Julio Bárcena is a Barcelona-based beauty, fashion and portrait photographer who creates contemporary imagery focusing on how to keep it simple, authentic and beautiful. As an experienced photographer his images have quality and personality and he likes to use natural light and studio.  He is best known for his elegant portraits and beauty shoots.

Possessing a discerning eye for detail, Julio enjoys searching for new points of view or frames. He strives to create photographs clean and sharp.

"My team and I work for beauty and fashion brands, companies, and magazines. Our experience allows us to fulfill a client's vision from layout to finish. We deliver final images with creative direction, production and postproduction in Spain and overseas. Write to us if you want to know how it works."

His studio is located in Barcelona and serves clients including the Elle Germany, L'Officiel Italia, Vogue Hong Kong, REPSOL, GQ Mexico, BAZAAR Thailand and MarieClaire Greece, among many others. Commercial clients under request.

For the NGO Art Meets Education Anatol Gottfried photographs the new merch collection.

Art Meets Education is a young NGO that enables children who grow up in poverty to have a better future - through their own photography. AME leads photo workshops for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in the Philippines. The children are given analogue cameras and take their own pictures of people, places and moments they encounter. The sale of these pictures as photo prints ensures them 12 years of schooling.

In order to do even more for the children in Manila, an AME merch collection has now been designed - which 100% supports the children's schooling. Lifestyle photographer Anatol Gottfried photographed the collection in Barcelona. Here, attention to detail meets energetic freedom. Full of life and spontaneity: the pictures show what the AME photo project also means for the children. Hold on to what life is.

Find Anatol on Instagram.

After 20 years living and working in and around London, Adrien took the opportunity to move his young family to the Balearic Islands thanks to a desire to embrace outdoor, mediterranean living. London will, however, always feel like a home from home, and much of his professional life continues to revolve around that most effervescent city.

His work has taken him across the globe, meeting countless remarkable characters and sharing invaluable life experiences along the way. 

"I love and value the spontaneity of photographic work, and in many ways, I consider this aspect a key to achieving striking and uncompromising results. Every person I photograph has a unique story to tell, and I aim to provide all of my subjects a comfortable space in which their true essence is allowed to shine through."

Minded Factory is a creative production company that has completed numerous film and advertising productions around the world, collaborating with leading production companies, agencies, brands and artists across the audiovisual market.

"Our cutting-edge team includes directors and cinematographers of different nationalities, who apply their unique vision to every project, for which they have also gained great recognition in the industry.

We are constantly renewing ourselves and bringing forth new talent. We aspire that each of our talent gets to show the most of themselves and at the same time adapt to the circumstances of each project.

Our roster of talent has worked with brands like Mercedes Benz, Ripin, Volkswagen, San Miguel, Nike, Sony, Jägermeister, Bridgestone and many more. They have also created fiction series and films seen all over the world like Upside Down, Pulsar, Storyteller, In Our Blood, and The Re-Up."

At the forefront of the digital revolution for sourcing models and talent, modeling platform ModelManagement.com provides powerful online tools to put the photographer in complete control of their talent search.

Photographers can post their model requirements in the form of an online casting and automatically notify models from the ModelManagement.com database, who match the criteria.

Boasting over 1.5 million registered models, the effect for the photographer is immediate and impressive. The photographer then has direct contact with the model, with no intermediaries.

Online castings for all types of projects can be posted, whether it’s a paid campaign, a collaboration or test shoot, or even to build a personal database of models.

Find out more and see how other photographers are using ModelManagement.com’s platform here.

Originally from Germany, Katharina has been working as a hair & makeup artist in Barcelona, Spain, for over 16 years. 

Throughout the years she has developed her own unique way of working, seeing beauty with a holistic approach. Katharina believes that real beauty comes from the inside; it is the result of the overall health of the body, mind and soul.

Whenever possible, she uses organic sustainable and eco-friendly products. Rather than putting layers of foundation on someone's face, she starts with a draining face massage. Once this is done their face looks sculpted and beautiful and she has created positive vibes for the rest of the day.

Katharina also makes sure the energy in the room is right using her energy healing skills - she always tries to bond with the person she has in her chair and in the end they are actually glowing from the inside and have the best attitude to be in front of a camera. She creates authentic and real looks and has a great eye for the last trends.

Katharina has worked for clients such as Replay, Mercedes, Birkenstock, Puma, Fujitsu, Adidas, Massimo Dutti, Siemens, Nike, Mango and Audi among others.

Her work has been published in magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Telva, L'Officiel, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health and many more.

Anastasiia Babii is a Ukrainian and Barcelona-based makeup artist, hairstylist and beauty creative director, established herself as a high-level professional in the fields of fashion, advertising and events.

Over the years of her life in Barcelona, Anastasia took an active part in a large number of shoots with great teams, the results of which have been published in magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, L'Officiel, Glamour, Kinfolk, Grazia, Schön! and many others. She recommends herself as a creative, responsive, communicative and mainly responsible participant in any project in which she is involved.

Consistently developing her personal brand and creative vision, without ceasing to learn and improve her professional level, as well as expanding the circle of her professional contacts, Anastasia has big plans for the future in Spain and Europe, and also around the world.

Lenka’s food photography not only paints a beautiful image but transports you into the stories that she tells, where you can really savour, smell and feel the food in the images.

Her unique style makes a brand relatable and memorable for its target audience, communicating excellence and care for details at all levels.

Her style is contemporary, organic and sometimes rustic. She mostly uses backdrops and props in neutral shades to show off the food and really let the colours and textures shine.

Lenka is experienced in creating exceptional food photography for restaurants, magazines, brands and packaging. Pepsico, Biochef and SisterMag are just a few of her happy clients.

The FUJIFILM GFX mirrorless digital camera system has achieved the highest level of image quality in the world of professional photography, and now, the system continues its evolution with the brand new FUJIFILM GFX100S.

Photographers strive for perfection, constantly searching for the highest image quality and optimum control in what they create. GFX100S combines these two invaluable attributes in one remarkably compact and lightweight body. It is an imaging tool like no other; a new generation of large-format cameras to suit a new generation of creatives.

The 102-megapixel large format sensor works in harmony with G Mount lenses to produce images with incredible details, beautifully smooth gradations, and wonderfully accurate colours, all while ensuring that you are at the centre of your creative universe. There is honestly no better way to realise your vision.

GFX100S is not a full-frame. It is so much more than that.

For more information, visit the official FUJIFILM GFX website.

Welcome to Showcase Spain by Production Paradise, featuring leading creatives and companies from this country. 

More talents, services and facilities for photo and film production are available in our Madrid (Photo / Film), Barcelona (Photo / Film), Canary Islands (Photo / Film) and Balearic Islands (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands including Seat, Repsol, Adolfo Dominguez, Zara, San Miguel, Elle, Nissan, Asics, Movistar, and Schweppes among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to check out our recommended events: 

• PHotoESPAÑA 2021 is being held in physical and virtual spaces to bring together photographers and the public through exhibitions, meetings, presentations and exchange of ideas. Until 30th September in Madrid. 
• Mary Ellen Mark. The lives of Women. Documentary photography exhibition. Until 31st July at Foto Colectania, Barcelona. 

Our cover story was shot by Pierre & Florent with Paraiso Productions.