TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY Dec 2010

London-based photographer Andy Wilson is a frequent and well-seasoned traveller.

Last month his commissions took him to China, India, Germany and Holland and this month he's heading to South Africa, Switzerland and Zanzibar.

In 2011 he will be taking his camera and a pickup truck on a road trip through Eastern Europe to Mongolia and China.

Contact Andy directly via his website for images from these upcoming locations.

Bernd Jonkmanns is based in Hamburg and specialises in people, portrait, reportage and travel photography.

He works for German and international magazines and shoots corporate communications for many leading companies. His personal photo projects, such as 'Brooklyn', have been exhibited at venues including the Robert Morat Gallery in Hamburg.

Bernd has been invited to exhibit his work at the Noorderlicht Festival in Groningen (Netherlands), Daegu Photobiennale (South Korea), and the Goethe Institute Nancy. He was also selected to show his work in several group exhibitions with Klubfoto in Hamburg and Berlin.

Editorial clients include BMW Magazine, Geo Saison, Greenpeace Magazine, Lufthansa Magazine, Merian, National Geographic, Neon, Stern, SZ Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many others. Corporate clients include Bilfinger & Berger, Deutsche Telekom, Gerling, T- Mobile and Weleda.

Email Bernd, visit his website or call +49 172 233 6615 for further information.

Charlie Dailey is a freelance TV camerawoman and photographer.

She has captured amazing images from such diverse locations as the Mekong Delta and the deserts of Namibia, Borneo to Latin America. However, she is just as likely to be found in the south of France filming classic super yachts in Les Voiles De St. Tropez.

Not surprisingly, as she spends so much time behind a film camera, her photographs have been described as having an extraordinarily raw cinematic quality that appeals to a wide audience.

Her limited edition prints are now increasingly sought after.

David Preutz learnt his craft shooting on large format with film when photographers had to get it right in front of the lens before pressing the shutter. He now shoots mostly in digital, but the same rules still apply.

He has been supplying international advertising agencies with images for 20 years - shooting everything from a bottle of Chanel to an articulated truck. With a wealth of experience to draw upon, David is equally at home in the studio or out on location, regardless of whether he is shooting still life, a stunning landscape or portrait.

Constantly looking for new photographic avenues to explore, he has recently been shooting a personal project on the Hot Rod scene and is researching a new venture to be announced shortly. Adding to his repertoire, he is currently getting to grips with HD to begin shooting moving images.

David has representation and production bases in Spain, Italy, Turkey and The Caribbean, and has a number of handpicked production talent resources around the world to help out.

Recent clients include Kia Motors, McDonald's, Fiat and The Home Office.

John Anthony Rizzo shoots for advertising, editorial and publishing clients worldwide. He lives in northern Italy but returns to Boston, Massachusetts frequently throughout the year for both advertising and Fine Art clients.

John studied Photography as a Fine Arts major and was decidedly influenced by Gary Winogrand and Robert Frank. Along the way he has received both a National Endowment for the Arts Project Grant, a Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Fellowship for Photography, and many awards from the advertising and publishing Industries.

Over the years he has shot numerous ad campaigns, magazine assignments and book projects. There have been photo shoots in Paris, Prague, Pittsburg and Portugal ("and that’s just the P's!"), and he has completed long tours through Italy and most of Europe behind the lens of his Leica.

Clients include Condé Nast, Geo, Food & Wine, Fairmont Hotels, Starwood Hotels, Chronicle Publishing, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Sasquatch Books, Bon Appetit, Bertolli and Barilla.

London-based photographer Julian Love specialises in high-end travel and active lifestyle photography.

He has shot everything from advertising campaigns for national tourist boards to imagery for boutique hotels, luxury resorts and tour companies. He also shoots for a wide range of editorial travel titles including BBC Lonely Planet Magazine and Food and Travel Magazine.

This year Julian shot the below-the-line launch campaign for the new Canon 60D digital SLR in Istanbul and the 2010 campaign for the Jamaica Tourist Board, as well as numerous editorial commissions.

Perfectly at home working anywhere around the world, Julian and his team are the ideal choice for demanding location shoots that really capture the essence of a destination.

Visit his website to find out more.

Over the past 15 years Rory Carter's work has featured in ads across Europe, Africa, The Middle East, New Zealand and Asia. Having studied Graphic Design, he has the ability to connect with creatives and their concepts calmly and effortlessly with a definite slant towards more conceptual work.

Having spent an eternity working in Africa and London, Rory is now located in Auckland. Along the way he has gained impressive national and international recognition in the form of numerous awards, including a bronze award for Pink Batts (Best Campaign) at the 2008/9 Axis Awards. He also recently featured in Best Ads for campaigns for NZ Army, Stihl, Sanyo and Pink Batts, while his campaigns for NZ Army and Sanyo have been chosen for publication in Lurzers Archive. He is currently featured in the Top 200 Ad Photographers 2010/2011.

Awards from the USA include a gold at The One Show for Dunlop - James Dean, while European accolades include gold, silver and bronze Cannes awards for ads shot for Dunlop, Eskom, Whiskas and Nike. Awards from Africa include gold, silver and bronze Loerie Awards for ads shot for Dunlop, DSTV, Nike and Whiskas. Rory has also been published in Archive and No Copy Advertising.

Professional creative photography is as important now as it has ever been. Like designers, professional photographers are motivated by the desire to create a work of admired permanence, and nurture the hope that some small piece of what they create will secure a place in the heart of the viewer.

That photography remains so popular is testament to this natural desire to immortalise vision.

SIMEphoto's job as an agency is to convince its clients that good photography, like good design, is worth paying for - not least because there has been a creative process involved in producing the images. Precious few of the greatest photographs are lucky accidents: good photography is no more a mechanical process than good design.