SimePhoto is a photo agency and photo library specialising in high quality travel stock photography. Their tightly edited, exclusive collection of travel images contains landscapes, cityscape, food & drink, lifestyle and nature photography. SimePhoto is based in Italy but the collection is offered exclusively worldwide.

SimeBooks is the latest brainchild of photographer Giovanni Simeone, founder of the SimePhoto Agency. SimeBooks is a publishing house specialised in editorial products for travel, tourism, cookery and children sectors. Their books, guides and multimedia products are designed to dazzle the reader with the beauty of Italy’s landscape and culture. 

This Showcase features some images from their new bilingual book releases. Among them are mouthwatering pictures for "POLPO E SPADA - CATCH OF THE DAY", a book with recipes and culinary adventures in Southern Italy by Ottaviano Domenico, a talented young chef of "Al trabucco da Mimi" restaurant, shot by the photographer Maurizio Rellini. Another latest release featured in this issue is "TOSCANA | Land of Art and Wonders", travel photography book that includes photography of Massimo Borchi, Guido Cozzi and Stefano Amantini.

Visit the website of SimePhoto for custom image search and more information on the latest projects of the agency and its photographers.

Beppe Buttinoni is a Milan-based fashion photographer. Having discovered his passion for photography quite early, he studied the subject at the IED (Istituto Europeo Design) in Milan. Working in Italy, but regularly travelling around the world, Beppe shoots international campaigns as well as editorials and specialises in Commercial Fashion, Lingerie and Swimwear. 

Beppe’s knowledge, ability and passion for lighting in the studio or on location enables him to work with both daylight and artificial light to create the exact image his clients want. His images are famous for their sensual feel and attractive elegance.

Contact his studio to enquire about new projects.

Isabella Sarti is a freelance make-up artist and hair-stylist based in northern Italy. Her curiosity and professionalism and the will to operate at the highest standards has led her to constantly update her knowledge by successfully working and studying around the world in major fashion capitals such as New York, London, Paris and Milan.

She collaborates with an ever-expanding number of photographers and directors, skillfully managing to earn respect and trust among the crews. Always up for a challenge, she has worked in different fields ranging from advertising to editorial, from catalogues to videoclips and film-making. She is also no stranger to the catwalk scene, locally and internationally - London Fashion Week, amongst others.

Among the latest international acknowledgments for her work, Vogue America invited Isabella to celebrate Gina Sanders' involvement in Condé Nast. Moreover, she has worked with world-renowned Italian actress Isabella Ferrari and Italian celebrity Roberta Capua, among others, and has been published in a number of international magazines, including Satellite Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Huf-Magazine, Fault, Sicky Magazine, Kaltblut and Schon!. She also has an on-going collaboration with Marie Claire that sees her work regularly published.

Cinenane Group has been dealing with equipment and services for television and cinema since 1975, supplying grip and lighting equipment, power units, trucks, special effects, tracking vehicles, and a lot more. The experience of a continuous collaboration with international clients allowed the company to develop a special service dedicated to all aspects of filming in Italy, including production and co-production of new original projects. A network of partners cooperates with the company in order to take on any kind of production challenge.

The partnership with Aerial Film Club provides expertise of highly qualified professionals connected to stunt and aerial film productions. AFC supplies services and equipment all over Europe, including the new stabilisation systems from Shotover, designed for use on helicopters, ground vehicles, watercraft and almost any moving vehicle.  

Additional partner Piumaworld is committed to R&D and to the production of new technological equipment, such as remote heads, dollies and digital systems custom made for the entertainment industry - cinema, TV, sports and multimedia.

Cinenane Group webpage shows an extensive catalogue of both traditional and innovative pieces of equipment, starting from a flag with light gauze to the newest lights, from pouring rain effect to Virtual Reality. The rental requests can be made online with the full support of Cinenane team, ready to confirm availability of the products and to give useful suggestions.

Morena Russo started her journey in fashion in Milan, collaborating with up-and-coming designers and models agencies while working for Prada.

In 2004 she moved to New York where she learnt each step of fashion production, from creating a collection from A to Z to bringing it to life on the runway. In 2012 after her return to Italy she opened Connecting Dots with 2 branches in Milan and Taormina.

Connecting Dots is an agency specialised in fashion production, show direction, collection developement and backstage coordination, booking and management of creative talents and location coordination.

Morena has collaborated with brands like Missoni, Diesel Black Gold, Dsquared2, Diesel Black Gold, Tod’s, Fay, Moschino, Alberta Ferretti, Blumarine, and celebrities like GB65/Giovanni and Madonna.

Toscana Productions is based in the center of Italy and offers a complete location and production service for shoots in the north and in the center of Italy. 

Cristina Rauter, owner and producer, has over 15 years of experience in international productions keeping quality of the services as her main priority in business. 

The latest productions include clients such as Intimissimi, Hugo Boss with Mario Gomez, Marc O’Polo, SAP Lavazza, Patrizia Pepe Men with Marco Bocci and Charles Vögele with Penelope Cruz, among others.

For more information please visit the website.

Andrea Varani first picked up a camera in the early 80s and thanks to a book he happened to find, discovered his talent almost by chance. The course of Andrea's career is quite amazing, as rather than succumb to any dominant model, he has always been attracted by the evolutions of fashion, intuiting all its contradictions and creating his very own style.

Andrea's lens creates the look, the thrill, and the expression of the whole body underneath the clothes. The fashion he photographs is depicted as desirable but also possible.

The landscapes and the nature explored by Varani introduce and describe the pleasure of enjoying the photograph as a variation of what is real. His accomplishments go far beyond fashion photography and reproduce his cultural and personal elements.

With more than 10 years of experience in international productions, Lule Production is a full service company based in Italy, with a focus on photography as a commercial medium.

The company manages all aspects of a production, from accommodation to specifc location scouting. Finding the best models for a shoot is also a speciality.

For each production the company chooses only the best and most qualifed professional freelancers, creating a team of professionals that works in unison. A successful combination of advertising and fashion is its hallmark.

Shoot in The Alps is a film and photo facilitating company operating in the European Alps. France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia as a single geographic entity. The company handles everything from location scouting, specialised crews, stunt people, mountain safety experts and helicopters to warm cups of espresso at the top of a glacier!

Shoot in the Alps' strength lies in detailed knowledge of the alpine territory provided by a network of professionals who live and work in the region throughout the year. Its database includes everything a client's imagination will ask, and more.

"A glacier in Switzerland might not be as accessible as one in Austria, and the snow in Italy might be softer than in France... or everything could be just the opposite. We will take you to where your production needs to be."

Chamonix is closer to Milan than Paris; Lake Como is one hour away from Saint Moritz; Kranjska Gora is one hour and half from sandy beaches; and six months a year, clients can shoot their models skiing on day one, and swimming in the sea on day two. Shoot in The Alps has access to snow 365 day a year.

The team works with crews and suppliers from Milan, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Innsbruck and Ljubljana offering the best equipment and the highest level of professionalism.

Born in Milan, Dario Piana graduated from the famous Brera Art Academy. He drew comic books and storyboards until 1984, and has since gone on to shoot more than 650 commercials. He works all over the world with international talents such as Milena Canonero (three-times Oscar winning costume designer), Kim Basinger, Eliott Gould, Eddie Irvine, Michael Schumacher, Ziyi Zhang, Valentino Rossi, Ronaldo, George Clooney, and many others.

He has won many Italian and international advertising awards, including two Gold, three Silver and four Bronze Lions at the International Advertising Film Festival Cannes.

He has done two movies: 'The Deaths of Ian Stone' (Lionsgate) and 'The Lost Boys 3' (Warner Bros.) as well as three short films. Dario also wrote and directed a nine-minute interactive 3D show with animated characters
for one of the biggest amusement parks in Europe.

One of Dario's commercials is exposed in the advertising section of the Louvre Museum, Paris.

"The secret of a good job is to avoid doing things that you know won't come right."