Welcome to Showcase UK, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photographers' agents, stylists and full service photo & film production companies working out of London, Edinburgh and other cities in Great Britain.

More information is available in our online Photo and Film directories.

Brands and publications such as Burberry, Starz, New Balance, BAFTA, British Vogue, Hasbro, Coca-Cola, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended events:

• Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2021, until 26th September at the Photographers' Gallery in London, including four nominated projects from the 2021 shortlisted artists.
• Our Plastic Ocean, by international award-winning photographer Mandy Barker, addresses the current global crisis of marine plastic pollution. At first glance, Barker’s images are reminiscent of sea creatures suspended in a dark void beneath the sea, but closer inspection reveals a more disturbing reality. Until 10th October at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow.
• The 6th edition of BFI London Film Festival opens on 6th October, with star-studded premieres and special presentations.

Our cover image was shot by Adama Jalloh for Burberry x Marcus Rashford, 'Talent Youth Centre Charity Project'. Production by LS Productions.

Charlie Chich is a photographer, producer and creative director based in London. He is also the Head of Creative at Mission Statement Magazine.

Spotlight Awards judges from VMLY&R, Hearst, CHANEL, TBWA\HAKUHODO and Vogue voted Charlie’s image as the winner of the Fashion Photography category.

Additionally, Charlie was collectively voted as our 2021 Spotlight Awards Grand Prize winner.

"I used to be a musician in Brighton, England, but after having to leave my music career due to a chronic illness that brought my life to a standstill, I picked up a camera. Jumping quite a few years forward, I found myself doing a short season in Cape Town fumbling around with my camera and I became hooked.

My love for music and its natural tie in with fashion definitely dictated the path I’m on now. There’s no buzz like photographing a musician you listen to on repeat or idolised as a kid."

Joseph Ford’s work has won him numerous awards. He is regularly featured on Colossal, Fubiz, Designboom and in international media including CNN, BBC, Vice, and Insider. You can read some press about his work here.

His work as a photographer and director often involves visual illusions. With his agents he can manage projects from scratch, bringing in the best production teams to bring campaigns to life and working with carefully selected post-production houses to complete the project. 

He keeps productions as lightweight as possible. It's easier to manage, more cost-effective and minimises environmental impact.

Joseph often works with agencies and clients on developing concepts. He loves finding creative solutions and making sure everyone has fun in the process.

His clients include LVMH, Adidas, Lacoste, LEGO, Mazda, Disney with agencies such as TBWA Paris, Arnold Worldwide, We Are Social, DDB Paris, Iris Worldwide, Havas.

Joseph is based between London and Paris and works worldwide.

John Fyn is a London-based commercial photographer specialising in food and still life.

His love for food photography was born from a passion for visual storytelling and helping food businesses grow. He loves capturing visual stories and adores punchy, clean and uplifting imagery that emphasises the beauty of real food.

His photographic style is graphic, conceptual and simple and finding intimate details in the food to connect the viewer emotionally.

His goal is to represent his client’s food and their creations, to produce feelings of appetite at first sight for their own customers.

Charlie Clift is a photographer and director who works globally for clients such as Bafta, GQ, The Sunday Times Magazine, Coca Cola, and The NHS. He has dangled CEOs upside down, gone undercover with drug cops, set Michelin star chefs on fire and discussed peace with Nobel Prize winners – all in pursuit of a great photograph. His drive is to tell personal stories with a twist of the unexpected.

To keep things fresh, Charlie always has a personal project on the go. From a documentary film capturing life in the circus to his own mental health campaign, he experiments with different ways of creating images and telling stories.

Charlie’s work has been published and exhibited widely. You might have seen it in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, The Creative Review Photo Annual, and the D&AD Awards.

Mair is a creative and versatile stylist with over 15 years' experience styling celebrities, models and actors in photoshoots, films and on TV. 

Her styling has been widely published in the press including Vogue online, The Times and The Observer, promotional advertising campaigns include Rolls Royce, Soda Stream, Dove and Disney.

Mair has a background in costume design; she has costumed films and TV shows for production companies such as RDF and Optomen and has styled celebrities such as Robert Cavanah and Prue Leith.

She is passionate about her job and getting the detail right, for this reason, she is much sort after by award winning photographers, producers and creative agencies.

"We're in! Join us in our brand spankingly new studio in West Norwood, SE27. We cut the ribbon (not literally) on Wednesday, with Rimmel London the first through the doors.

We think it's perfect timing to open our ultra-modern warehouse conversion studio. We're still doing remote approvals, of course, but more and more our clients are starting to see us again, in person.

Check our socials for our latest cosmetics, jewellery, fashion accessories and food and drink work, and get in touch to book your next shoot. We know you'll love our new place."

Creating arresting portraits or capturing people in an unobtrusive, authentic reportage style, Mike is always looking for an interesting story to tell.

A broad range of work, across various sectors can be found in Mike’s portfolio, where his natural approach and attention to detail enable Mike to bring his clients’ communications to life and to create bespoke image libraries to convey their brand values across various media.

Recent projects for NHS England amongst others are featured here and other recent clients include Adecco, Anglo American, Beiersdorf AG, Biffa, CareTech, G4S, John Laing, Norge Mining, Peabody Trust, Riverstone Energy, Smurfit Kappa Group, The Crown Estate, The Gap Partnership, Turner & Townsend and Vodafone.

Ben is a still life photographer based in the UK. He specialises in creating stunning advertising imagery and works regularly with a well established team of stylists, retouchers and assistants allowing him to build the perfect team for projects of any scale.

Focused on the fine details, Ben has become known for his graphic, colourful images that highlight texture and quality. Having recently produced images for Brockmans Gin, Two Birds Distillery and the Haswell & Hastings Gin sister companies, he continues to make a name for himself in the drinks industry alongside his still life work. 

Ben is represented in the UK by DA Artists, you can follow him on Instagram or head to his website to view his full portfolio.

Horton-Stephens, London's leading photographers' agents for over 25 years, are happy to introduce some new talent - Jack Lawson. Jack’s work is a great mix of lifestyle alongside some amazing personal projects from Uganda and Ghana. His gallery is now live on their website!

Horton-Stephens is well-known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what the team do. Great production remains key to the success of all their shoots.

They’re friendly and approachable, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of lighting, casting, locations (in the UK and worldwide), set building, timings, post-production, CGI and moving image - whether shooting TVCs or on the back of TVCs (a very particular challenge that they deal with often, where they only have moments to get the shot), they’ve done it all! They also look after two CGI outfits!

Head over to their latest news section of the website to see recent projects and more.