Lucila Blumencweig was born and raised in Buenos Aires. After working in the film industry as an art director and costume design, she turned her attention fully to photography.

Lucila founded her own studio in 2006 and produces all aspects of every campaign, working in the fashion and advertising industry ever since. Her work is mostly known for the detailed art and emotional use of light.

She has been awarded at the NY IPA awards several times and many campaigns have also been recognised at the Cannes Festival, Ojo de Iberoamerica, and Lapiz de Platino.

Clients include Sony, Adidas, Citi Bank, Nike, Fox, Santander, Movistar, Rolling Stone and Primera Huella, as well as agencies such as Publicis, DDB Berlin, Grey Argentina, TWBA Buenos Aires, McCann Peru and Ogilvy. She is currently finishing post-production for a large Coca-Cola project with Publicis IT, shot in Malta this past November.

Lucila is available to work worldwide and is happy to join new adventures. Email her to get in touch.

Welcome to Showcase Latin America, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photo and film production and service companies, location scouts, and equipment rental companies working out of Latin America.

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Buenos Aires (Photo / Film), Mexico City (Photo / Film), Montevideo (Photo / Film), Rio de Janeiro (Photo / Film), Santiago de Chile (Photo / Film), Sao Paulo (Photo / Film) directories and other locations around Latin America. 

Brands and publications including Calvin Klein, Gillette, Marie Claire, Audi, Alexander McQueen, Fila, Cream Magazine, GQ, Johnnie Walker, Mitsubishi, and PepsiCo among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Maio Fotografia (Photography May) at MIS 2018 - photography exhibitions featuring works by Walter Carvalho, José Oiticica Filho and the American photographer Sandro Miller, who brings a series of photos of actor John Malkovich in re-readings of iconic images. Until 17th June at Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo.
• Argentinian Photography 1850-2010: Contradiction and Continuity. Photography exhibition composed of 170 photographs of diverse artists. Until 9th July at Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires. 

Our cover image was shot by Brett Lloyd, production by 7 Seas Productions. 

Red Creek is one of the top production companies in Latin America, providing services in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico and New York City.

A streamlined bidding process enables the most demanding clients to compare alternatives around the entire hemisphere and find the best combination of locations, resources and cost. All in record time and with the lowest overhead. The client roster includes the likes of Amazon, Google, Hermès, Nike, Range Rover, Audi and others, big and small.

Red Creek delivers all of the Americas to filmmakers, photographers and producers with one single call.

Fernanda Bonserio is an Argentinian food photographer based in Buenos Aires who works worldwide. She has produced food images for a range of projects including cook books, food magazines, packaging, e-commerce, social media and digital and print advertising campaigns.

Fernanda's attention to detail and strong sense of light are what define her style, her personal mark. Clients include Wendys, Nestlé, KFC, BRF Foods and Danone.

Nature at its most jaw-dropping, from bellow zero to frying an egg on the hood of a car, from the Rio Grande to Ushuaia, Latin America offers every possible weather and every possible topology, and its natural parks are the place to find 'Nature' at its most primitive and pristine.

Whether it is Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico or Uruguay, Red Creek is the production company to rely on when shooting wilderness in the Americas. Extreme sports, extreme landscapes, extreme productions, Red Creek is an extreme production company.

One call opens the door to an entire continent of possibilities; a single email and a single brief gives access to the whole region. Literally, Red Creek is the Americas all in one call!