Sallyhateswing   Berlin

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of Germany's leading talent and services for commercial photo and film production.

Companies and publications such as Tchibo, Universal Music, Siemens, Opel, Nike, Intel, Audi, Marie Claire, Keller Sports, Gore-Tex, Elle and many more, 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:

• Dear Photography - Peter Miller. Exhibition features key works from the last 15 years as well as numerous objects that the artist created especially for the exhibition, including two participatory interventions that encourage visitors to take photographs in the exhibition, either with a special camera or in a special setup.  At c/o Berlin until 3rd of December. 
• Sony World Photography Awards 2021. In its 14th year, the international, renowned competition shows the best that contemporary photography has to offer, from students to amateurs and professional photographers. Until 12th of January 2022 at Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin. 

Our cover was shot by creative duo Sallyhateswing. 

Delight Rental Services   Berlin EquipMENT RENT FOR PHOTO & FILM

"We are a professional equipment rental company for photo, film, lighting and production equipment with locations in Berlin, Stuttgart and Marbella, Spain.

We take care of national and international productions, both in Germany and in other European countries. Whether for photoshoots or commercial film productions - we offer both the technology (ARRI, RED, Canon, Sony, ...) and the expert service: from consulting to rental and sales, transport to repair service.

Our competence, extensive professional equipment as well as expertise are the basis for the long-standing, successful customer relationships, which we cultivate with passion."

Featured / new arrivals:

• Freefly Wave 2TB
• Sony Cine Family: Alpha 7s III, FX3, FX6, FX9, Venice
• Arri Master Prime Lenses: 18mm, 21mm, 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 65mm, 100mm
• Arri Signature Prime 12mm
• NODO Inertia Wheels 3-Axis Pro Kit
• Fiilex Q5 Color & Fiilex Q8 Color.

Sebastian Matthias   Frankfurt Cinemagraphs and Portraiture Photographers

Sebastian Matthias is a multiskilled photographer and digital artist from Germany. His main work area is portrait photography as well as staged and very unusual still photography. Besides this, he creates digital art by combining film and photography into breathtaking cinemagraphs. From his experience working in the film business, he gained the experience to understand motion and light at the same time.

As a photographer, Sebastian mainly shoots business portraits and image campaigns for medium sized companies and stages unusual pictures in product photography for various companies, often from the wine industry.

His cinemagraphs, a symbiosis of film and photography, are each a piece of art that keeps the audience watching.

Sebastian pushes the boundaries of cinemagraph every time and could be called a 'cinemagraph-guru' by now.

Sebastian is a positive minded person, believing in the good energy of art and always tries to bring that special feeling into every project.

Stefan Hobmaier   Munich Corporate & Industrial and Portrait Photographers

Stefan Hobmaier is a freelance photographer based in Berlin and Munich, focusing on portrait, reportage and industrial photography.

Agencies, corporate clients and magazines appreciate his honest, natural and modern imagery that gets people's attention.

In order to emphasise his storytelling approach, he had his website redesigned. You can check it out here. 

His national and international clients include Audi, BMW, Osram, Bosch, Hornbach, Intel, Intrinsic, Google, ProSiebenSat1, MAN, H&M, Porsche, Mazda, Siemens Healthineers, SZ Scala, Trumpf, Epiroc, C3, Hoffmann & Campe, Territory, Condé Nast, Laut von Leise, Interone, Thjnk, Impulse, Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, FourFourTwo, Haymarket, Redwood and various international clients, agencies, B2B and B2C magazines.

Einat Dan   Milan hair and make up artists

Einat Dan is an award-winning make-up artist, art director and body painter. Her early work started out in Tel Aviv and led her to move on to live and work out of cities such as New York, Milan, Berlin and Paris. In 2012, she launched a successful line of make-up brushes called M.i.a (make-up.is.art).

In 2013 she found her new passion for fashion films, writing the scripts, directing and producing. She is also a key make-up artist on fashion shows and fashion films, and she runs make-up masterclasses worldwide. 

In 2019 Dan launched her first book “Art beyond beauty” together with the photographer Camilla Camaglia. The intensive dedication to her talent and career has led her to win 28 awards, including the lifetime achievement award in Bokeh festival.

Her work has been featured on the covers of fashion magazines such as Marie Claire, L’Officiel, Elle, Vogue, InStyle and more. Her goal is to keep inspiring artists to follow their hearts and dreams.  

Some of the celebrities and top models in Einat's list are Anna Netrebko, Anna Belmondo, Morgan Polanski, Tisha Campbell Martin, Adriana Lima, Toni Garn.

Oz John - Photography & Creative Services   Berlin advertising photographers

Oz John is a Berlin-based advertising photographer. He studied graphic design at university and worked for 14 years in advertising as a creative art director at companies such as Publicis, Euro RSCG, Bozell Worldwide, and The Coca-Cola Company.

His photography is noticeably technical and conceptual that comes from his art director background, which makes him good at working with creative themes and creative teams. He produced work that was published in online and printed media in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Besides his professional occupation, Oz John is also an academic with a PhD in visual communication. He taught in several universities design and photography related courses. In addition to his photographic achievements, he owns several international awards in design, advertising, and marketing.

Bjoern Vilcens   Stuttgart Corporate, Portrait and Interior Photographers

Björn Vilcens is a photographer and cinematographer based in Germany, near Karlsruhe. He works mainly for smaller, medium sized companies throughout the whole country.

The focus of his work is photography for corporate and industrial clients. In the year 2021, he extended his service more and more towards cinematography.

Portrait photography, interior photography, event photography and industrial photography are his main objectives. 

Based on the clients' requirements he creates visual concepts and brings them to reality. With a clear vision, and focus on the people and on the story of his customers, he provides individual and tailor made visual content that is used by his clients on social media, websites to replace stock photos and print advertising.

Katrin Winner   Munich Food & Drink and Still LIfe Photographers

After completing her training as a media designer, Katrin Winner went to Nuremberg to study graphic design and photography.

She found her professional fulfilment by combining her passion for good food with her artistic creativity, and has since worked as a food photographer.

Her work over the years in the farm her parents own has made her value the hard work and the amount of energy it takes to produce fresh and organic food, so she‘s always eager to work sustainably.

During her studies, Katrin gained experience at well-known food photography studios in Hamburg and Munich. After five years as a photographer, she decided at the beginning of 2018 to set up her own studio for food and still life photography in Munich.

Loom Management   Nuremberg location service and scouts

Loom Management offers location scouting and high quality locations in Nuremberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart - for your photo and video productions.

For productions, they are also happy to take over the individual booking for needs such as model booking, photographer selection and styling.

"We have an extremely good network of top photographers, various model agencies and much more."

Looms newest locations featured in this Showcase:

Business No.17/18 - this open office working space to rent for photo and video productions offers a lot of space for larger productions on the four floors, flooded with light and with lots of glass, generous division. The location with the large terrace can also be used for events.

House No.43 - the large villa is often booked for fashion productions, the view by the pool with the evening sun and the depth into the park-like garden is a dream.

Michael Krosny   Munich Cars, People & Lifestyle Photographers and Directors

Michael Krosny is an advertising photographer and director based in Bavaria, close to Munich. 

His work is a shuffle of people, sports and cars - natural and punchy, calm and dynamic. Often really close without being invasive.

Have a look at this selection of photos shot at commissions for Nike, Opel, and Audi, among other projects. 

Also highlighted is the global Nike Underwear FW21 campaign with Leroy Sané which he shot and directed for PVH, New York.

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