fashion & beauty photography + motion Nov 2019

Alicia Stepp is an award-winning, internationally published fashion and beauty photographer. Ten years as a graphic designer helped her develop and hone the aesthetic sensibility that inspired her to launch a career in photography in 2007.

Her engaging images are a testament to her natural ability to establish a genuine connection with her subjects. Her work is elevated but fun, with adventurous moments and emotional stories living side-by-side with clean, structured silhouettes that reveal her instinctive understanding of colour, light, and form.

Alicia’s always up for an adventure, and is available to clients worldwide, but her home base is in Dallas, Texas where she enjoys a life full of music, art, travel and quiet time at home with her husband and cats.

Her clients include American Airlines, At&T, Beehive, Kevyn Aucoin, Mary Kay, Rituel De Fille, Spotify, Tiffany’s and more.

Her work has also appeared in publications such as Flanelle, Halcyon, Jute, Ladygunn, La Plus Belle and Solstice.

Alicia recently shot a global beauty campaign for Mary Kay.

Anna Michell is an internationally published photographer with eight years of experience working in the photography and advertising industry. Born and bred in South London, she can be found most days working from her Bermondsey studio, listening to 70s disco and drinking too much coffee.

Anna's vibrant personality and attention to technical detail are a perfect combination for creating images that are glossy yet unique and spontaneous, which has led her to shoot editorial and commercial stills for clients such as The Rake Magazine, Grazia Pakistan, Chester Barrie and Richard James Mayfair, alongside a steady stream of personal work which keeps her creatively on her toes. Inspiration can come from anywhere, whether it's a solo journey through Latin America, taking photos in the kitchen at a party or admiring oil paintings in a gallery (for a recent personal project, Anna single handedly painted six backdrops in the style of Henri Matisse).

Equally comfortable working to a tight brief or contributing ideas, get in touch with Anna or follow her on Instagram.

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 has taken him to cities around the world, allowing him to develop a stunning and diverse portfolio.

Carlos' photos are best known for blending classic lines with luscious colours and textures. His style is rich, emotive and dynamic - attracting high profile fashion designers, advertising campaigns and magazines 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.

Düsseldorf-based photographer and director, Claudius Holzmann has been working in the advertising industry for more than 30 years. 

His portfolio is very varied and involves many styles and expressions. His work mainly includes advertising, beauty and fashion photography and film, as well as people and celebrity photography. His clients come from advertising agencies, multinationals, big industries as well as smaller companies.

His experience across the many fields of advertising photography and film sets him apart from the competition. He is well known for his positive and easy-going work attitude. He always tries to partner with his clients to create the very best result for the brand’s unique DNA. He once said about his work, “My style is aesthetics.”

Claudius's company, Cream Digital Pictures, offers its own production and post-production services in photo and film, they can be booked for single services or complete productions.

Clovis Durand-Moldawan is an award-winning fashion and still life photographer known for his innovative approach to image in both studio and on location. He does not hesitate to use strong lighting and his approach to colors sign his creative solutions.

In the wine industry, Clovis recently collaborated with Château Haut-Brion, Château Léoville Las Cases and Domaines Barons de Rothschild. He also ran a campaign for LeClub Golf in partnership with Callaway and regularly works with the ready-to-wear brand May 29.

The end of 2019 is marked by a fashion editorial that will soon be published by the American magazine Scorpio Jin (Miami, FL).

In addition to his commercial work, Clovis continues to explore new topics and techniques through personal projects that he continues to lead with his team.

Erin Faison is a Dallas-based beauty and fashion photographer.

Though she has been in the field for over 15 years, she continues to push herself to look at things differently, and challenges herself to expand beyond her comfort zone. Therein lies growth and beauty.

This year included so many exciting opportunities and successes for Erin, including a finalist position in the Beauty category of Production Paradise’s Spotlight Awards for the 2nd year in a row.

She also had the privilege to work with wonderful clients such as Mary Kay, Misook, Ming Wang and Jones New York, as well as being featured by Lucy’s and Institute magazines.

Erin is represented by On Set Management.

Based in London and Berlin, beauty and fashion photographer Eva Schwank has worked for well known publications and brands. This year she was under the top 10 Beauty & Fashion Photographers of the Spotlight Awards.

A strong connection with the people in front of her camera is very important for her. She loves every step of the creative process and the variety it brings with it. Every shoot is a blanc canvas she uses to create magic on together with her team.

Clients include Liberty London, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Garnier, Figleaves, St. Tropez, Lash Perfect, Kitri, Aerie, Tory Burch, Bouclème, Tada and Toy, Cancer Research and Rogue Matilda. Recent editorial work includes L’Officiel NL and Gracia ME.

This previous season Jonny has had the pleasure to shoot the cover and 12-page men's editorial for Man of Metropolis magazine. Continuing on menswear, it has been a busy season with shooting the 1904 campaigns for Arcadia.

For womenswear, the previous season has brought editorial shoots for Grazia UK, Overdue Magazine, and advertising from Dorothy Perkins, Boden and Jaguar UK.

With all the above going on, Jonny always has passion and time for beauty shoots and great editorial for Schön Magazine and L'Officiel. He infuses some fun with colour, giving the technical beauty images some great energy and vibrancy.

“All the best for 2020!”

A people and fashion photographer, Kunal Lakhani quests for that perfect angle with the right play of color and light. Over his 15-year career as a photographer, he has shot for various projects in fashion and lifestyle. He believes in creating an ideal balance between client satisfaction and his own creative license. He gets consumed by projects big and small, immerses himself in them and gives them his all. He prefers keeping his images simple yet classy. He has a deep fascination for black and white pictures too.

Photography is his passion but he is definitely driven by travel. Kunal loves jobs that give him a mix of these the most. Shooting fashion and people in different locales and weather gives him a high that controlled-indoor shoots cannot match up to. Though he likes experimenting with lights and models in a studio as well.

An amiable personality, he is always looking for new projects, clients and crews to work with. A person with a deep spiritual bent and an affinity for nature, he prefers quiet time to himself absorbing the beauty in the world. Kunal loves his daily cutting chai. On a free day, he soaks in the city by taking a bike ride.

Liselore is a fashion photographer based in Amsterdam. She has created a signature style of reality that is sophisticated, personal and intimate.

She strikes a unique balance between editorial and commercial aesthetics, creating an accessible visual story with a subtle rock and roll twist and a touch of cool personality combined with the surroundings. She expertly draws out the energy from models, generating versatile, authentic and daylight-filled work. Some call her a story teller, some call her a content creator.

She collaborates with brands and magazines like H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Vogue Living Netherlands, KLM Royal Airlines, Esquire, Love Stories, JAN, DENHAM, Marie Stella Maris, Hunkemöller and others.

"Brought up by a man who walked into the wild, born under an incandescent African sky at the far tip of the globe, I was a child bathed under a fluorescent rainbow so deep and high beside a rugged ocean, so wild and free inspired by the might of the point breaks and the two oceans meeting.

I was born to capture light and life’s spontaneous moments with a hunter's repartee, whet by the taste of the unknown, far from the smell of home, inspired by perfection and never fleeting. Cities anew, lands uncharted, lessons all learned with an open mind and trusting eye.

I work as hard as the day is long, for there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. If this is all you’ll ever know about me, it’s enough to say you know me well."

Matt specialises in creating imagery of people and products across the genres of beauty, fashion, portraiture and lifestyle. In a market saturated with photographers and videographers, Matt draws upon 15 years of professional experience to add value to a client’s campaign. His love and understanding of the creative process ensures a smooth journey from his involvement in concept and pre-production through to post-production and asset delivery. Matt’s collaborative nature promotes a relaxed set where talent and creatives can perform at their best.

Matt’s editorial style has developed into a fusion of disruptive storytelling with his clean studio sensibility. Matt’s opinion speaks loudest through his use of colour and contrast coupled with a desire to direct unique, spontaneous and authentic performances from his subjects.

Matt is currently based in Australia where he divides his time shooting commercially and submitting editorials to cool magazines. Matt is available to travel for commissioned work.

Nick Tydeman is a London-based photographer. Specialising in luxury fashion and lifestyle, Tydeman’s dedicated network of producers, stylists, HMU and set builders, ensures he can guarantee an aesthetic that reflects the mood of the moment, and more importantly, of the brand.

Nick Tydeman’s clients include Zara, Hackett London, Gieves & Hawkes, Huntsman, Bremont, Pepe Jeans, Oliver Sweeney. Publications include, amongst others GQ Spain, Vanity Fair, The Rake, Debonair, Financial Times.

Get in touch with Nick via his website and take a look at his latest work.

Philipp Jelenska is best known for his expressive and aesthetic pictures, which are a mixture of commercial beauty and art. His unique and remarkable work is defined by his use of shadow and light and his love for playing with contrast. If you have to choose one word to best describe his photographs it would be glamorous. 

His work has been published in numerous prestigious magazines such as L’Officiel, Vogue, Tatler, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan..

Beside his editorial work, Philipp has also done commercial/advertorial work for various clients such as Harvey Nichols, Schullin, Chaumet, Chanel, Guerlain, L’Oreal, and Urban Decay.

On top of that he has recently received the Vienna Fashion Award as Photographer of the Year 2019.

Stefanie Parkinson is a Los Angeles-based commercial and editorial photographer. She has 14 years of experience working with lifestyle, fashion, beauty, wellness, food, technology and media companies. She loves working with clients that are doing good things for the world.

Some of her most not worthy clients are Haus Laboratories, Google, Verizon Wireless, The Limited Brands, Eddie Bauer, Dannon, E! Entertainment for New York Fashion Week, Kraft, Kohls and Nationwide Insurance.

Her work has been seen in The Huffington Post, LA Magazine, Food & Wine, Angeleno Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Elite Daily, Us Weekly and Pop sugar.

Please visit her website for more.

Wolfe & Von is a creative partnership born out of the collaboration between photographers and art directors, Joseph Daly and Tia Vaughan.

With over a combined three decades of photography, lighting design, creative direction, art direction, production, music, fashion design, and representation, it was time to combine forces to make a new name in the world of photography and art. 

The photography duo is based in Los Angeles and provides services to Los Angeles, New York, Europe, Central America and beyond. 

Recent clients include Milk Makeup, NARS, Warner Music Group, Sony Music, Elektra Records, Deutsch Inc., For Love & Lemons, Rosetta Getty, Leland Francis, Promised Land, Maison Te Mata, Schön!, Hunger, 1883, and more. 

Zeger Garré is a Belgian photographer, and in his opinion a succesful photograph is more than the pursuit of technical perfection, it’s capturing the feeling, the emotion and the passion.

What Zeger wants to bring out in the pictures is the honest and true experience which makes every person so unique.

For Zeger it is all about love, emotion and respect.