australia Apr 2015

Sam I Am is a boutique photographic and production agency based in Sydney and Melbourne. Its artists are carefully selected for their unique talents, spanning the scope of advertising, editorial, motion and special projects.

Sam I Am represents both marquee and emerging talent across the Australian photography landscape. The talent it fosters specialise in everything from portraiture to lifestyle, still life to sport, fashion to food and travel. The company's intimate approach extends to all aspects of shoot production, from quotes in-line with creative through to delivery and post-production supervision.

Sam I Am is proud to represent photographers Paul Barbera, David Cohen de Lara, Michael Corridore, Jo Duck, Tim Georgeson, Tomasz Machnik, John Laurie, Billy Plummer, Tobias Rowles, Cory White and Joe Wigdahl.

"At Mondo Folio we are all about cultivating and inspiring great creative talent. Our stable of artists covers the full spectrum of photographic genres, from high fashion and advertising through to still life, interiors and food. Along with the well-known creatives we represent, we have fresh talent who are already making a name for themselves and we are proud to be presenting them to the wider industry."

Mondo Folio and Mondo Digital provide a wide selection of production services ranging from equipment and studio hire, casting, talent and crew booking, through to post-production for images and video.

"You need someone that understands your story and can tell it in a creative way and it needs to be done on time and without a lot of fuss. You need a team of creative people with deep roots in TV and video production who are there to help, and with their experience, make your idea even better. Of course, we could list all the wonderful technical toys we have here in our edit suites and sound studios, but really it boils down to our team working with you to make your project something we are all proud of."

Mondo Digital is an established provider of high volume, high quality fashion, lifestyle and portraiture imagery and video. With over 30 years' experience in the photographic industry, the company prides itself on being a key player in developing industry-standard digital workflows and quality driven, digital photography.

Mondo Digital's unique blend of talented staff, technical know-how and beautiful facilities allows it to build a customised creative solution for every client's photographic requirements.

Andy Lewis is an accomplished food and beverage photographer whose work encompasses packaging, advertising and editorial briefs.

Andy works from his studio in Sydney but also regularly on location around Australia and the rest of the world. Working closely with his clients, he methodically creates beautifully composed and unique results.

His extensive photographic, lighting and retouching skills allows him to produce internationally recognised work.

Based in Sydney, Easton Chang is two-time Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year with his portfolio of advertising car photography. His recent list of clients include Ford Lincoln, Cadillac and Porsche through his commercial, PR and editorial projects in Australia and across the world.

With over one million followers of his work on Facebook, Easton’s work and style has become incredibly viral and prominent in the automotive world.

Jon Bader specialises in food, still life and people both for stills and motion. His recent clients include KFC, McDonald’s, Zespri and Dominos as well as various editorial and personal projects.

Jon primarily works out of his own studio in Sydney and is represented in Sydney and Melbourne by Unsigned Management and Carnival Productions (motion), and in Shanghai by Justin Chan represents.

Janyon Boshoff is a Sydney-based photographer specialising in advertising, people and food photography. His work is characterised by a bold, convincing and uncontrived connection with his subjects, and a distinct visual style attributed by considered directional lighting, either natural or crafted. His images are seldom dependent on extensive digital manipulation if the brief allows.

After nearly two decades, Janyon's enthusiasm for his craft, understanding of the brief and tireless work ethic has ensured long term relationships with his existing clients and creatives alike, although Janyon would credits this to his tight production team.

In-keeping with the current demand for cohesive still and motion content, Janyon is able to draw on past experience directing food tabletop TVCs, and is immersing himself into motion content production. His association with Maven Productions ensures a level of professionalism across still and motion productions.

Damian Bennett is based in Sydney and specialises in portraits, advertising and fashion. He works regularly for clients such as Rolling Stone, Instyle, Sunday Style, Sunday Life, Australian Women's Weekly, The Financial Review Magazine, Grazia, The Good Weekend, and Women’s and Men’s Health. Advertising clients include Farage, Russell Athletic, Fayerform, Davenport, Macpherson Men, Qantas, Bendon, Gillette and Event Cinemas.

Damian's list of portraits is rapidly  growing and consists of acclaimed actors and sports personalities such as Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Will i Am, Mark Webber and Harry Kewell.

He is represented by UNION Management Sydney.

Tom Blachford's photography has a way of connecting the familiar with the surreal, rendering functional, man-made structures into a strange and beautiful dream.

Based in Melbourne, his fascination with texture and shape, both contributing factors to the graphic style and considered composition of his work, made for a natural transition into the world of architectural photography.

At 27 years old Tom's work has been featured in Domus, Wired, AnOther, iD, Yatzer, Curbed, Dwell, The New York Times and Australian Vogue.

Photographer and director Chris Sisarich is one of Australasia’s leading photographers. His love for the ocean and relaxed lifestyle sees him living in Auckland, New Zealand. Shooting lifestyle, cars and landscapes his work takes him around the globe, from the park down the road to the deserts of North Africa.

Chris’s distinctive style and use of light is evident throughout his work. His professional approach and can-do attitude make him a pleasure to work with.

Chris’s career as a director is also on the rise. His approach to film and stills is the same: to create a relaxed, fun environment, capturing beautiful little moments and the same genuine emotions across both media.

Established in Paris and currently based in Sydney, Kerry and Rozenn are a fashion photographer duo working worldwide with a solid background in editorials and advertising. They have contributed to fashion magazines such as Vogue Korea, ELLE, Muine, Singles and ad campaigns for Vera Wang, Fidelia, Monoderma, Alaffia, Heiress and many others around the globe.

The pair have a fundamental basis in fine art and fashion, creating powerful images of desire and beauty. Their work addresses the empowerment of sexuality through an elaboration of feminine beauty, while exploring the balance between the classical and the contemporary.

Taught by the likes of Paolo Roversi and Phillippe Bachelier, and involved in the opening of Mario Testino's 'Private View' exhibition, they have encountered priceless knowledge and experience over the years. From high-profile fashion and advertising campaigns to crisp, refined still life imagery, Kerry and Rozenn are best known for their dynamic and emotive style.

Creating distinctive and compelling images is what this Melbourne Photographer does best. Whether he’s shooting the latest magazine cover, or capturing the newest building on the block; Kristian’s innate understanding of light enables him to produce images that people love.

One of Kristian’s greatest skills is his ability to work with people, which is something that can’t be taught. With a little direction and a bit of chatter, Kristian’s easy-going nature helps any subject feel at ease. This special connection can be seen throughout his portrait work.

Kristian specialises in the fields of architecture, advertising, corporate and industrial worlds. For the past 10 years he has worked with individuals, small businesses, creative agencies, in addition to multi-nationals, and Kristian is always happy to speak with new clients about whatever project they may be working on.
 

Darren Capp has been shooting cars for over 25 years in Australia, China and India. Last year saw Darren taking assignments in steamy New Delhi for the launch images of the updated Renault Scala for L&K Saatchi [coming soon], and then travel to an extremely cold but beautifully sunny Beijing to shoot the Mercedes E400-Long range through BBDO.

The Renault job was through his agent/producer Sunny S. Alex and the team at DEU - Creative. In China it was T&W International. Locally, Darren shot a campaign for Mercedes Benz B-Class 250 4matic.

He is looking forward to continuing the year with a busy local and international schedule.
 

Nathan Duff is a commercial photographer based in Brisbane who specialises in all facets of automotive and transportation photography. Recent assignments have seen him capture an array of vehicles including sports cars, passenger vehicles, SUVs, 4WDs and off road vehicles, buses, semi trailers, trucks, delivery vans, garbage trucks, motorhomes, caravans, camper vans, trailers and much, much more. If it’s on wheels, chances are Nathan has been there to shoot it!

Commercial clients include Mazda, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Isuzu Ute, Chrysler/Jeep and Penske Trucks, to name just a few.

Nathan's ability to capture action in camera and produce emotive and atmospheric photographs on location has also seen him commissioned by a large list of local and international editorial clients, including Top Gear (UK and AUS), Wheels Magazine, Redwood (UK), Car (UK), MOTOR and many more.

John Rintoul is a Sydney-based photographer with over 20 years' experience in the industry. John successfully shoots predominantly with Still Life both advertising and editorial. His love of photography has also maintained a great success with portraiture and fashion. There is not a product he can't shoot!

John's studio is 320 m² complete with lighting and the latest digital equipment. He can produce a wide base of different styles of work, from clean white background shoots to complex sets constructed and customised to meet a brief.

"Problem solving and working to create an image which has 'life' from everyday objects is what makes photography fun."

Christian Mushenko's photographs have a simple, honest style that manage to get to the heart of the subject and capture the moment. He specialises in shooting food and people lifestyle work in a distinctive premium and romantic style. His work is alive and vibrant, with an eye for beauty and humanity.

His award-winning photography is sought by his clients to put them ahead of their competition. For over 20 years, Christian has been shooting for some of the world's largest brands working with direct and agency clients in the UK, the US, Asia and Australia, shooting everything from global campaigns to small pro-bono work and personal projects.

Based in Sydney, Chris Benny is an industry leading automotive photographer and film director. With over 10 years' experience and a devoted passion for his work, Chris has established a highly trained in-house team including three registered UAV (Drone) pilots and post production specialists.

Chris and his team are able to provide full production services from start to finish to meet all project requirements.

Chris has accrued a long list of on-going clients, including Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Alfa Romeo, Holden and many more.

Visit his website to see more of Chris’ latest work.

An integral part of Jon Love’s personal approach is his natural talent with directing people in genuine, spontaneous moments. His versatility in refining a conceptual viewpoint has been refined through many years shooting in often complex environments, while maintaining great relationships with all involved.

With the ability to meticulously research every aspect prior to a job, he has returned with authentic solutions to portrait and people at work assignments from a wide range of global locations, with clients always happy with the results.

Assignments for major Australian and US companies, agencies and NGOs. Work has featured in Communication Arts and the Australian National Portrait Gallery.

Al Richardson is a Sydney-based advertising photographer. His specialist areas include portraiture, food, still life and lifestyle.

Al's passion for his work, strong aesthetic and lighting skills allow him to consistently exceed client expectations both in studio and on location. His considerable experience includes work for clients including Woolworths, Westfield, David Jones, ToysRUs, Bonds, Sheridan, Slazenger, Westpac and Citibank.

Publishing clients include Random House, Allen and Unwin and regular work for magazine titles including Vogue Australia, Taste.com Magazine, Delicious, Fresh and Sunday Life.

"Bold. Sensuous. Emotive. Imaginative. That’s how we like to describe our work, and we think it’s a pretty accurate description of ourselves too. At the Creative Imagineers, we’re an image production company with a vision to create the unexpected; to breathe life into the everyday; and to blow your mind with our inspirational ideas and executions."

Led by award-winning creative director and advertising photographer Sean Condon and India’s most famous digital illustrator and retoucher Ankur Patar, Creative Imagineers treats every project with love and respect, and doesn't stop until perfection has been achieved.

the company specialises in post-produced content and photography, from concept right through to production. the team includes creative directors, retouchers, photographers, filmographers, storytellers, craftsmen and producers. "But most of all, we’re Creative Imagineers."

Tamara White is a digital illustrator and creative retoucher who resides in Sydney. Her company is Whitepoint.er Imaging. Her illustrative style is photomontage/photorealism where she combines many different photos and then uses colour and digital painting techniques to blend them together into aesthetically pleasing illustrative stories. Whether you have an idea in mind, or you need help to visualise your concept, she will be able to help you create something beautiful and thought provoking.

Whitepoint.er Imaging also specialises in creative retouching and high end compositing for advertising and fashion.

Eleven40 is Melbourne’s premier studio, equipment hire and events venue for the photography, film and creative communities. With two studios, a large range of rental equipment for studio and location work, location vans, great crew resources and production support available, Eleven40 has become the go-to studio in Melbourne for many top productions.

Gear includes Melbourne’s largest range of Profoto flash, 8a, B4, B2, 7B's + light shapers and accessories, Phase One digital backs, P65+, IQ180, Hasselblad H1 + H4 and all lenses, Arri tungstens, Profoto HMI’s, Manfrotto, Avenger, LA Rag, Nikon, Canon, Redrock, Rode, Apple, Eizo, and more. The Eleven40 team are committed to supplying great studios, the latest gear and awesome service with a positive can-do attitude.

• Eleven40 Studio - 300+ m², full cyclorama, drive in access, 3 phase power, heating A/C, make-up room, production office/client lounge, Wi-Fi, 20% of equipment in studio.
• Orchard Street Studio - 100 m², cyclorama, drive heat, hydronic slab heating, optional house, roof deck and park location adjacent, A/C.

Clients and brands include Nissan, One Direction, Sony, Country Road, Nikon, Mazda, Phase One, Bonds and Top Gear Australia.

Calling all professional photographers & stylists! NYCFotoWorks’ 2015 Professional Portfolio Review has been announced:  

• New York: from June 16th to 18th

Bringing an incredible list of art buyers, photo editors, creative directors, reps and design firms together to  meet 1-on-1 with professional artists.  It’s an opportunity you don’t want to miss.  

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