Latest photo shoots from baby, kids and teens photographer Sabine Duerichen:

• Blue Seven fashion shoot on location around Lisbon, Portugal.
• Käthe Kruse Dolls new family campaign shoot for baby and kids products. The Käthe Kruse Company has produced dolls and toys for children for over 100 years, and the little models had so much fun playing all day with the wonderful dolls. They all fell in love with the doll 'Leni' from the movie "der geilste Tag" with Florian David Fitz and Matthias Schweighöfer.
• Hauck toys for kids, photo shoot with boys and girls at Skyloftstudio Munich.

Sabine is represented by Kristina Korb GmbH Munich.

"Well, what should I say about myself? Born and raised in Munich, I finished school and became a professional windsurfer for a few years - which is probably why I like taking action-pictures so much. Travelling the world and seeing places awakened my passion for photography.

After assisting many well known fashion photographers, I became one myself. Lately, my work is more and more transforming from fashion and advertising to portrait and lifestyle. One must never fall asleep and always look for new challenges (see the 'Fear' project on my site). In the last 20 years I've been living in New York, Miami, Milan and Cape Town. Send me anywhere to shoot - the challenge to tell a story, I just love it!"

"Clients love him for his sense of beauty and his always calm, never panicking laid-back professional approach to the job," Mary Bin.

Recent productions include clients such as Adidas Originals Berlin, HSE24 NYC, FC Bayern Munich, BMW Motorcycles, Faces Magazine Zurich, Sinupret and g-lab Madeleine.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top German-based photographers, photo agents, photo and film production companies, location services, post production companies, stylists, hair and make-up artists, equipment rental companies, model and casting agencies, and other creative talents and services. 

Companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Ikea, VW, ZEITmagazin, Villeroy & Boch, Lufthansa, Rolls Royce, Elle, Mustang, Pantene Pro-V, BMW, Huf Magazine, Porsche, Amway, Tchibo, Commerzbank, 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:

• photokina - trade fair for photo and video, until 25th September in Cologne. 
• VisualLeader 2016 - exhibition of the best print and digital works from the German creative and media scene published during this year. Until 30th October in House of Photography, Hamburg.
• European Month of Photography Berlin 2016, featuring over a hundred of photography exhibitions, workshops, talks, panels, book days and live acts. From 1st to 20th October. 

Our cover image was shot by Marco Rothenburger. 

Munich and Berlin-based photographer Stefan Nimmesgern specialises in portrait, people, documentary and advertising images. Stefan shoots for German and international clients and magazines such as American Express, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Gigaset, Jaguar, Jack Wolfskin, Fit for Fun, Stern, Focus, Playboy, and many more.

He has also had numerous celebrities, ranging from top-ranking politicians to actors and international business leaders in front of his camera.

Stefan is famous for his elaborate light set-ups and conceptual thinking. As a professional member of the renowned photographers association BFF, he is one of the top photographers in his genre.

Visit his website for more information.

Petra Wiebe is a Munich-based freelance stylist, fashion editor and art director. She works with international photographers, clients, fashion magazines and top-models. She is a competent, experienced and reliable business partner whose clients continually trust her with their brands, allowing her the space for creativity and fresh ideas.

A sucessful combination of concept, planning, styling and production went into Petra's latest editorials and advertising work on location in Morocco, Brazil, Lanzarote and Austria. Featured in this Showcase is a selection of her work for Bespoke Magazine, Women's Health Neatherlands, XL Semanal Spain, Line International, Equistyle and Gala Magazine.

Petra works consistently as a production art director for Oz Verlag and Equistyle Magazine, as well as a stylist and art director for Madeleine Katalog.

She has organised several times the whole campaign shootings for Rich and Royal in Essaoira, Paris, Palermo and Marrakech. Recently, she came back from a swimwear and lingerie shooting in Brazil for a German swimsuit brand and Linie International Magazine.

Visit Petra's website for more information.

After training as a photographer Nina Struve gained a lot of experience working on international productions, which awakened her passion for interior and still life photography.

She has a knack for capturing the atmosphere of a place and for depicting her protagonists in it in an uncontrived way.

Nina lives in Hamburg and works for several commercial clients as well as magazines.

Clients include IKEA, Thalia, Tchibo, Poster XXL, Fährhaus Sylt, Schöner Wohnen and Barbara.

"For me, art means to transfer my vision into images. My passion is for bizarre image situations and vintage staging, as well as pure human expression. Nowadays, I find my passion in the conception and execution of fashion shoots. I combine my experience of the theatre from a make-up artist and actor's point of view with my trained eye for aesthetics in the beauty and fashion sectors. My work often includes the entire production and my skills range from fashion selection to styling, hair and make-up and, of course, the execution of the photographs."

Melina's clients include Audi, Braun Silk Epil, EcoenVie Magazine, Deutsche Bahn, Diba, Dulcolax, Frieda Sand, Hyundai, Ifolor, Kika, Merck KGaA, Mobilat, Real I.S, Roche Diagnostics, Sense Organics, Sirona, Sony Music, Teutonia, Terre de Homme, Tui Cruises, Union Invest, among others.

Philipp Arnoldt started his career as a commercial photographer in 2002 in one of the largest studios in southern Germany, before establishing himself as a freelancer.

Since 2012 he has been based out of his own studio in Berlin. He loves to create atmospheric moments through his eye-catching lighting. Philipp is booked for corporate images, commercial campaigns, sports advertising and portraits.

Besides photography he also realises corporate film productions and music videos.

Clients include Grundig, Siemens, Quelle, TUI, Hapag-Lloyd, Norma, Musikexpress and Converse.

Based in Cologne, laif core brings brands and values to life with the power of authentic photography.

"We assist companies in visually communicating their brands and messages, show the values of NGOs, government organisations or foundations, and document their work. No matter what is required and where, we'll find photographers and video journalists from our worldwide network, suitable for (almost) every project.

Book and exhibition projects, assignments in photo or film, and consulting during the conception, planning and realisation of projects are all part of our range of services. Workshops, seminars and individual consulting on photography-related subjects complete laif core’s offer."

Sven Hoffmann is a Berlin-based people, sport and music photographer whose work is greatly influenced by his long time film and directing background.

Capturing captivating frames is what he is all about. Sven worked for Beats by Dre, Samsung, Adidas, Audi, MTV, Nike and many more, and has toured with bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, The BossHoss and Billy Idol. He shot sports series on chessboxing, marathon, wrestling, Audi DTM and more, and travels the world documenting life in the Thar Desert, trekking in Iceland, soccer in Tanzania, Rajasthanis in northern India, or the Berlin burlesque scene.

His favorite one? He has worked with Dennis Hopper twice.