Los Angeles: James Cant

James Cant began his career 25 years ago in Melbourne, Australia as an architectural photographer. He moved to London in 1991 and spent the next 15 years working throughout Europe and America. Over time he moved into the fashion and beauty industry and used his experience of lighting and fine detail to create the very controlled style for which he has become renowned.

James left London in 2005 and spent five years in Sydney, shooting many local celebrities while still continuing to shoot fashion.

His award-winning pictures have appeared in numerous magazines including Marie Claire, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, World of Interiors, Men's Style, GQ, Australian Women's Weekly, The Sydney Magazine, Wish Magazine, Easy Living, Red, Eve, Loaded Fashion, Later, ID, Arena and Vogue, amongst others.

His clients have included Paul Smith, Kurt Geiger, Frost, Polaroid, Herringbone, Westfield, MLC, Frangelico, Harrods, Proctor & Gamble, MSN, Tony & Guy, Wella, Sony, Myer, David Jones, Next, Etam and Marks & Spencer.

James recently moved to Southern California with his family and is now based in Laguna Beach.

Porto Alegre: Farofa Filmes

Farofa Filmes is a film production company based in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, with an office in São Paulo.

With 10 years’ market experience, Farofa is one of the country’s leading TV commercial production companies and has won national and international awards, including Cannes Lions, El Ojo, About, Colunistas, and Professionals of the Year.

Following the boutique concept, Farofa Filmes' leading advertising arm is represented by high quality fashion and beauty campaigns.

Farofa also provides production services for foreign companies looking to shoot in southern Brazil, while also offering post production services for companies from Brazil and abroad.

Shanghai: Yocky Zhang

Yocky Zhang is a Shanghai-based photographer who has been shooting since 2008. His first job was as an advertising copywriter, but after six years he discovered his true means of expression with a real passion for photography.

Yocky's work has appeared in AD, GQ, Marie Claire, VISION, FHM, TimeOut and EUROWOMAN Magazine. His clients include Volkswagen, Absolut, Uniqlo, NIKE and Hailey&Sasha, working with W+K, McCann Erickson and TBWA.

Yocky is currently seeking representation in China and overseas. More information can be found on his website.

Miami: Andres Hernandez

Andres Hernandez was born in Medellin, Colombia where he took an early interest in the visual arts. His curiosity for photography developed in his childhood home, beginning with a fascination for his father’s camera.

Andres' devotion to photography continued into college where he graduated top of his class with a BA in Advertising from the Art Institute of Medellin. He moved to the United States where he began his career working as a Graphic Web Designer. Working between Washington D.C. and Miami, Andres began developing an excellent reputation not only for his outstanding design and photo retouching skills but also more widely for his personal style and talent as a photographer.

Specialising in photographing people and lifestyle images for advertising and editorial clients, his style is recognised as vibrant, colourful and full of narrative meaning.

Andres currently resides between Miami and New York and continuous to pursue his dreams as he becomes more and more recognised as one of the most rapidly growing leaders in advertising and editorial photography. His work has been featured in art exhibitions, billboards and magazines in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Rio de Janeiro: Prema Surya

Born and now based in Rio, fashion photographer Prema Surya's interest in photography grew out of her chronicling street art four years ago. She recorded everything that happened in the streets and later transferred what she saw to the fashion industry and photography books for a selection of agencies. She fell in love with the profession and has not looked back.

Prema continues to grow as an artist and recenty used new photography techniques in Milan while working with Boom Models agency.

Her work has appeared in Brazilian and international magazines including UMA, The Fashionisto, MC Mag and Drops Magazine.

Stuttgart: Vlado Golub

Vlado Golub is a fashion, beauty and lingerie photographer based in Stuttgart. He combines his passion for aesthetics and people with his distinct technical skills and experience.

Clients such as St. Emile, Strenesse, bungalow, Hugo Boss, L’Oréal and Wella appreciate his straight-to-the-point approach as well as his amazing energy that captures the set, bringing out the best in every production. Vlado likes to work in his 500 m² studio as well as on location.

His clients also include Brigitte Magazine, Codello Lifestyle - Accessories, GQ Magazine, K&L Ruppert, Manhattan Cosmetics, Mercedes-Benz Sport, Mey Bodywear, Mustang, Nokia, O2 Germany and W.&L.T.

Madrid: Ales Leon

Ales Leon was born in Madrid and his professional beauty and fashion portfolio is among the best in Spain.

• Agencies: Publicis, Tapsa, Young&Rubican, Hyper Young.
• Editorials: L-Ink, Mujer Hoy, Yo Dona, Magazine El Mundo, XL Semanal.
• Advertising: Shiseido, Bulgari, Decleor, Julia, Sephora, Les Cosmetics, Avon Cosmetics.

Istanbul: Mehmet Erzincan

Mehmet Erzincan was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.

Since 2008 he has been a managing partner and head photographer of his own production company.

His work is focused on fashion in both studio and outdoor environments. Mehmet has shot throughout the Mediterranean and has made professional sojourns to Miami.

His clients include magazines such as Vogue, Elle, L'Officiel, ALL , Marie Claire and GQ.

Dublin: German Collins

German Collins has developed a clear aesthetic in his fashion and beauty photography, ranging from beautiful studio shots to almost ethereal location stories that show his eye for lines and compositions - a portfolio that keeps expanding, with shots from around the world.

He is in the studio as much as he is on location, but what he enjoys most is finding the best solutions to challenging commissions.

Clients include Replay Jeans, Brown Thomas, Peter Mark, Ford, Ogilvy and HSE, among others.

Sydney: Damian Bennett

Damian Bennett began his photographic career over a decade ago in Sydney. Since then he has gained the knowledge and experience to develop a style of his own and produce work for some of Australia’s most reputable magazines.

Damian Bennett specialises in portraiture, fashion and beauty. His technical knowledge and comfortable rapport he has with his subjects is evident in the quality of the images he produces as he captures a distinct emotion with a polished edge.

He works regularly for clients such as Instyle, Rolling Stone, The Sydney Magazine, Sunday Life, Grazia, Harper's Bazaar, Men’s Health and The Australian Women’s Weekly.

His list of portraits is rapidly growing and consists of some of Australia’s most acclaimed actors and sports personalities including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Mark Webber and Harry Kewell.

Damian is represented by The Names Agency.