brussels Jun 2010

Carisma Photographers represents nine photographers: Holger Albrich, Hans Keller and Robertino Nikolic (Germany), Peter De Mulder (Belgium) Ricardo Miras (Spain), Frédéric Atlan (France), Thierry van Biesen (USA and France), Michael Meyersfeld (South Africa) and Daniel Gordon (Romania).

Carisma increasingly offers production services to photographers looking to shoot in Brussels, a city rich in terms of locations, studios and casting options. The agency also has access to top modelling agencies to book models in Paris and London at fantastic rates. It also provides executive production services in Europe to foreign-based TV commercial production companies.

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Considered Belgium's leading photographers' agency, Claudia Trucco represents a selection of professional photographers specialised in fashion and advertising.

Established 12 years ago, the agency has gained a significant position in the international market by focusing on fields such as fashion, beauty, landscape, car and food photography.

The agency also provides full service production for its photographers and clients.

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C'est Chic is a Brussels-based photography, styling and make-up agency. Created seven years ago the company is directed by Belinda Cordier who has over 20 years experience in the fashion and advertising business.

The agency represents artists in both Brussels and Paris. Literally and figuratively a 'House of Chic', C'est Chic is filled with numerous professional talents. Enjoying the confidence of long-term clients, the agency manages its artists and their productions with an unrivalled passion and prides itself in combining commercial work in advertising and catalogues with a flexible creative approach.

Featured in this Showcase is a selection of recent work from the agency's artists and photographers.

Mantree is a photo and film production service company that guarantees a smooth shooting process every time.

Mantree assembles a dedicated team of professionals for each job in order to resolve any difficulties and transform ideas into a working reality. The company's experience and market awareness guarantees results that suit both clients' aesthetic requirements and their financial capacities, with estimates tailored to individual budgets.

The company can manage all financial matters during a production. Services include location scouting, casting, styling, set building, project coordination, copyright clearance and art buying.

Combining her studies at the Antwerp Academy of Arts with her first professional photography work for a magazine and a Belgian fashion house, Ann Vallé graduated in 2000 with a Master's Degree in Photography.

Over the next few years she continued building her career in fashion and advertising photography, shooting for fashion magazines home and abroad, lookbooks and catalogues. In the meantime, she sharpened the focus on what she wanted her pictures to become: emotional and sincere, shot in an intuitive, impulsive way and in an inspiring atmosphere.

Ann loves the action and spontaneity associated with reportage-style shoots as well as the happy occasions when all the elements of her vision fall together, creating a work of art and a style uniquely her own.

Denia Zerouali is a French photographer based in Brussels.

She began her career in France in the 90s where she worked on commercial campaigns for numerous French and international brands. People, and especially portraiture, are her main subjects and through her particular style she tries to gain an insight into her subjects' souls.

Denia also shoots personal projects for exhibitions and was recently chosen by the Belgian Minister of Science to shoot more than 40 portraits of leading European scientists. The exhibition will be shown in Brussels in September 2010.

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Passionate young Belgian photographer Lisa Carletta began her career in 2007. Through her photographs she presents characters that bring their environment to life, creating a narrative, a family, a universe, a past and a present for each of her subjects.

Lisa favours a meticulous approach to detail so as to let her characters exist as fully as possible. She is often inspired by her childhood heroes, submerging them into ironic and nostalgic worlds to present them in a completely different light. Her work is tinted with just a little darkness, humour and bad taste.

Lisa won the Weekend Photo Award in October 2008 with her 'Lost Doll' series. Visit her website for more information.

Mike Van Cleven began his professional photography career in 2002 and quickly matured to receive solid recognition in Belgium. His work - both cinematographic and moving - received tremendous recognition in his early years through multiple cover and editorial pieces in magazines throughout Europe and Russia.

Today, with an active presence in both Belgium and Los Angeles, he focuses on advertising, fashion and portrait photography while consistently working on editorial productions on both continents.

Late in 2009, Mike was selected to create the portraits for 'Chefs', a book promoting Belgium’s culinary and business finest that was introduced at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai to a global audience.

Mike is also a frequent guest speaker at Hasselblad and Profoto events.

Backflash is an Antwerp-based daylight photo studio. With easy access from all the major motorway networks, the 110 m² studio is located on the ground floor and comes with an adjoining 55 m² apartment. Facilities include a make-up area, styling and dressing area, kitchen, bathroom and living room. The studio also has full blackout capabilities and is fitted throughout with high-speed WIFI.

The studio space can also be used for exhibitions, press conferences and castings.

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La Fabrique 22a is the number-one professional photo equipment rental partner in the Belgian market. The company places its expert knowledge and unique range of products at the disposal of every client.

From its Brussels base, La Fabrique 22a offers the latest generation digital equipment, fully equipped studios and digital assistants with more than 10 years experience.

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Darlings is a young and dynamic production company specialising in producing commercials for television and Internet campaigns. It also represents a wide range of talented directors.

Producing high-cost as well as low-cost movies, corporate films and all types of audiovisual projects, Darlings is extremely flexible thanks to its multi-talented team and light structure. The company handles much of the production process in-house, including casting, location scouting and styling.

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Brauhaus offers locations for film and TV productions, commercials, photography shoots and special events.

The company organises all aspects of a shoot, including parking, clearing, contracts, permits, catering, hotels and transport. Its database is packed with a wide range of different locations offering houses, villas, lofts, offices, landscapes, cityscapes, roads, swimming pools, and much more.

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