Jose Manuel Ferrater   Barcelona advertising photographers

These four pictures were taken for the Swiss magazine Open to be published in the September 2005 edition.

Some of  J M Ferrater's latest works include the photographs of Gonzalo Miró for Woman magazine and the entire campaigns for both the TCN and the Andres Sardá catalogues.

His latest directorial work was a photo shoot for Sensilis.

Bamboo   Barcelona photo agents

Marcin T did the catalogue and campaign for Sintesis, Cortefiel Skin/Fur catalogue. Editorials: Elle Beauty, Vogue Portugal, Chic, Gala, Telva. Victor Moscardo: campaign for Tintoretto, Axel n'Roses. Catalogue: Bonachelo, Hoot, Scipionne. Editorials: Tendencias, FHM, DT, Look.

Daniel Riera did the campaign against domestic violence for Madrid. Shoe catalogue and campaign Pedro Garcia. Underwear catalogue Intima Cherry; catalogue Co&Co. Editorials: Dazed & Confused Japan (M.I.A. cover), Tank (special Raf Simons), The All Season Fashion paper (special Munoz Vradecio), ELLE Decoration London and Japan, Vanidad.

Michael Haegele did the campaign for new Renault Clio, wine campaign for Finca Antigua and for Wine Valpiedra. Agustin Amate: Campaign for Honda Post Sale Service. Mocho: Campaign for Cul de Sac. Nuria Taboada: Cosmetics campaign for Ninelle. Editorials: ELLE, Io Donna, AD Magazine.

 

Candela   Barcelona photo agents

Candela's Sergi Pons hasn't stopped recently, shooting the Cinzano campaign with stylist Fran Martos and make-up and hair artist Cristina Guedella (agency: Sra. Rushmore); the Rum Santa Teresa campaign (agency: TBWA Madrid), and an editorial shoot for Woman
magazine with stylist Marta de la Sierra, make up and hair by Pilar Lucas.
Candela has recently completed two jobs for Ipsum Planet agency: the Pull & Bear Catalogue with photographer Alicia Aguilera, and the Lois catalogue with photographer Xevi Muntaner.

They have also done an international campaign for Adidas by photographer Robert Wilson (agency: 180 Communication, Amsterdam), an international campaign for Heineken by photographer David Harriman (agency: Strawberry Frog, Amsterdam) and the Turespaña Canarias, international campaign by photographer Sara Zorraquino (agency:Publicis España)

Alejandro Cabrera   Barcelona advertising photographers

Photographer Alejandro Cabrera dazzles us with some images from his most recent work.

There's a black and white shot for Monet-Liz Clairborne Vintage - 75th Anniversary, as well as a couple of lovely shots from an editorial job involving Spanish model Laura Vazquez.

DAVID RUIZ   Barcelona advertising photographers

David recently shot this new, sensual international campaign for Dockers, as well as the campaign for Suam International ´05-´06.

Once again his editorial work will be featured in the October edition of the trends magazine Neo2.

PixóleB   Barcelona retouching

In the last months Pixóleb has been busy with various projects from renting digital cameras and capture control to post production and print preparation. Latest collaborations include working with Alfonso Quadras Vidal for Princesa, Abanderado and Ocean, and with Dimitri Daniloff for Armand Basi in productions by Simsan Photo. Pixóleb supplied all four photo shootings with the entire (digital) capture equipment and capture control on the set.

They also did retouching for Stefano Morini in an assignment for Iveco Italy, Fiat Punto andAlfa Romeo 159; Nucleo productions in a project for an IKEA ad; Dimitri Daniloff in a production of Simsan Photo for Peugeot Spain;Marc Costa in a production of the Ismael Moda catalogue; Gali Group S.L. for Danone, Pescanova, El Pavo, LU, and Impuls Producciones S.A. for the Fortuna campaign.

Thierry Delsart   Barcelona car photographers

Thierry Delsart is busy developing his personal portfolio. One of his latest projects was working out how to imbue a car with dynamism and power
through illustration and painting, which gave for some very interesting results.

He's also taken on the difficult task of recording his personal vision of the world, which can be viewed in his portfolio and website. As an extra exercise, he shot a concept series of fans committing suicide.

Soon to come on his website are shots of a Porsche Cayenne and a Citroen C3 Pluriel.

Studio Alava 22   Barcelona rental studios

Lately Studio Alava has been home to a lot of hard-working photographers working on big name projects: Martin Bauendahl was there shooting a campaign for Pantene; Maurice Heesesn did the campaign for Philips produced by Dolce Vita Productions; Eric Browns shot the last campaign for Nokia (agency: Sek & Grey,produced by European Productions). Viaggi International productions produced the fashion editorial for " La blanche Porte" with the photographer Jean Miche Foujols, and Ellis Parrinder shot the cover for the singer Amy Diamond. Stephan Ach was there to shoot the Madeleine catalogue.The Peter Hahn catalogue
was also completed at Studio Alava 22.

Santa Monica Productions   Barcelona photo production

Santa Monica Productions is a Marbella/Malaga-based service production company that specialises in car shoots and stills. With a database of over 120.000 digital photos and 12 years experience in Spain, they would be more than useful to have on board for your next pitch.

Recent jobs include filming for Audi A3, A6, and A8; filming teasers for a comedy series for Channel 4; still shots for Martini Netherlands; Triumph motorbikes with photographer Ben Campbell; a German editorial for FHM with photographer Dirk Spath, and Fruit of the Loom stills with photographer Moy Williams.

Zip-Films   Barcelona photo production

Based in Barcelona, Zip Films, managed by Jordi Rediu and Norbert Llaràs, stands as a strong independent film and television production company that is always investing in the kind of art films and cinematic projects that try to deepen the possibilities of film as a language of expression, and that simultaneously offer a personal look at society and the contemporary human beings within it.

Filomgraphy includes: The Taxi Thief ( 2005) feature film; Noise (2004 / 2005) feature film; Cuba Sings To Serrat (2004/2005)
documentary; Youth (2004) feature film; Crossed (2004) TV Movie; Stockholm (2004) TV Movie; Words of Truth (2003 - 2004)
documentary.

Team Works Production   Barcelona commercials production

Providing production services all over Europe and Asia, Team Works Productions has teamed up with American photo house Art Mix Photography and photographer Anthony Mandler to produce a photo shoot for Adidas featuring superstar footballer David Beckham.

Sonda Productions   Barcelona photo production

Sonda Productions have recently been to Marocco to prepare their clients next projects for the winter season.The team was out scouting vistas that offer new perspectives on the north African landscape.

In September, Hamburg based photographer Emir Haveric came to Barcelona to shoot the BMW 6 series with Sonda.

Sonda are also happy to announce that they have moved into a new office, so check the new address on the Production Paradise directory.

Barcelona Plató Film Commission   Barcelona associations

It's not only cinema-based filmmakers that are interested in Barcelona. TV producers also see the city's appeal. So far this year, 85 different productions have requested Barcelona Plato Film Commission authorisation to shoot in Barcelona, and out of these, 15 were TV-Movies, all of which were dealt with by Barcelona Plató Film Commission.

Following “Cuento de Navidad” by Paco Plaza and “Adivina quien soy” by Enrique Urbizu, this autumm Barcelona will host a third tale of the same series by Jaume Balagueró, “Para entrar a vivir”.

Production company Drimtim are back on the road with their new American action TV-movie called "Deal".

SS&M model management   Barcelona fashion models

A new semester begins and the return to school looks promising. At least to Ana Moreno who, together with other up-and-coming Spanish models, can be seen on the September cover of Elle. The man responsible for bringing the pick of the pack together for this shoot is Juan Aldabaldetrecu.

Once again Raphael Laus has left everyone gobsmacked, and this time it was his work on the new Armani campaign: a set of stunning black and whites that capture the elegance and freshness of the Brazilian model.

Other news is the signing of well-known Spanish model Laura Sánchez, who will be represented by SS&M from September onwards.

GROUP MODEL MANAGEMENT   Barcelona fashion models

David Guillo appears together with top model Daria in the new autumn-winter campaign for Zara. The pictures were shot by Mario Testino. David Guillo also did the Pedro del Hierro campaign shot by Giovanni Gastel in Madrid.

New signing Silvana Ordinas was chosen as the best model in the last Modafad festival, which took place in Barcelona on September 17th and 18th.

And Jennifer Massaux left the Paris collections behind to come to Barcelona and shoot the Intima Sherry campaign with photographer Juan Aldabaldetrecu.

Daniel Rull   Barcelona styling, hair and make up agents

Daniel Rull was the hair and make-up artist for the 2006 autumn/winter campaign for the trade YES or NO  from Manor, Switzerland. The Manor team flew to Berlin this time to shoot with top model Javier de Miguel.

He's also been doing international campaigns for Calida autumn/winter 2006 collection (shot in Zurich), Triumph (lingery); and some editorial work for El Periódico, Fake, MZZ (Switzerland) and Telva, among others. In all cases he used Chanel products.
 
Daniel Rull's latest Barcelona-based work includes the last Cinema ad for Heineken, which will go out worldwide, and the Schwarzkopf hair commercial for Europe.

Fleming   Barcelona fashion models

Louise did the Armani show in London, photos by Victor Moscardo.

Ana Niango did the catalogue for Kathe Jacob, photos by Christian Herrera.

And Jose Valenzuela just came back from Istanbul where apparently he made a lot of money, photos by Montani.

Casting La Ponderosa   Barcelona casting directors

This year, Plató de Casting S.L. will be giving courses in two drama schools, Eolia and La Casona, both renowned for high-quality training. The programme will help a group of students about to graduate to improve their performance in front of the camera.They'll also be training students at the Francina Models Agency in publicity-focused approaches.

Along side these activities, they’ll continue supplying a wide range of talent to production companies, both local and foreign. To this end, they're currently remodelling their studio to make more space, and stock the latest equipment to keep up to speed with technological advances.

L'Alternativa - Independent Film Festival Barcelona   Barcelona film events

L'Alternativa: 12th Barcelona Independent Film Festival. From November 11-19 you can see more than 70 films.

Works of national and international producers will be judged in four different sections: Short, Feature, Animation and Documentary.

Place: CCCB.

More information:

Eurosimer   Barcelona camera/ accessories photography

Eurosimer divide their business into two divisions: Eurosimer profesional photography and Eurosimer digital.

At the moment, they're offering a big discount on Fotoware products: 50% off for anyone who exchanges their old digital file and re-touching software for a licenced FotoStation Pro.5. Take along the original cd of a retouching or digital file and the code or licence number and you can get your FotoStation Pro5 licence for half price: €250 + IVA. The exchange can be done via their website, but be quick, the offer closes October 22.

For more information, click here.

The Five Rooms   Barcelona hotels

On the first floor of a centenary building in the heart of Barcelona, The 5 Rooms, a cosy bed & breakfast, lavishes personal attention and a profound knowledge of the city on its tastefully small number of clientele.

The 5 Rooms, so called because it only has 5 rooms, is based on the "cocooning" concept already successful in large cities like Milan and New York. A good place to escape the cold uniformity of the full-size "fast" hotel.

Projects & Lines   Barcelona lofts and houses

Location for rent: Casa ¨Can Teixidor¨

A neoclassical house in Alella, 20 km from Barcelona. It's built on three levels, has large windows and a sizeable garden with sea views.

Interior includes designer furniture and fittings, as well as stuccoed walls in various parts of the house. It also has a garage painted in the style and colour of Mondrian.

Danzatoria   Barcelona bars and nightclubs

One of the city's most stylish clubs set in an extremely elegant twentieth-century mansion on Avenida Tibidabo, previously owned by the cream of Barcelona's bourgeoisie.

You can dine in a cosy, chilled-out restaurant, celebrate your event and continue the party in one of the four dance halls, each one with a different theme: r&b, chill-out, disco and deep house. There's also a luxurious VIP lounge and landscaped garden. Well worth a visit.