AM PRODUCTION SERVICES   Buenos Aires photo production

AM Production Services is an experienced, skilled still-photography production company.

Over the last eight years, the company has worked on prestigious, important local and international productions for clients such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Chrysler, Chandon and Philip Morris.

The firm has also supported major fashion shoots by internationally-recognised photographers such as Arthur Elgort (Glamour Magazine) and Marc Hom (New York Times).

Recent campaigns have been for Visa, KFC, Ford Ranger and Yoplait.

The company's website is offered as a useful tool, especially for Buenos Aires newcomers.

Red Creek   Buenos Aires commercials production

Fallon UK and Orange recently entrusted Red Creek Productions for their shoot in Buenos Aires.

Swiss photographers Stijn and Marie shot the campaign on locations around the city with a completely local cast.

Red Creek provides 'peace of mind' to clients such as Kenzo, Nokia, Nextel, Orange, Diesel, Gatorade, Nissan, Sprint and Lotus.

CineTauro   Buenos Aires commercials production

Cinetauro was founded in 1979 and has since become one of the major advertising production houses, with over 1700 spots produced for local and foreign clients.

The company has won several awards in national and international festivals including Clio, Cannes, The New York Festival, Golden Award of Montreaux. F.I.A.P, London International Awards, Lapiz de Platino, Circulo de Creativos, Martín Fierro and Top Ten.

Among an extensive client list are J.Walter Thompson (Unilever) Vega Olmos Ponce APL (Coca-Cola) Grey Worlwide (Ford Motors) Ogilvy & Group (Quaker Oats), Bozzel Vazquez (Danone) Lautrec - Euro Bates (Visa) and Aura (Pepsico).

The company also has a documentary department, associate photographers and a wide experience in international production services. It stands out for its production structures, on-line and off-line editing and equipment which enable it to undertake any type of production independently.

Producer Gustavo Bonifetto says, 'We take on every project as if it were our own, and our customers feel like we are part of their team.'

Monteverde Models   Buenos Aires fashion models

Monteverdemodels has a wide variety of models and talent, including children, actors, regular people, people from different ethnic backgrounds and fashion models.

The agency works for some of the best-known agencies and producers in both national and international markets, offering a complete, integrated solution based on their requirements.

The agency's website shows their models and projects for clients such as Nike, Renault, Nivea, Axe, Samsung, Sony, ESPN, Mercedes Benz, Movistar, Skoda, LUX, Camel, Coca-Cola, Getty Images, Photo Alto... among others, for which the agency is very appreciative.

Ricardo Piñeiro Models   Buenos Aires fashion models

Ricardo Piñeiro Modelos has more than 25 years experience in the national and international markets, working with an exclusive group of top Argentinean models who are recognised internationally. It is always on the look-out for new talent and opportunities for development.

The agency's models are regularly on the covers of top magazines and feature in major Argentinean and international campaigns.

Emilia Iannetta
Photo: Paula Teller

Angeles Urani
Photo: Cruz Mendizabal

Triana Maida
Photo: Mariano Michkin

Barchetta Studio   Buenos Aires styling, hair and make up agents

Barchetta Studio has a very interesting view of their company, which we think is best expressed in their own words:

'Our company was created to satisfy the taste of the creative and director on set, in the studio, or anywhere on the planet... We love to work in a team. Sometimes we speak different languages, but the universal language is our creative experience. We put up with extreme temperature and tense situations such as wars and earthquakes. We always think our best work is our next.'

You can get to know the company better through their website, which is in English and Spanish.

Civiles Management   Buenos Aires photo agents

Civiles Management started life in 2001 in Argentina.

Based in Buenos Aires, it is one of the hot agencies in South America representing models and fashion artists.

The brand new Art Department brings together select photographers, fashion stylists, producers, hair & make-up artists and art designers from Argentina as well as special international guests. This enables the company to offer all the resources needed for shoots, castings and fashion shows - from personalised location scouting to the complete post-production process.

The agency has a monthly 'civilizate!' newsletter through which it keeps all its business contacts up to date. Select the 'news' option at the website to subscribe.

Ricardo Berisso Estudio   Buenos Aires advertising photographers

Ricard Berisso is a professional photographer specialising in fashion and advertising.

He has worked with high-fashion designers such as María Prior, Claudia Larreta, Tereza Calandra, as well as with leading companies through advertising agencies and magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Vanidades.

He aims always to portray the essence of the underlying idea through the camera, looking for new lighting methods and tools, with the aim of producing the image that best communicates the concept with a fusion between the classic and the modern, and with a specific style that is characteristic of his work.

The studio now also provides website design and development services, enabling people to interact with brands and achieve a more integrated communication.

Ale Burset   Buenos Aires advertising photographers

Over the years, Buenos Aires-born Ale Burset has photographed for clients Reebok, VW, Chevrolet, Phillip Morris, Converse, Adidas, Ford, Chandon, Energizer and Quaker, among others. His most recent jobs have been for Nike, Greenpeace, Clorox, Hospital Aleman, Osteoporosis and Vectra.

Working internationally, he spreads his time between Argentina, America, Mexico and Europe.

When asked about his work Ale says, 'All my photographs are the result of my obsession for lighting and a beautiful image - aesthetics'.

In Spain, he is represented by AProductions and in the USA by Denise Stewart.

Virginia Del Giudice   Buenos Aires architecture photographers

Virginia Del Giudice is an interiors photographer with particular expertise in natural light. She continues working with film, and writes her own texts.

Her stories are published in some of the best magazines in the world, The World of Interiors, Vogue, Elle Deco, AD among others.

On a grey, wet day, Virginia took a series of photographs in the Prado, a district of Montevideo. The house featured here is today pretty well abandoned but was an embassy during the Second World War and later the residence of a Uruguayan president. These photos were published in the Dutch Residence magazine.

Mosy Obadia   Buenos Aires advertising photographers

Advertising photographer Mosy Obadia works also as director of photography in film.

Her client list is impressive and includes Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota, VW, Coca-Cola, Quilmes, Pepsi, Isenbeck, Telecom, Movistar, Arnet, Ciudad Internet, CTI, Santa Ana, San Huberto, Marlboro, Pall Mall, Derby, YPF, Petrobras, MasterCard and Visa.

Similarly, her international awards are too numerous to list here but include golds and silvers in Lápiz de Oro TV, Cresta International Advertising Awards, Cannes, Effie Awards, Anda, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, Diente, New York Festivals and Flap.

Victor Wolf   Buenos Aires advertising photographers

If we used bicycles more, we would reduce the amount of toxic gases we produce, which would help to reduce global warming. Using bicycles more would make our cities more pleasant and make our lives better....

With this premise, photographer Victor Wolf presents us 'Bicicletas' (Bicycles) - a limited edition book. The striking, atmospheric black and white photos we show here are taken from it.

Juan Vaz Duarte Photography   Buenos Aires fashion photographers

Fashion and beauty photographer, Juan Vaz Darte, is based in Argentina and is looking to work on more projects internationally.

Jobs and clients include Elle, Catalogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Planeta Urbana, Para Ti, Polo por Polistas and First.

Juan describes himself as a 'specialist in beauty who makes every subject look their best'. 

Antonella Arismendi   Buenos Aires beauty photographers

The concept for the set shown here was to integrate into the scene a beautiful and delicate figure contrasting with the brutish clumsiness of a wild environment.

The photographer, Antonella Arismendi says, 'silently, both worlds reach a meeting point... somehow they were not so different.'

Lucas Engel y Asociados   Buenos Aires rental studios

Lucas Engel rental studios has hosted productions for Mandarina Productora, El Gourmet, Licores Peters, Galeno, VW Argentina, General Motors, Aysa and Diadora.

Facilities include:

• Meeting room
• Production office
• 10 x 15 m set with access for vehicles, infinity stage, hot and cold air-conditioning and motive power
• 15 x 3.5 m production area and/or store
• Dressing rooms with shower
• Full kitchen
• Lighting park

Click Studios   Buenos Aires rental studios

ClickStudios covers all stages of the professional photographic process - from the creation of visual campaigns to talent-casting, pre-production, location-scouting and other production services to ensure a consistently high level of quality.

The company has a 87m2 photographic studio enabling it to handle world-class productions.

Clients include Falabella, RBK, Savile Row, Neon-Decathlon, Nexium-Spotty Dog, Candela-Telefonica de España, Telecom, POL­KA, Landia, Leo Burnett, Elle, Para Ti, Man, Sensation Du Temps, Ocean Drive and Harper's Bazaar.

ZooFilms   Buenos Aires trained animals

Zoo Films is an animal model agency, providing all kinds of animals for movies, television, advertising, events and so on.

With over 20 years experience in managing animals, the agency provides elephants, tigers, insects, dogs, cats, reptiles, every type of animal.

It has a wide experience in media, having worked on over 1000 ads, 60 feature films and hundreds of television shows and video clips. The company also offers animal direction services for productions.

Visit the website for more information and some great photos.