Hair, beauty and fashion photographer Vlado Golub understands how to combine light and aesthetics to create striking contemporary images that flaunt products and showcase philosophies of well-known brands.

Vlado's captivating images reveal intriguing beauty and a distinct sense for fashion. His energetic, friendly personality and effective team keeps every production free-flowing and highly productive.

His studio is located in Stuttgart and serves clients including the Porsche Design Group, Mercedes-Benz Fashion, L'Oréal, Rodenstock, Wella, Hugo Boss, GQ, Strenesse and Manattan Cosmetics, among many others.

Munich-based photographer Dirk Bruniecki specialises in portrait, documentary and annual report images.

Dirk has been commissioned by many German and international clients and magazines to shoot celebrities ranging from top-ranking politicians to actors and international business leaders. Beside that he also loves to shoot photojournalistic reports for annual reports worldwide.

He works on commission with many major German design agencies for clients ranging from Siemens to BMW, Mercedes, Lufthansa, Jeep, Land Rover, Pro7, and many more. His editorial publications have been commissioned by magazines such as Times Magazine, GQ, Playboy, Stern, Zeit, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg Business Week and numerous others.

Dirk recently finished an assignment In Rotterdam for Lufthansa Exclusive Magazine, visiting four of the most renowned European architecture offices. Besides this, he is currently working on an annual report for a major German car brand.

Visit his website for more information.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top photo and film production companies, photo agents, photographers, stylists, post production, CGI and animation companies, equipment rental companies, music composers, and other creative talents and services based in Germany.

Companies such as Telekom, Jaguar, Lufthansa, Toyota, HUF Magazine, Amazon, KÖNIGSALLEE Magazine, BMW, C&A, Mercedes-Benz, Playstation, Audi, and Renault, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film),  Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Gathered Leaves - documentary photography exhibition by Alec Soth. Until 7th January 2018, at the House of Photography, Hamburg.
• Joel Meyerowitz . Why Color? - photography exhibition. From 8th December to 11th March at Amerika Haus, Berlin. 

Our cover image was shot by Markus Hanke. 

mobilespace provides special purpose vehicles and is the leading service provider for film and photo companies. With more than 20 years' experience and a stock of over 100 vehicles, mobilespace is a reliable partner, whatever the type of project.

The company offers an all-in-one solution with its wide range of special trucks including make-up, wardrobe, toilet, generator and artists' vehicles. VW vans or Mercedes nine-seaters are also available to transport the entire team.

Additionally, the offer is completed by various sorts of equipment including generators, tents, ventilation units, make-up mirrors and much more.

All vehicles have the advantage that they are small, compact and suitable for use in the city. Most of the trucks can be driven with an EU drivers' licence 'B' or alternativerly on request, clients can have an experienced driver with local knowledge and special skills to accompany their project.

Peter Hölzle is a southern German advertising and still life photographer. In addition, he has been photographing business and incentive events on behalf of an wellknown insurance company in Stuttgart for over 12 years.

Five years ago Peter began creating 360° product animations. From the outset, it was clear he would specialise in medium-sized businesses that require individual solutions - both with small products such as jewellery as well as with a 135 kg and 2.5 m wide outdoor kitchen.

The 360° area has been continuously enhanced by the display of sequences and the creation of virtual panoramas. 

In 2012, Peter created a first limited photo edition for the sponsors of the 17th Württ Classic Oldtimer Ralley. More editions are available on a dedicated website.  "... On one hand, the limited editions give me the opportunity to offer photography professionaly for sale to collectors and enthusiasts - and on the other hand to publish my free works...''

Rainer Haeckl shoots what he loves: people, sports and cars. And this love shows in his pictures. It also gives him the urge and the energy to go the extra mile for the best shot, every single time.

He spent many years as a graphic designer and art director before his love for pictures made him switch to photography full time. As a result, he has a deeper understanding of a client's needs and perspective. Rainer does most of the post-production work himself.

Among his clients are global and local companies, ad agencies, athletes and artists from all over Europe.

For internationally published photographer Frank Rossbach, creativity is a process of teamwork between his delivery and people's imagination. To Frank, photography is passion and the opportunity to tell stories, and thereby a way of influencing people's point of view.

The Cologne-based artist's areas of focus include health, beauty and fashion, people and industrial. His style is reflected in a fascinating multifaceted play of light and combines technical precision with high attention to detail. Frank is specialized in creating emotive, contemporary and intuitive images.

"Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.”

Manuel Ringlstetter is a Munich-based photographer whose work reflects an international vibe that elicits the desire to travel and meet new people.
Energy, a zest for life and authenticity run through his pictures, for which he often employs outdoor settings.

Manuel spent his youth touring Europe as a guitarist in a punk rock band.
Documenting the life of his friends in the music scene got him hooked on photography.

After graduating from his studies in photo design at the Hochschule München, he now passionately shoots sports, lifestyle, fashion, and cars in a lively, vivid and graphic style. Manuel loves to travel and follows the sun every year from Cape Town to Norway.

Recent commissions include work for Sigma Sport, Perform Better and Daimler-Benz.

Joern Schmidt Postproduction (formerly know as Rockarts Imaging) does photo and CGI post-production, creative retouching, look development and on-location support. Joern is specialised in transportation, CG, still life and people photography and works for photographers and advertising agencies worldwide.

Recent jobs include:

• Post-production on-location (pre comps and look development) for Audi SQ5 catalogue images shot by Christopher Thomas and Christoph Adler.
• Picture creation, digital illustration and composing for an image campaign for Green IT.
• Post-production, virtual rig and look-up for the Jaguar i-pace concept car, shot by Greg Pajo.

Hamburg and Berlin-based photo production company bigshrimp is not only a reliable partner when it comes to perfectly prepared, full service productions all over the country, but its offer also includes a model database counting more than 1,500 talents and kids.

The range of talents goes from 0 - 80 years-old, from regular people to professional models, and bigshrimp is confident clients will find everything they're looking for to complete their next projects.

bigshrimp is also able to provide services with nearly every type of location from its growing archive.

"In case we can't offer suitable models or locations from our own database, we gladly offer our experienced services as casting directors and location scouts, as well as our very well connected network of resources."

Visit the new website for further information and follow bigshrimp on Instagram.