global advertising photography + motion Feb 2017

Alberto G. Puras set up as a full time professional photographer over 15 years ago and has since worked for numerous fashion and ad agencies shooting for international clients. Based in Spain, Alberto provides worldwide services.

From fashion to advertising and portraiture, lifestyle and still life, he constantly finds the right solutions with passion and an individual photo language for each project. The results speak for themselves.

Among his latest clients and publications are The New York Times, Banco Santander, Federópticos, Sacyr, Renfe, ZTE, Tango, Sevilla FC, Smithsonian, Doccia, Banc Sabadell, Cruzcampo, Scalpers, X-Adnan and Ikea.

Check the website to see more examples of his work, along with a full client list.

Awarded 'Digital Portrait Photographer of the Year' by Digital Photographer Magazine in 2011, Bahraini photographer Ali Sharaf captures fashion through his lens and creates stories with every click. His photos, which revolve around lifestyle advertising and editorials, can be easily spotted around the streets of Bahrain.  

With clients across the Arabian Gulf, Ali’s current dream is to expand internationally and reach high-end publications. "What I love about fashion is that it keeps changing. And that fast pace pushes me to improve and adapt new techniques in order to catch up," he says. He also hopes to take photography in Bahrain to a higher level by combining Bahraini culture with others to produce something quite unique.  

Ali studied photography in Manchester in 2008. “From someone who didn't know too much about lighting and fashion, he has developed into a top fashion photographer pushing his limits at every shoot," Brett Harkness, fashion and social photographer, UK.

Andrew Goldie is a true artist. He is constantly pushing the boundaries with his personal and art projects. He loves photographing people and landscapes and is always looking for a new approach and angle to keep his work innovative and fresh.

Commercially, he loves collaborating with agencies and clients and taking briefs as creatively far as possible.

Over the years, Goldie has worked with some of the best advertising creatives to deliver stunning campaigns for companies such as Paypal, Toyota, Sony, RedBull, Ikea, Sprite, Olympus, GlaxoSmithKline, Telstra, AMP, Panadol, StGeorge, Westpac, Mirvac, Invocare, Bayer and Genero TV.

Carlos Lumiere was greatly influenced at a young age by his father's work as a photographer. In 1989 Carlos moved from Spain to Miami to work as a photographer for a Spanish press agency, and it was here that he decided to devote his career and life to high-fashion photography. This passion took him to cities around the world, allowing Carlos to develop a stunning and diverse portfolio.

His photos are best known for blending classic lines with luscious colours and textures. His style is rich, emotive and dynamic - it's this that attracts high-profile fashion designers, advertising campaigns and magazines to work with him, including L’Oréal, Balenciaga, Harper's Bazaar, Harrods, Hackett, Vivienne Westwood, Valore, Royal Ascot, Elle, FHM and GQ.

Carlos now divides his time between his studio Lumiere London, working for his own magazine Fashiopolis, and searching for his next great shoot.

Chamni's eye is a full service production agency based in Bangkok, representing a broad range of established and new photographers, videographers and directors.

Established in Thailand for 28 years, the team includes longstanding and experienced professionals as well as bright young talents all passionately and diligently creating outstanding work for their clients.

Specialised in representing artists in the Asia Pacific region, the company also provides full service production, best-in-class and young blood stylists, hair and make-up stylists, make-up artists, casting, set and prop specialists and location scouting. The team also supports international crews.

Services also include post-production, retouching and 3D visualisation.

Chamni's eye has produced a large number of projects over the past few years. Featured in this Spotlight is recent advertising work from Oh Singhasuvich.

Visit the company's Facebook, IG, YouTube and website for more information.

Juan Pablo Jaramillo is a Chilean photographer specialised in creating images with high visual impact.

Juan Pablo can solve high-complexity problems for a world-class, unique result - whether that is for products, advertising, food, architecture, hotels, lifestyle or jewellery, he will always deliver a job oriented to the highest quality.

He is an approved photographer of Marriott-Starwood Hotels.

Visit his website to see more of his work or follow him on Instagram.

Gregory Allen is a fashion and advertising photographer based between Mexico City and New York.

Originally from Seattle, Gregory studied Visual Arts and Psychology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He began his career working with Oliviero Toscani and the Benetton team in Italy, going on to win the National Geographic prize in 2004, while in 2010 he was named as one of the 'Top Pros' by Popular Photography magazine.

Gregory has been featured as the only photographer on the list of the most important figures in the fashion industry by Elle Latin America, and appears frequently on television as part of Mexico's 'Next Top Model' and 'Behind the Scenes' on E!.

He has spent the last 15 years working all around the world for brands such as L'Oreal, Maybelline New York, Prada Mexico, Coppel, El Palacio de Hierro, Gerber, Nestlé, and magazines such as Glamour, InStyle, Travel+Leisure and Harper's Bazaar.

Jean Berard is a French and Canadian photographer based in Mexico City. His work focusses on carefully crafted lighting and attention to details, in a continuous quest for fresh and iconic imagery.

At Jean Berard Studio, quality production and service is paramount. “What matters to us is exceeding expectation, while enjoying the process. We believe in the power of collaboration by surrounding us with the best team in the industry.”

Jean Berard has received numerous awards over the years: Prix de la Photographie Paris, PDN The Face, International Photo Awards, Photography Masters Cup and Communication Arts Photo Annual.

Latest campaigns include Johnnie Walker, Don Julio, Baileys, Tequila 1800, Danone, Colgate, VW and collaborations with advertising agencies such as Grey, Y&R, JWT, Teran TBWA, Integer, La Doble Vida, BBDO, DDB and Flock.

Jonathan Heyer was born in 1977 and after serving a photography apprenticeship, he began assisting various Swiss and international photographers. He founded his own photographic studio in Zurich in 2004, with a focus on advertising.

He has since received a number of mandates for domestic as well as international advertising campaigns and editorial work - all testament to his fascination with digital photography and photo-editing. Jonathan was also awarded the prestigious ewz-Selection award in the Advertising category. He has also worked as a director.

Jonathan has been represented by UPFRONT photo & film since 2014.

Clients include Audi, coop, Die Schweizer Post, EnVogue, FC Zürich, IKEA, IWC, Kleenex, Migros, NZZ, Ochsner Sport, Orange, Rivella, SBB, SWISS, SWISSAID, Terra Suisse, UBS and Volkswagen.

“I Love Photography."

Lennart is an advertising photographer based in Gothenburg whose awards include the Eurobest for Outdoor Media, Black & White Spider Awards, winner of Epica Interactive Campaigns, New York Festival Finalist award winner for Alternative Media, D&AD Awards and Cannes Lion.

“As a professional photographer, I have a passion to always give my best for my client. In general, I find the spirit of life an endless source of inspiration. The relationship between people and nature, imagination and reality, good and evil – wherever you look there are enigmas and magical moments, many just waiting to be visually explored.”

Lennart thoroughly enjoys working with creative directors and realising their vision. In between assignments, Lennart dedicates time for personal photography projects.

Clients include Astra Zeneca, Björn Borg, and Specsavers and Volvo, to name just a few.

Nick Hall is a US and UK-based ‘big picture’ photographer and director. He is known for his panoramic, high definition landscapes and lifestyle images.

His career has seen him work on large-scale productions in the UK and abroad for clients including Canon, American Airlines and Citi Bank.

His personal projects take him to the world’s rugged environments to document their impressive landscapes and the communities that live alongside them.

Nick’s captivating images have seen him feature in Luerzers Archive '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide', win an International Photography Award, and regularly appear in the PDN Photo Annual.

Osborne Macharia is an award-winning, self-taught commercial photographer and digital artist specialising in advertising, portrait and people photography.

Based in Nairobi and born and raised in Kenya, Osborne has made a mark both on the local and international scenes with his distinctive body of work having been featured in Communication Arts, Lurzer's Archive, CNN, BBC, Huffington Post, Adobe Create just to name a few.

Some of the clients he has been privileged to work with include Guinness, Absolut Vodka, MTV Base, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Oxfam and Samsung.

Pim Hendriksen is an Amsterdam-based photographer with a great passion for everything that can be created with a camera.

As a self-taught photographer his ever increasing thirst for knowledge serves as his inspiration. Pim balances his drive with a technical knowledge of photography that helps his work as a commercial photographer, specialising in advertising, portraits and automotive imagery with a look and feel that is colourful, powerful and energetic.

He has had the good fortune to collaborate with national and international advertising agencies, magazines and renowned design studios. Running a client-friendly, service-oriented business is a cornerstone in his day-to-day operations; he believes that great creativity is often the result of a team effort and he values working closely with his clients.

Pim lives in Amsterdam with his beautiful wife Sophie and gorgeous daughter Isabelle, but works wherever a bike, plane or car will take him.

Shamil Tanna isn’t your average sports photographer, he’s so much more than that and has the ability to creatively direct as well as keep the energy high on a shoot, which can really help to get the most out of the talent!

Sham is always pushing the limits of what he can achieve in camera. He is incredibly talented at shooting in the most unlikely of places with the smallest of time slots, and is highly regarded for his technical ability and creative lighting style.

He has shot some of the world's most renowned sports stars whilst also shooting portraits of a wide array of celebrities. 

Sham has continuing working relationships with clients such as Budweiser, Star Alliance, Amazon, Footlocker, Sport Magazine and Intel.

This Spotlight features the work of XYZ’s staff photographer, Eric Herrmann.

From the San Jose Sharks to HP to Deschutes Brewery, he has helped dozens of brands capture the perfect image to tell their story.

Eric is known both for his technical skills behind the camera and for his easy-going demeanor and ability to adapt to each different clients' needs and style. He is experienced in shooting everything from simple studio table-top product photography to lifestyle imagery on location, and even seemingly impossible projects involving laser triggers or cameras mounted to speeding vehicles.

See more of Eric’s work at the website.