Welcome to the Showcase Eastern Europe and The Balkans, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading talents and services from the area.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our in Budapest (Photo / Film), Greece (Photo / Film), Istanbul (Photo / Film), Prague (Photo / Film), and Warsaw (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and publications including Zalando, Lidl, Beefeater, Netflix, Oppo, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Prague IFF – Febiofest is oriented towards full length films, bringing to Czech audiences the best films of the year, distribution premieres, retrospectives and tributes. The festival celebrates its 29th edition from 28th April to 4th May.
• Lovely Is the Youth of Our Age. Photo Albums 1850-1950 will offer a unique opportunity to view over a hundred of rarely exhibited items from one of the largest collections of Warsaw photography. Photo albums from the 19th and 20th centuries will be accompanied by artworks by contemporary artists. Until 26th May at the Museum of Warsaw.

Our cover image was shot by Jakub Gulyas for Harper's Bazaar CZ.

"My job is to first and foremost deliver the message that my client wishes to deliver. To do this, I use visual conversation, which I try to initiate. I try tocelebrate what's in front of the camera and of course I love the magic of the moment. I try to create interest and tension in the person looking at my photographs. My work is to create relationships. That's what my clients choose me for."

Pavel Hejný is a renowned advertising photographer and art director based in Prague. Throughout his advertising career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including six Cannes Lions, two Golden Drum Grand Prix, Andy Award, Clio Award, and the esteemed Lucie Award for the best advertising photographer of the year.

His exceptional work can be found in the Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide publications.

Pavel has an extensive portfolio and works with well established production houses to offer his clients a comprehensive service and to deliver the highest quality of his photographs. Pavel is your man in Prague, and he is already working worldwide.

Pavel Hejný, a renowned advertising photographer and art director, is based in Prague but operates globally. Throughout his successful advertising career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including five Cannes Lions, two Golden Drum Grand Prix, the Andy Award, the Clio Award, and the esteemed Lucie Award for the best advertising photographer. He personally received the Lucie Award at Carnegie Hall in New York, adding to his impressive list of accolades.

His exceptional work can be found in the renowned Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide publications, showcasing his talent and creativity.

With an extensive portfolio, Pavel collaborates with well-established production companies to offer comprehensive services to his clients, ensuring the utmost quality in his photographs. Whether working with local productions across the globe or remotely, he consistently delivers outstanding results.

"I started searching for what I call '¨The Perfect Hybrid' back in 2018, when I came across a bunch of unconventional vintage lenses while doing some research. I wanted to synthesise the vintage look and feel of analog photography with the advantages of modern technology. High Dynamic Range and the flexibility of RAW files being used with modern editing software helped me achieve this. After my first experiments, I started cooperating with Capture One Pro, and later I directly started applying this technique in my work for the advertising industry. Always in between lifestyle photography and fashion, 'The Perfect Hybrid' is now an established part of my skill set."

Gabriel is a photographer, videographer, and content creator from Buenos Aires, where he spent his childhood and youth. From a young age onwards, Gabriel has had a close relationship with art. In 2003 he graduated as a graphic designer at the University of Buenos Aires - UBA. During the almost 20 years of his career, Gabriel had the opportunity to explore many different fields in the visual industry, such as design, motion graphics, VFX, and film, to name a few. Among Gabriel’s recent clients, you can find brands like Lubriderm, L’Oreal, Samsung and many more. His main expertise is in the field of fashion, advertising and film. Gabriel was honored with the First Prize in the Beauty Portrait category at the IPA (International Photography Awards) in 2015. Currently, he is living in Europe and is also eligible to work in the US without visa requirements.

Pavel Hejný, a renowned advertising photographer and art director, is based in Prague but operates globally. Throughout his successful advertising career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including five Cannes Lions, two Golden Drum Grand Prix, the Andy Award, the Clio Award, and the esteemed Lucie Award for the best advertising photographer. He personally received the Lucie Award at Carnegie Hall in New York, adding to his impressive list of accolades.

His exceptional work can be found in the renowned Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide publications, showcasing his talent and creativity.

With an extensive portfolio, Pavel collaborates with well-established production companies to offer comprehensive services to his clients, ensuring the utmost quality in his photographs. Whether working with local productions across the globe or remotely, he consistently delivers outstanding results.

"Since the year 2019, I had the chance to cooperate with Samsung Cz and Sk in promoting several of their key products, such as the Samsung Galaxy 10+, Samsung Galaxy Note, and Samsung Smart Watch 3, among others.

This cooperation gave me the opportunity to explore creativity under extremely diverse circumstances in terms of light and technical conditions. By combining lifestyle photography with product photography, I also had the chance to explore several non-conventional vintage lenses from the 70s and 80s. These lenses perform as expected granting a very unique look & feel, texture, color palette, and overall mood."

Welcome to the Showcase Eastern Europe and The Balkans, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading talents and services from the area.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our in Budapest (Photo / Film), Greece (Photo / Film), Istanbul (Photo / Film), Prague (Photo / Film), and Warsaw (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and publications including Vogue, McDonald's, Honda, Lexus, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Karel Otto Hrubý: Retrospective at House of Photography, Prague, until 21st May. The exhibition will include live photography, portraits, landscapes, photographs of the city in its transformations, theatre photography and staged photography from this important figure of Czech contemporary photography.
• Warsaw 1945-1949: Rising from Rubble, until 3rd September at Museum of Warsaw. The exhibition presents a unique character of the city being rebuilt thanks to a collective effort. It follows the process of transforming ruins into rubble, and then into building material from which the Varsovians constructed their own future.

Our cover image was shot by Tibor Galamb, a personal  project where he combined portraits with rendered backgrounds.

Pavel Hejný is an advertising photographer and art director who is based in Prague but works all over the world. During his advertising career he has won many awards, including Cannes Lions (five times), Golden Drum Grand Prix (twice), Andy Award, Clio Award, and, last but not least, Lucie Award for the best advertising photographer, which he received personally at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Many of his photographs can also be found in the Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide publications.

He has a large portfolio of well-established production companies that provide full service to his clients and work together to deliver the highest possible quality in his photographs. He is also able to work with local productions around the world or work remotely.

Gabriel is a photographer, videographer and content creator from Buenos Aires, where he spent his childhood and youth.

Since a young age, Gabriel has been involved in art. In 2003 he graduated as a graphic designer at the University of Buenos Aires, UBA. During his almost 20 years of career, Gabriel has had the opportunity to explore many different fields in the visual industry, some of them being graphic design, motion graphics, VFX, and film, just to name a few.

Among Gabriel's recent clients, you will find brands like Lubriderm, L’Oreal, and Samsung, among others.

His expertise lies in the fields of fashion, advertising, and film. Gabriel was honoured with 1st prize in the Beauty Portrait category at the IPA International Photography Awards 2015.

Nowadays he lives in Europe, so he is eligible to work in the US and EU without visa requirements.

Pavel Hejný is an advertising photographer and art director who is based in Prague but works all over the world. During his advertising career he has won many awards, including Cannes Lions (five times), Golden Drum Grand Prix (twice), Andy Award, Clio Award, and, last but not least, Lucie Award for the best advertising photographer, which he received personally at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Many of his photographs can also be found in the Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide publications.

He has a large portfolio of well-established production companies that provide full service to his clients and work together to deliver the highest possible quality in his photographs. He is also able to work with local productions around the world or work remotely.