby Luque is a Mexico-based photographer specialising in food, products, cars and architecture, and who works for advertising agencies, magazines and direct clients.

Recent projects include Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Ford and Prologis, among others.

Gaby is a member of Unthinkable! Entertainment Corp, which prides itself in providing expertise and collaboration for animation films.

Visit her revamped website for more images.

Great lifestyle and resort photography is not made by chance. It requires a keen eye for detail, expert use of light and the experience to manage the constant variables of guests or changing weather. Edgardo Contreras’s clients know this and they rely on him for the way he delivers stunning imagery for the hospitality industry.

Although he is based in Riviera Maya and Mexico City, Edgardo is available for assignments throughout the country and abroad.

Santiago Ruiseñor is a fashion, editorial, portrait and advertising photographer based in Mexico City.

His latest work includes photo shoots for Elle Mexico, Elle Man, Guess, H&M, Palacio de Hierro and Pantera among the others.

In this Showcase you can see the photo shoot for Elle Mexico. For more work please visit the website.

With almost 20 years of uninterrupted shooting experience in the fields of feature film, advertising and TV documentary production, Eduardo is an award-winning cinematographer based in Mexico City and is represented by Hollywood-based talent rep agency The Mirish Agency.

Riviera Maya Lighting, Grip and Electric provides turn key production services in Southern Mexico and Belize for film, video and stills - on the ground in Cancun.

The company's  8, 3.5 and 1 tonne production trucks are equipped with HMI’s (12k to 200w), Kinos and Tungsten (MaxiBrutes to Peppers), and a rock solid local crew. 500A Cine Gennie, Hondas from 6500w to 2000w. Profoto and Hensel Porty Strobes, Z Racks and Beach Carts for stills in Tulum. A versatile production trailer for hair and make-up or production office. Its Unimog, winch system and portable Cenote Dock can get clients in and out of the impossible.

Riviera Maya's alliance with CTT Mexico City and Production Services Mexico gives clients access to the new Alexa cameras, seasoned crews and much more - in Cancun and Mexico City.

Permitting, crew, local producers and fixing services for clients from Armani to ZDF. Most recently, Riviera Maya lit NAIA for National Geographic in a jungle cenote and ‘X Factor’ London in a five-star resort.

American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP), the leading juried annuals in North America, also honors the best work being created today in Latin America by a roster of international artists. AI-AP, well-known for 33 years as the exclusive resource for art directors, designers, photo editors, art buyers and publishers seeks to introduce established, emerging and student Latino illustrators and photographers to the North American market - and vice versa - in a global, multi-cultural exchange of art and ideas.

Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración TR3S was judged by an international jury of top creatives who commission illustration and photography for use in magazines, advertising, books, posters, packaging, promotion, and video. Unpublished, fine art and student work will also be eligible.

You can see selection of Mexican illustrators' and photogrpahers' work featured in this Showcase and full winner galleries of Latin American Fotografía 3 and Latin American Ilustracíon 3 on the AI-AP website.

You can already submit your work for annual books of American Photography 31, until 23rd January, and American Illustration 34, until February.

March 17th & 18th NYCFotoWorks Goes to LA!  Bringing together art buyers, creative directors, photo editors, reps, and other industry professionals from all over the West Coast for photographers to meet 1-on-1 in an exclusively professional portfolio review.

Photographers choose their reviewers and can even customize their package to ensure the best fit for them and their work.

Reviewers will be announced on February 1st.

Meetings are granted on first-come-first-serve basis so APPLY TODAY!