New York: Kathy Cacicedo

Kathy Cacicedo photographs everyday people. Every day.

An East Coast, commercial photographer / director, Kathy has a natural talent for connecting with real people. From CEO portraits to tender moments between doctors and patients, Kathy’s images and videos are full of personality, bringing to life the companies and brands commissioning her.

Clients include Havas, Merck, Bayer, Claritin, Dr Scholl, Coppertone, Afrin, Happy Family Organics, Atlantic Health System, Overlook Medical Center, Overlook Foundation, Donate Life, The Heather Trew Foundation, Morristown Medical Center and Stevens Institute of Technology.

Philadelphia - New York: Matt Zugale

As a photographer, Matt Zugale sees businesses as more than the sum of their parts. He believes that the humanity of individuals drives all business forward.

Matt’s work appears in out-of-home advertising, collateral printed material, company websites, and social media for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University, Lavazza, and many others.

For inquiries and requests, please visit his site and contact Matt here.

Amsterdam: Ofir Abe

"Starting my career 20 years ago as a graphic designer in Israel's leading ad agencies, I've come to understand that I had no aspiration to be on just one side of the creative process. 

Self-taught mostly, I combine my passion for music, aesthetics and cinema as well as human interactions, to distil into dramatic, impactful, and conceptual photos. 

Currently based in Amsterdam, I've been making album covers, advertisements, corporate portraits, automotive and documentary photography around the world - in my studio or on locations.

In the end, it's the impactful image that drives my interest and makes my day. There’s nothing more inspiring for me than to capture people in ways that they don't usually see themselves in. Using creative lighting and a fresh mood, I love sending them on a journey towards another dimension, bringing out some of the most interesting alter egos.

Commercial clients include Adidas, Porsche Travels, Publicis GNS Adv., Adler Chomski Group/ Grey Israel Adv., Orange, and a wide selection of the biggest law and tech firms in Israel."

Texas: Andy Mahr

Andy Mahr is a Texas-based photographer specialising in industrial photography. Andy's work has regularly been featured in the Communication Arts Photo Annual, PDN and One Eyeland's 'Best of the Best', and he has been nominated as one of Archive Magazine's '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide' several times.

He also won the Production Paradise Corporate and Industrial category for 2018 and the Sports category for 2021.

As an industrial photographer, Andy loves capturing images that involve real world situations with real people doing real jobs. He often immerses himself into the environment with workers and gets dirty. He loves the gritty, hard working tenacity that his industrial subjects demonstrate and this is strongly characterised in his work.

Andy cut his teeth in the industry as an art director and worked his way up the ranks to creative director. In 2008, he made the full transition to photographer and never looked back. His invaluable experience has been a great resource, he speaks the language of his clients and is highly collaborative, always adding conceptual ideas to the project and taking it one step further. It is very natural of him to work on integrated campaigns that involve still and motion.

As a certified drone operator, he knows how to glorify dramatic landscapes. Whether it’s a farmer in the field, a fisherman at sea or a soldier combat training in the U.S. Marines, Andy flourishes in making each project feel powerful and spectacular. 

Andy is based in the Hill Country near Austin, Texas.

Munich - Berlin: Stefan Hobmaier

Stefan Hobmaier is a freelance photographer based in Berlin and Munich, focusing on portrait, reportage and corporate photography. Always working on personal projects, he develops new styles and integrates new techniques into his commercial and editorial work.

Agencies, industrial clients and magazines appreciate his honest, natural and lively imagery that gets people's attention.

Very recently he finished the new employer branding campaign for the city of Munich and Google’s brand new robotics company Intrinsic launched a new website with his images.

His national and international clients include Audi, BMW, Osram, Bosch, Hornbach, Intel, Intrinsic, Google, ProSiebenSat1, MAN, H&M, Porsche, Mazda, Siemens Healthineers, SZ Scala, Trumpf, Epiroc, C3, Hoffmann&Campe, Territory, Condé Nast, Laut von Leise, Interone, Thjnk, Impulse, Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, FourFourTwo, Haymarket, Redwood and various international clients, agencies, B2B and B2C magazines.

Amsterdam: Hans Verleur

Hans Verleur is a Dutch photographer, a true visual storyteller based in the Amsterdam area. Known for his stills, he has also been shooting video for multiple clients.

His style can be described as cinematographic, with an intuitive approach in which the light tells an important part of the story. He has a great eye for detail and is a real people man whereby collaboration with the subjects is the key to his work.

His assignments range from advertising, editorial, portraits and music. He has also been the photographer of choice for many corporate image bank productions where his storytelling and international production experience come together. His impressive international client list includes Adidas, ABNAMRO, Cisco, Heineken, Orange, Ricoh, TenneT, Vodafone and many more.

North-East Germany: Alexander Rudolph - DOMUSimages

Alexander Rudolph is located in the northeastern part of Germany - right in between Stralsund and Greifswald and close driving distance to Hamburg, Berlin, Copenhagen and many cities in Poland.

In addition to architecture and interiors, Alexander mainly photographs corporate and industrial motifs. 

He loves to work where there is sawing, hammering and, above all, welding. For him, producing impressive welding motifs is one of the greatest challenges in industrial photography. To illuminate the glistening bright welding arc and the surroundings in a balanced way and to bring the play of colours of different welding processes to light gives him the greatest satisfaction.

For him, highly specialised industrial workers in their dexterity and precision are on a par with surgeons whom he photographs in his healthcare motifs. Neither profession is allowed to deviate from their tolerance. Both are heroes of everyday life, whom he likes to stage in exactly this way.

What he loves about corporate photography is the balance between being a photographer and psychologist. Hardly any of his protagonists initially stand in front of the camera of their own accord. By giving his "models" the confidence to portray them impressively and giving them the feeling that, as the face of their company, they represent the bridge to potential customers, he achieves an intimate and authentic insight into the inner workings of his customers.

New York - Berkshires: Peter Baiamonte

Peter Baiamonte would like to tell you a story, give you a glimpse of a place, show you some personality, and reveal meaning behind his images. His strengths include clean storytelling, vibrant colours, creative problem solving, and an ability to connect with his subjects - putting them at ease, and making their time in front of the camera comfortable. 

He also excels at assembling a great crew, working collaboratively with clients, and creating a friendly, happy vibe on set.

Peter’s work includes many styles and disciplines: portraiture, lifestyle, landscape, travel, and sports, among others. He splits his time between New York City and the Massachusetts Berkshires, working regularly with clients in New York and Boston as well as the entirety of New England. He is available to travel worldwide.

Recent projects include portraits of CEOs in four cities for Ernst & Young (including Boston, New York, Trenton, and Philadelphia); portraits, headshots, and assorted group scenes for First Manhattan Company (an investment firm) for the development of their new website; and for Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, doctors' portraits and scenes between doctors and patients, using real in situ photos vs stock photos.

Nashville: Abigail Bobo

Abigail is a Nashville, TN-based commercial photographer travelling internationally.

She takes ordinary things and lifts out what is beautiful, humble and holy about everyday moments.

Her clients include Mercedes Benz, National Geographic, Morton Salt, Ogilvy and Buick.

Düsseldorf: Jürgen Nobel

Jürgen Nobel, who is based in the west of Germany, takes photos of people for corporate communication and advertising across Germany and internationally. His focus and imagery are considered authentic and natural, but he always finds the special features of every customer.

Recent projects featured in this Spotlight:

• Board member of the AXA Group Cologne.
• Image shooting for LUMITOS AG, Berlin.
• Three-day photo production for MAN Energy Solutions in Andalusia, Spain with agency 31M, Essen.
• Image recordings for the Marien-Hospital-Euskirchen with its own staff.
• Photoshoot in Munich and Frankfurt for the construction company SEMODU AG.