people & lifestyle photography Feb 2018

Adrian T. Kubica is focussed on people and lifestyle photography, including kids. He has worked across Mexico City, NYC, Moscow, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Istanbul, and more. Among his international clients are agencies McCann, Ogilvy, MullenLowe, BBDO, Grey and Y&R as well as brands such as ING-DiBa, Turkish Airlines, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Bose, Sixt, JPS and more.

Adrian approaches his work with radical honesty, creating stories around the images he captures. He knows how to deal with clients while also keeping a signature in his pictures without losing the focus on the target.

Passionate about getting involved even from the development stage of an idea, Adrian dedicates himself to his work. He was born in 1984 in Detroit, USA and grew up in Germany, where he still lives today.

He is represented by agents in Germany c/o BANRAP Photographers, Turkey c/o PPR Istanbul, and The Netherlands c/o Foto Formation.

BRIANCUMMINGS is an award-winning commercial director/photographer, known for unique conceptual images and ideas. His interest in satire and narrative influences his work behind the camera.

A former advertising creative director with over 20 years' experience in the commercial field, a love of film and photography led Brian to start working behind the camera. He draws on his background to be a story teller and problem solver. His experience and sensibilities help him compose striking images that tell stories ranging from humorous to dramatic to surreal.

Cate Brown believes in fresh air and salty hair. She is an outdoor photographer inspired by the coastal living experience. She’s also a life-long Rhode Islander, sailor, and rock climbing yogi.

Cate loves working in natural light to produce bright, accessible photographs exploring life outdoors and by the sea, from southern New England to adventures abroad. Sometimes she even shoots on film. Her work ranges from outdoor lifestyle to sailing and marine, adventure, travel, aerial photography, and fine art seascapes.

She is committed to creating a healthy planet as a member business of 1% for the Planet. Cate believes in creativity and collaboration, and invites you to work together with her.

"I love my work. I love the variety, the fact that every day is different. That I get to work with so many different and amazing people, that it takes me to far flung corners of the world. That I get to work on projects that are visually rich, emotive, striking, fashion forward, or just plain sexy. What a job!"

New York-based photographer and director, Christian Mushenko, has the same approach when it comes to shooting stills and motion; he loves capturing authentic moments in a distinctive, warm and emotive style.

Christian’s experience spans over 20 years, working for some of the world’s largest international brands and shooting everything from successful global campaigns to small pro-bono work. His work is valued by clients including Allianz, American Express, Eli Lily, Hilton, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Qantas and Ritz-Carlton.

He has a long list of awards to his name, his most recent accolade being for his directorial debut short film 'Longing', which has received awards in the London Independent Film Awards, Big Apple Film Festival, and the OneReeler Short Film Competition.

It is obvious he loves his work, and his clients love working with him.

Ian and Erick are photographers specialising in lifestyle, portrait and action sports. They have travelled the world to Hawaii, Tahiti, Bali, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Maldives, France, Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, South Africa, LA and NY for photo shoots and know what it takes to get the shots in a high pressure environment.

Passionate about art, music, fashion, youth culture and individuality, Ian and Erick's imagery evokes escapism and a playful spontaneity. Creative inspiration combined with techniques of clever composition allow them to successfully capture visual narrative vignettes for the youth and lifestyle markets.

Over the years, they have worked with advertising agencies such as M&C Saatchi, Host, JWT, Cummins & Partners and others. They have worked on ad campaigns including Bolle Sunglasses, Sky Vodka, RAC, Red Bull, Decathlon, Rip Curl, Bankwest, Lululemon, Shell, Hurley and Woodside. Their photos have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Free Sport (France), Action Asia and Tiger Airways Magazine, to name a few.

Their artistic work has ben exposed in galleries in NY, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney, Perth and Mauritius.

Ian & Erick are represented by Flipp.

Life is made up of quickly passing moments and capturing them is what San Francisco-based lifestyle-advertising photographer, Jim Hughes does.

From Cape Town to Shanghai, Jim travels the world photographing unforgettable images for clients such as HP, United Airlines, GE, Levi's, CVS and Wells Fargo.

Jim’s collaborative approach has maintained happy and returning clients and created award-winning shots along the way. Whether in the Bay Area or abroad, his technical experience combined with his knack for working with cast and crew brings ideas and concepts to life.

Jonatan Fernström specialises in lifestyle and fashion photography. With over 15 years of experience in the commercial business, he is a reliable partner, technically skilled and fun to work with.

"To create something with light and composition is what drives me as a photographer, although it's when you add people that it gets really interesting!"

Jonatan works out of Gothenburg but has clients all over Europe. After studies in Scotland, he worked as an assistant photographer for a few years before he did a bachelor's degree in photography at the University of Gothenburg. He shoots all over the world for brands including Volvo, Intersport, DrDenim Jeans, I Dig Denim, Estrella and Icebug.

Creating conceptual ideas in all environments, both on location and in the studio, is Jonatan's speciality. He works with state-of-the-art equipment such as the Hasselblad H6d with 50 mp resolution for the best results imaginable.

Lucila Blumencweig has had a busy few months, including shooting the first ever lifestyle campaign on location in Atlanta for Honest Tea, the premium organic tea from The Coca-Cola Company.

She has been in Uruguay and Colombia shooting for Coke with Hello Agengy and Ogilvy Colombia, and also shot the latest Personal Mobile campaign with JWT.

Lucila is currently working on post-production for a Sony LatAm campaign  shot at the beginning of February in Buenos Aires with agency DDB Berlin.

Lucila is available worldwide. In the US she is represented by hummelcreative.com.

Manfred Heiduk is a German photographer who travels constantly between Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Dusseldorf and London. He spent many years as an illustrator and creative director in digital media, and with more than 20 years of experience in photography he is now specialised in shooting in extreme conditions.

The next big event is the FIFA World Cup in Russia. Manfred's photos of the fans at the public viewing areas, as well as his impressions of the game will inspire athletes, clients, fans and officials alike.

For Karstadt Sports he shot in the Austrian Glaciers, Italian Alps, Death Valley and Mojave Desert. He is continually booked for running, biking, ski and fashion productions.

Manfred mostly works on dramatic and exciting locations. His focus is on people, lifestyle and sports photography, always offering the best results to his clients. Offering full service international photo and video productions, his clients include Adidas, Nike, Puma, Sportarena, FIFA, Runners Point, Sidestep, C&A, Kaufhof, Boecker, Deichmann, Kwench, Globetrotter, Joy, V-Market, Shape and Metro Group.

Photographer Manuel Archain has worked as a professional photographer for advertising and cinema since 2004. He has been commissioned by international clients including Coca-Cola, O2, Cardinal Draft Beer, Swisscom, Absolut, Sony, Kraft, Universal Music, Convene Magazine NY, Credit Confidential, BA Insider Magazine.

His personal photography projects are becoming internationally renowned and were featured in the Huffington Post as 'The strange world of Manuel Archain - the artist who photographs his dreams'.

Featured in this Spotlight is his latest work for Coca-Cola South America and Sony Mutek Sound Systems, his 'Small World' project and his award-winning advertising campaign. Manuel's work for Fundación Repro (a fertility charity) won a Cannes Lions Silver in 2017.

Always focused on conquering the immediate task at hand, whether as a spotlighted young musician or a risk-taking, technical street skateboarder, Matt Hawthorne would be found in his young adulthood pushing the limits to perfecting his skill.

Eventually, Matt moved his concentration from making images his sponsors sought of him to honing his methods of capturing fast paced action images - by shooting his friends skating.

He found a love for the art form and his unique style with polished imagery quickly drew attention, projecting him into the start of a successful career. Shooting advertising campaigns now for over 10 years, Matt has developed an incredible crew.

Matt Hawthorne Productions has provided advertising campaigns for Gatorade, Target, Adidas, New Balance, Asics, Fila, Gold’s Gym, FedEx, and JCPenney, among many others. Matt is known for his unique photographic style, ranging from photo journalistic sports to highly stylised advertising. His awards include Lürzer's Archive '200 Best Photographers Worldwide' and Communication Arts Photo Annual.

Photographer Matt Hind has a unique take on a classic style which perfectly compliments both fashion and advertising campaigns. He seeks out emotional authenticity in his model photography with a strong emphasis on narratives and blending traditional, classic, heritage style in his fashion images. He has a skill for capturing filmic moments on location.

As an experienced photographer Matt's images have a quality and elegance and he is skilled at working with natural light. He shoots for clients such as Nigel Cabourn, MHL for Margaret Howell and commercial projects for Hiscox and editorial for Vanity Fair and Glass Magazine.

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 Luerzer's Archive's '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide', win an International Photography Award, and regularly appear in the PDN Photo Annual.

"Having worked with Pete Mason over the past 15 years, I completely trust in his ability to get the shots required from the trickiest of situations. Pete’s work ethic and dedication to getting the desired results is tremendous; I think the longest day we put in was 20 hours.

His ability to deal with a live, moving product and the general public is fantastic, with the right balance between getting the shot and remaining unobtrusive. ‘Real’ subjects tend to be uncomfortable and self concious, but Pete has a way of relaxing people and bringing the best out of them. I am always extremely pleased with the results we get, and working with Pete is always great fun too." Jo Wilcox.

This Spotlight showcases recent work for David Lloyd Clubs, Haven Holidays, Eurocamp, British Heart Foundation, Warner Leisure Hotels, Hertsmere Leisure Group and an ongoing personal project.

Visit Peter's website for more work.

Sydney-based automotive, lifestyle and conceptual photographer/director PK - Petros Ktenas - brings an awesome advertising production powerhouse team via MFJ Productions. Working with amazingly talented people every day to fit almost any brief, with a strong team behind him both locally and abroad anything is achievable.

His 10 years of experience as a senior agency producer comes into play on every stills and motion production - meaning he gets it, has been there and done that. He understands what a producer goes through behind the scenes, what an art director will question on the day, and what creative directors will launch as a curve ball in post-production. This level of production experience only comes from years of experiencing all levels and types of ad campaigns. Petros is a gun producer of conceptual visual advertising content.

Over the last few years, PK has worked with great creative talents on campaigns for MG, Audi, Toyota, Lexus, BMW, Hyundai, Renault, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Four Seasons Hotels, Sony, SBS World Movies, Burnaid, Heart Foundation, Centenary Institute and Greenpeace.

London advertising and editorial photographer, Richard Boll, is highly accomplished at blending the disciplines of portrait and lifestyle photography. This has led to commissions that include advertising campaigns for Land Rover with M&C Saatchi, and Belvedere Vodka with BBDO. Other clients include Sony, American Express, Timberland, Rolls Royce and Mercedes-Benz.

Richard loves variety in his work and is equally adept at shooting on location or in a studio. He loves travelling for location work, and is often involved in the organisational aspects of shoots.

Having completed a degree in photography from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, Richard went on to gain a distinction in a fine art Masters Degree from Brighton University.

Awards include first place in The National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize and the Audi/ Next Level Award for Contemporary Photography. Richard also has commissioned work in the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery, London.

Emmy Magazine hired Rocco Ceselin to shoot behind-the-scenes of NBC-Universal's 'American Ninja Warrior' and accompanying portraits of the Ninjas. Rocco worked again for California Moonrise Apparel’s new collection in Palm Springs and the iconic Frisbee inventor brand, Wham-O, to shoot the new collection of Slip and Slide and Toys.

"A new video and stills lifestyle campaign has been my latest project. Looking forward to more creative assignments in 2018."

Sandy Nicholson and his team are storytellers, weaving compelling narratives in a perfectly-timed still or poignant motion spot. They work on global large scale projects for both advertising campaigns and creative shoots.

Sandy discovered his passion for photography at a young age, shooting pets and animals. By the 90s, Sandy was sought-out for photo essays in Rolling Stone, Vogue and other Australian lifestyle magazines, eventually catching the eye of international corporate clients and ad agencies.

Sandy Nicholson Stills & Motion is a full production team that executes the brief from start to finish. Clients include Air Canada, AstraZeneca, Bank of Montreal, Bell, Canada Post, Cochlear, Corus Entertainment, Girl Guides of Canada, Glaxo Smith Kline, Hutchison Communications, Little Tikes, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Nike, Nokia, Nestlé, Purolator, Rogers, Sony, Toshiba, TD Bank, Telus, Toronto Raptors, Unilever and Wind Mobile.

Sandy's photographs have exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London, the World Expo, Lisbon, Fotofeis in Scotland and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. His solo exhibitions 'Lifts', 'Suburban Fetish' and '2nd' have shown in Australia, the UK, Canada and Croatia. Sandy has won a World Press Photo, Applied Arts, Advertising and Directors Club of Canada and several other awards recognising his photographic excellence.

SCPictures is home to Director/Photographer Stewart Cohen. He is known for his skillful approach to capturing the moment in motion and stills. He is a people person and truly enjoys directing and creating stories that are not only powerful, but authentic. His visual approach is honest, resonant and cinematic. He moves seamlessly between large-scale productions and smaller intimate ones keeping his visual acuity sharp.

Stewart is an expert at connecting a brand’s personality with their artistic vision. He uses his creative vision to take aim on his subjects with pinpoint accuracy and produce beautiful results.

Recent clients have included The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, American Airlines, Gatorade, Pizza Hut - Yum! Brands and Neiman Marcus.

Thomas Hart Shelby specialises in creating advertising and marketing content for the world's finest luxury brands, hotels, and resorts. He creates unique advertising concepts tailored to his clients' vision and brand.

Every photographer is “award winning”, but Thom’s clients will tell you the only award that matters is a successful campaign that increases revenue and recognition, and that is what he does. Clients such as Sands Venetian and Palazzo, Eau Palm Beach, Tryall Resort, Cliff House Resort, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria, The Cape Hotel, Blackstone Equity, American Express, Sonoma Cutrer and Jack Daniels have all utilised his vision to achieve just that.

Thom began his photographic career under renowned Geographic photographers, Dan Dry and Melissa Farlow. At 16 he spent the summer working in the NY studio of Sing-Si Schwartz documenting costumes for Martha Graham created by the young upstart fashion designer Halston. Through Halston, Thom met and began working for Andy Warhol both commercially and to document Andy and his entourage socially.

"Photography - that’s how I want to talk", Tyler Gourley confesses. It’s how he communicates.

While growing up, Tyler originally started taking photographs only as drawing resources. But he discovered that he reveled in finding the key attributes of a subject and featuring them in new and expressive ways, so he put down the pencil and picked up a camera.

His commercial photography career includes complex shoots for various brands and agencies, among them American Express, Converse, Dickies, Harley Davidson, Powerade and Under Armour.

Paris and New York-based photographer, Yoann Stoeckel, shoots portrait, lifestyle sportswear and advertising images with a genuinely poetic and realistic personal style.

A creative use of both available and studio light along with a willingness to explore the sensibilities of each subject is what defines his portraiture, while his lifestyle photography constantly searches for the gaps between the human and natural environments.

Yoann’s clients are attracted to his work for his cinematic style and narrative quality. His images demonstrate a precise use of composition that balances poignantly on the line between reality and fiction. His work transports the viewer to their own personal visual world that is infused with his signature palette and unique approach to capturing light.

Clients include Apple, Ford, Nespresso, Michelin, GQ and Vanity Fair, and advertising agencies such as Ogilvy and TBWA.