photographers' agents Nov 2006

For 20 years, Rockenfeller & Göbels, based in Düsseldorf and Hamburg, has been representing experienced photographers, in the following areas: people, lifestyle, fashion, beauty, stills, cars and architecture.

The agency is owned by Doro Göbels, has three employees and represents well-known and established photographers such as Albert Watson, Thomas Rusch, Claus Wickrath, Peter Keil and André Rau.

With a focus on fashion, beauty and cars, photographers' agent Daniela Wagner has been representing internationally recognised photographers for 15 years, and is now considered one of the leading owner-controlled full service agencies within the German speaking area.

Their photographers work for major European businesses and brands, and the agency says that there is almost no brand which they have not worked for yet.

Almost a year ago, Daniela Wagner decided to open up their clients' online archives and create a new Image Search service. This enables clients to browse images for inspiration and then download them free for new layouts, with the option of purchasing some of them. Daniela Wagner says, "Our clients treasure this service very much. Image Search has, within a short time, developed to become a recognised premium archive”. Click here to view this service.

Work featured here includes:

• Nick Georghiou's work for Wieden & Kennedy / Nike ('St Wayne' was the Winner of the 2006 Campaign Poster Award) and the Met Police’s campaign to beat gun crime for MCBD / Trident

• Klaus Thyman's work for 125 magazine's NAKED issue & BBH London on the Levis 'Moonbathing' campaign.

• Nadege Meriau's work for M&C Saatchi / Ribena

• Leon Steele's work for M&C Saatchi / Transport for London

Imaginativ' production is a Paris-based photographers' agent and production company with a goal of "creating, in films and photography, strong images with a high emotional and quality value".

They represent photographers in cars (including CGI technology), landscapes and people as well as film directors in all kinds of art forms.

Their team of photographers / film directors is made up of 19 artists working worldwide (Stuart Hall, Garry Owens, Tim Kent, Simon Stock, Rodney Smith, Bo Hylen, Christopher Thomas, Darran Rees...).

Their services range from artistic direction to production and art photo exhibition and recent projects include Mercedes, Nissan, Canard Duchene, Lacoste, McDonalds.

The artist representation arm of Corbis represents a group of international photographers who work in advertising and editorial. Set-up as a boutique-type agency two years ago, the agency emphasises "global reach alongside collaboration".

Recent campaigns have included:

• Bernd Wichmann shot a campaign for Zürich Financial Services Insurance with Publicis.
• LA-based sports photographer Patrik Giardino recently won a global Adidas PR campaign with shoots of sporting personalities in New Zealand, France and LA.
• Hans Starck shot the campaign for Bionic energy drinks for Scholz & Friends.
• London-based Dirk Lindner is the most recent photographer to join Corbis AR, and his clients include Vodafone, Island Records and The Wire.

Corbis AR photographers have recently won several awards including:

• Hans Starck’s JobsinTown.de campaign won him 4 gold and 1 bronze at New York Festivals, 2 silvers at the Cannes Lions and a silver and bronze at ADC Deutschland. His photography also won him a bronze at the Clios for his Playstation images and a Cannes Gold and a Silver Clio for his Mapa campaign.
• Barcelona-based Joan Garrigosa won a Lions award for his Survival imagery and has worked on campaigns for Nike, Honda, Nissan and Rimmel.

Founded by Kozva Rigaud in 2001, Shotview is "one of the leading photographic agencies in Europe". With offices in Vienna and Berlin, they represent a selective number of photographers in the fields of fashion, beauty, people and stills. They work for a wide range of international brands and magazines.

Photographers are Luis Sanchis, Ben Hassett, Erwin Wurm, Peter Rigaud, Joachim Baldauf,
Wiebke Bosse, Sesse Lind, Henrique Gendre, Stefan Armbruster, TimTom and Paul Schirnhofer.

The Shotview Collection archive contains editorial and personal projects of their artists and associates and provides a selection of exclusive images in the fields of fashion, beauty, portrait, people, architecture, travel, business. Model releases can be obtained upon request by emailing [email protected].

Shotview also promotes the different aspects and projects of their artists in the photography and visual world, with exhibitions, book projects, videos, openings, publications, gallery collaborations. An original selection of Fine Art photography in limited edition is presented at their website.

One Naked Egg was founded "by an artist for artists".... The tone is eclectic with a wide ranging of different photographic subject matters. Each artist that is a part of this agency has a strong visual voice, as well as being professional and organised.

Their client accounts vary widely, from advertising, music, annual reports, design firms and stores, department stores to Playgirl magazine.

The agency says "it's the photographers' work that makes the ultimate difference".

Agent Orange continues to buzz with activity after a busy summer, and is thrilled to announce the signing of Julia Fullerton-Batten.

• Will Sanders' work features in the 149th The Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition. Will has recently completed projects for Leo Burnetts and Nylon Magazine.
• Ben Stockley's Vodafone campaign, commissioned by BBH, submersed him into the crazy world of Dubai and the delights of southern France this summer.
• Spiros Politis has recently completed a powerful project for British Heart Foundation to tackle child obesity.
• Giblin & James have been busy working on the latest offerings from Munch Bunch, Whiskas and Rice Krispies.
• Garry Owens shot the distinctive new Yell.Com campaign, whilst also shooting for DDB, and completing a campaign in Scotland and Ireland.
• Frank Herholdt has been busy working in both Eastern Europe and New York.
• Rob Payne has recently returned from the States shooting for Sony Europe and is currently embarking on a creative project for DDB London.
• Jason Hindley has just completed a campaign for Jeep, capturing "quietly observed and found objects".

Unit C.M.A. is an international creative agency based in Amsterdam working for advertising agencies and direct clients all over the world.

After the success of "Unit Class of 2005", this year the agency will be publishing "Unit Class of 2006", featuring the best photography, illustration campaigns and editorials of Unit artists. This beautiful magazine is designed by in-house designer and typographer Job Wouters. For a free copy, send your details to [email protected].

Unit works, a give-away card made by Lard Buurman, shows the team of producers and agents at work for the 17 photographers and 27 illustrators they represent.

D-tales was founded in Greece in 1999 by veterans of the Greek fashion/advertising industry, with the aim of offering creative services not only to the local market but also around the world.

Partners Maria Markellou, Lilian Ioannidou and Elena Liberopoulou created the first agency in Greece, specialising in representing photographers, stylists, hair and make up artists that were professionally active internationally.

Now, D-tales offers a wide range of artists, as well as extensive photo production services - such as casting, location scouting, on-site coordination, studios, lights and digital postproduction - in the fields of advertising and fashion.

SGM Artist Management is a New York based agency representing photographers, stylists and creative directors specialising in the fashion and advertising arenas.

They are celebrating the recent opening of their Tokyo office and SGM Productions, "a full service production company offering the finest in services to diverse clientele".

Recent news and projects include:

• Their latest addition is stylist Kellan whose body of work includes projects with Garnier, Rolling Stone and Interview among many others.
• Photographer Andrew Yee is named winner of Surface Magazine's Annual Avant Guard Award, working with SGM stylist Illya Knight, for the Surface issue.
• Photographer Jeff Olson shoots for Harper’s Bazaar among others and teams with Laundry by Shelli Segal to create a new identity for their spring campaign.
• Photographer Danielle St.Laurent works with Interview Magazine, Dazed and Confused, The Brazilian Girls and Dave Navarro.
• Kemal Harris styles the Spring Mac and Jac and Kenzie campaigns and works with the Holt Renfrew Winter and Spring Issues.

News from Sue Allatt photographers:

Pete Seaward has just finished shooting the “Duchy Original” Campaign for Giraffe. He is now away on location for the English Tourist Board, shooting a campaign for the US market. December will see him back in Australia to shoot another four ads for the Australian Tourist Board Campaign through M&C Saatchi – Sydney.

Tif Hunter has been busy shooting for Stephen Webster and Harley Davidson. As well as completing Clemmow Hornby Inge’s latest campaign for Hartley's. He has just shot the latest Nike campaign for Wieden & Kennedy London. His portrait “Vicky” has been selected for the NPG Photographic Portrait Prize 2006.

Nigel Parry's new book - BLUNT is to be released next month; in conjunction with this is an exhibition in New York in December at Milk Gallery. This will be followed with a show next year in London. Nigel has also been busy shooting – Lennox Lewis – George Clooney – Condoleezza Rice, along with a campaign for BBH London for AEG.

4D-Photo was established in 1998 by Zuzana Pickova - with 8 years experience in production, a background in photography, and a reputation for being the "agent of the top photographers in the Czech Republic" - and Pavel Picek, with 14 years in production and a background in Film & TV.

Together, they spearhead a team of co-ordinators, producers and support infrastructures. They offer the following services: production co-ordination, location scouting and permits, models and crew bookings, castings, travel, accommodation, customs clearance, vehicle reservations, equipment rental, crew, weather reports etc.

English and German spoken.

Artist representative Tim Mitchell has created his own niche in the world of American advertising: he only represents European talent.

After 20 years of scouting and producing for a group of European photographers, Tim decided he had had more than his share of travelling. His eye for imagery led him to some of Europe's most talented photographers.

Although his primary role is finding creative assignments for his talent, he still oversees each production "making sure nothing falls through the cracks". Projects this year include:

• Igor Panitz shot 40 ads for BMW
• Ralf Gellert shot 90 portraits for Pfizer´s new diabetic inhaler, Exubera
  
• Robert Wilson shot the Enlistment campaign and Igor Panitz shot the Officer campaign for the US Marine Corps
• Douglas Fisher shot the 2007 Honda Civic campaign
• Andric shot 10 ads for LaSalle Bank
• Holger Wild shot for a GMC Used Vehicle campaign.

In 2007, he will be launching a new division of his business dedicated to selling European stock photography. Watch out for eurostocks.us.

Photographers' agent and production company Tina Aich has been operating in Zurich since 1994. The agency offers photo production and service production throughout Switzerland and internationally.

Recent projects include the production of a worldwide campaign with Sven Bänziger for Swiss Army Fragrance and several motifs for a worldwide image and product campaign for
Clariant International Ltd. With Stephan Schacher she is working on a portrait campaign for C. F. Bucherer.

Tina Aich represents well-known, established photographers as well as those that are new and up-and-coming: Stephan Schacher, Sven Bänziger, Valentin Jeck, Claudia Knoepfel + Stefan Indlekofer, Sarah Maurer, Christian Knörr, Oliver Lang, Roland Tännler, Serge Hoeltschi, Philipp Keel, Klaus Andorfer, Bruno Bisang and Sandra Seckinger.

Her focus is advertising and fashion, with a client list that includes Alpha Romeo, C. F. Bucherer, Clariant International Ltd., Fogal, Globus, Linde, Loewe, Mercedes-Benz, Migros, Sunrise, Swiss Army Fragrance, Swiss Int. Airlines and UBS.

Since its inception in 1982, Judy Casey Inc. has grown from two photographers to its current roster of 15 photographers, 24 hair/make-up artists, 13 stylists/set designers, and 2 manicurists.

Photographers represented are Torkil Gundnason, Pierre Mandereau, Keith King, Antoine Bootz, Chris Coppola, Myers Robertson, Thomas C. Card, David Harry Stewart, Maria Robledo, Richard Bailey, Pierpaolo Ferrari, Catherine Louis, John-Paul Pietrus, Ralph Mecke, Marc Baptiste.

Recent clients include Burberry, Mont Blanc, GE, Tumi, Cointreau, Vera Wang, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oreal.

In 2002, the company opened its Paris office.