Egon Gade's latest work was for Saga Furs in collaboration with German designer, Thomas Albrecht. The campaign focusses on the company's high-end furniture and design products using fur.

Egon also recently completed a film for Montana Furniture and its 'Guest' chair, starring movement instructor and dancer, Ido Portal.

Nicklas Ingemann is a Danish photographer based in Copenhagen, working within the fields of still life and fashion photography.

His photography is distinctive for clearly demonstrating the high quality of the subject being shot. Whether he is working with fashion or still life, he produces images that are at once vibrant, strong and beautiful. Combining technical skill with an acute knowledge of the language of photography, he has developed a style and a bold yet simple aesthetic.

Through his excellent results, and while owning one of the best daylight studios in Denmark, he has worked with brands such as McDonald's, Cosmopolitan, Unicef, Bestseller, InterSport and ONLY to name a few.

Recent work by Fredrik Clement included new images for Sportscheck. He also directed five films to launch the 'Made for More' campaign.

Fredrik shoots premium sports images and film in a reportage style, capturing the moment and the unfiltered emotions.

Unit now represents Fredrik worldwide.

Of Icelandic heritage, Torfi was born in Massachusetts. Saving an entire summer's worth of hard-earned money, he spent that on an Olympus OM2 camera, soon followed by a darkroom rigged in the guest bathroom of his parents’ house, at the age of 12!

Working extensively in the US, Torfi moved to Iceland while continuing his photography career, expanding his skills with video and CGI. Torfi recently relocated to Denmark, as part of an ever-evolving passion to experience new surroundings.

This international understanding has gained Torfi worldwide clients, taking him across oceans, mountains, deserts and every imaginable territory in search of amazing imagery.

"Strictly Scandinavia presents snow: The first snow has fallen, and we are happy to say the winter season is now officially open!

Keeping costs down by relying on Danish crews, and with affordable budgets as well as our own equipment, we can make it worth your while to check it out.

Should you have any boards you want us to take a look at, or just want to see some inspirational pictures, don't hesitate to ask. Right now, we can offer Norway and Iceland. Iceland is a new territory for us, since we have just welcomed an Icelandic line producer to our family. As a result, we can offer alternative production solutions to the big and heavy Icelandic service companies.

Have a look at some of our great pictures and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions."

As the Nordics premiere visual content creation studio, The Image Faculty creates and optimizes content for commercials, television, digital out-of-home, online, interactive and print media.

"Our customers benefit from our combination of photographic retouch, CGI, colour grading and VFX service. We deliver flexible cross-media content suitable for any device and platform.

Brands and agencies to recently benefit from our approach are Johan Bulow, Bang & Olufsen and Isobar Denmark."

Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj is a still life photographer from Copenhagen. He specialises in advertising and editorial assignments and has been shooting professionally for the past 15 years.

Mikkel's clean, graphic and colourful style defines his work and emphasises his goal to create images with a dynamic, elegant and luxurious feel. He loves the creative and technical challenges of working in photography and approaches each product he shoots with the same dedication to create stunning imagery. When not busy working for his often long-time clients, Mikkel enjoys working on his personal projects.

Mikkel has been featured in Lürzer's Archive '200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2016/17' and '2018/19'. Stay up-to-date with his work on his website and Instagram account.

Blink Production is a boutique photo agency and production company, with offices in Copenhagen and Berlin.

With a Scandinavian mindset, personal approach, and an eye for detail, any production – large or small – is taken care of and supervised by a hard-working and experienced crew, ensuring cost-efficient and professional delivery every time.

Representing some of Denmark’s best fashion and lifestyle photographers, with a large network of collaborators and an extensive online location database, Blink agency, and production is a one-stop destination for any photographic needs.

Recent clients include H&M, IKEA, Zalando, Volvo, Jack & Jones, The White Company, Net-a-porter, Mr Porter, Warehouse and Bang & Olufsen. The company's photographers regularly contribute to magazines such as GQ, Elle, Vogue, Nylon, iD, and Monocle.

Recent work by Fredrik Clement included new analogue images for Danish cycling brand Pas Normal and Sportscheck.

Fredrik shoots premium sports images and film in a reportage style, capturing the moment and the unfiltered emotions. Be sure to check his 2018 Showreel.

Welcome to Showcase Nordic Europe, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photo and film production and service companies, location scouts, photo and film post-production companies and illustrators working out of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Copenhagen (Photo / Film), Oslo (Photo / Film) and Stockholm (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and publications including, Elle Style, Nescafé, Samsung, Nissan, GAP, Brøgger, Nokia, Vogue, Huawei, Carlsberg, Audi, Siemens and L'Oreal among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• The Log Lady - Ulla Jokisalo & Hilla Kurki in Dialogue. Exhibition by two distinguished Finnish photographers of different generations. From 9th June to 12th August at Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen.
• Warhol 1968 - an exhibition about Warhol's first solo exhibition, held in 1968 at Moderna Museet. From19th September to 17th February 2018 at Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Our cover image was shot by Helsinki-based fashion and beauty photographer Sara Lehtomaa. Sara is represented by Fotonokka.