london May 2016

"The right model and talent for the right client."

BMA Models & Artists is a London-based, world-leading model agency, providing a diverse range of models and talent for the fashion, commercial and entertainment industry.

Its brand is about being a world leading model and talent management agency surrounded by an intimate customer experience delivered by its passionate, expert people. Its ambition is to provide the perfect personality for every job and to provide the perfect job for every personality.

As well as models, it has also become experts in providing a diverse range of talent for the entertainment industry and to complete the picture, it can now provide the backstage technical support. BMA Models & Artists can finally say that it is a full service British Management Agency providing the best models, talent and technical support one can get, and all under one roof.

Its philosophy is to represent models and talent of all different sizes, ethnicities and ages.

Landon Production has worked with some of the best names in the industry offering a full service production with over 20 years' experience.

As well as producing in the UK, using multilingual teams Landon Production now offers direct production with incredible locations throughout Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands, and now the whole of Greece.

What LP offers on every shoot is experienced, friendly and passionate crews all working together to give clients the best production - and they are proud to say clients return time and time again.

“Put your trust in us and we will look after you!”

Clients include Loewe, Hermes, Gucci Kids, Jaguar, Ted Baker, Harper’s Bazaar, Laura Ashley, Reebok, Adidas, Zalando, T.Mobile, MR Porter, Laura Ashley, JV, Violet and Vogue.

The Great British Production Company specialises in servicing overseas motion and stills productions, shooting in England, Scotland and Wales. Over the last six months it has worked with Rolls Royce, VW, Hilton Hotels and other high-end brands, including editorial and commercial fashion.

The company has serviced clients from the US, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Australia from many other parts of the globe, while priding itself in giving the best local support available in the UK. Its core team is made up of extremely experienced, hands-on producers who can take clients to the best places in the UK, from Central London to the remotest corners of Scotland.

It has a network of local teams to aid clients on cost and local knowledge, and has great relationships with the best suppliers across the UK. "We are happy to work at any level you wish us to, from entire budget management to just providing a decent cup of tea!"

Creative Management, established by Emma Syrett, offers a unique art buying, art direction and production service to clients. The company has over 20 years of experience in the creative industry and prides itself on the ability to deliver beyond client expectations.

Creative Management collaborates with the client team to provide the link between creative director and artist. "We are expert in sourcing global talent, understanding and defining client briefs, offering value added budgeting and managing all aspects of production and art direction."

Under the leadership of Emma, the Creative Management team brings a fun and ‘can do’ attitude to all projects. With many repeat clients and happy artists the company continues to go from strength to strength.

"We are always looking for new clients that want to develop their brands using ground-breaking visual imagery, whether still or moving, and are looking to use a company that is forward thinking and passionate about what they do."

Vue represents ten extremely talented photographers in the advertising and design field who work with clients such as Footlocker, Land Rover, M&S, Costa, Specsavers, and Budweiser to name a few.

One thing heard time and time again is how enjoyable it is to work with the company's friendly and professional photographers.

Variation is definitely the ‘spice of life’ at Vue with its photographers shooting sport, cars, portraits, still life, food & drink, landscape, and lifestyle with humorous, contemporary, striking styles.

"But don’t take our word for it - check out what’s going on at Vue on our website, blog or through Twitter."

Horton-Stephens, London’s leading photographers’ agents for over 25 years, is delighted to welcome Marco Mori to the company's sparkling roster.

London-based Marco is already a popular photographer around town. Having worked agency-side for some years, he’s created a very accomplished set of work in the folio after a relatively short time. "

We’re very excited by Marco’s boundless energy and hope you’ll have a look at the online folio, which encompasses sports, portraits, reportage and lifestyle. He's also well used to shooting alongside tv commercials."

The rest of the Horton-Stephens photographers have also been busy. Amongst them, James Bowden’s latest adventures, Wilson Hennessy’s new work for Hyundai, Richard Maxted with his ‘Anthology of Flowers’ series, and George Logan’s shoot with Game of Thrones star – James Cosmo. Then there’s Platform, their place to showcase bright new talent.

Horton-Stephens also represents two CGI companies, including the amazing Additive. The agency’s website also links to sister company Horton’s Short’Uns, dedicated to the company's moving image offering.

Process is a leading photographic agency providing a tailor-made creative service along with full production resources to a host of UK and international clients. Proudly representing an outstanding roster of award-winning photographers, Process recently welcomed its newest addition, celebrity portrait photographer Simon Webb. Specialising in music, pop culture, TV and film, Simon’s high-energy work reflects his love for all things colourful, retro and pop!

Following a creative start to the year, Process' London-based team has been busy working on a range of exciting new commissions including recent projects for Molton Brown, Harrods, Aria Resort and Casinos, Sony, Pizza Hut, The Financial Times and John Lewis.

Kris Kirkham is a London-based photographer specialising in food and drinks photography for editorial, advertising and packaging.

Clients include Nando’s UK, Lidl UK, Heathrow Airport, Waitrose, The Independent, Eat Restaurant Group, Kindred Agency, Hodder and Stoughton and Octopus Publishing, among many others.

Featured in this Showcase is a selection of images from recently released 'Grill Smoke BBQ', a cookbook by Chef Ben Tish of The Salt Yard Group. Props by Tamzin Ferdinando; published by Quadrille Publishing.

Visit Kris' website for more information.

Charney Magri is an award-winning international commercial photographer, director and published author currently working between London, Paris and Dubai. Charney began her career in photography over 18 years ago. Her proof as a true artist: the ability to immerse and connect within any culture, be it luxury or the less fortunate.

Charney’s long-standing interest in the notion of beauty saw her publish her first book in 2012, 'Women of the UAE''. As an artist, Charney’s proactive work and mission is to continue to combine stunning imagery and motion to narrate real-life issues for the greater good.

Visit her website for a full client list or to view her portfolio.

Sakis Lalas lives and works between London and Milan. He specialises in celebrity portraits, fashion, advertising and commercial photography. His ability to instantly grasp the personality of the people in front of the camera allows him to put them at ease and realise deeply intimate portraits that reflect their personalities. This skill, along with the capacity of meeting tight deadlines, has led him to photograph people of international fame. Over the years he has photographed some of the most famous stars of the fashion industry (Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Silvia Fendi, Ralph Lauren), as well as many top businessmen. He is able to achieve the same perfection in photographing pets too, as one can see in the pictures of the Dolce & Gabbana's Bengala kittens published in Town & Country UK spring 2016 collector’s edition.

Cinema has always been Lalas' passion and recently he decided to dedicate more time to the art. Regularly in Los Angeles, he has shot for People and Esquire magazines, amongst others, portraits of big movie industry names such as Patrick Tatopoulos (the production designer of Batman Vs Superman), Phedon Papamichael (director of photography & 2014 Oscar nominee for Nebraska), and Spyros Skouras, a film agent and grandson of the legendary Skouras president of 20th Century Fox from 1942-1962.

"Having emerged from technical and creative backgrounds, 'Visual Engineering' best describes what I do.

I consider myself fortunate to have mastered an understanding of organic photography, "getting it right in camera" before embracing the digital medium.

I believe that photography and retouching are inextricably part of the same process of image creation and like to merge both disciplines early in the process, often encouraging the re-toucher to be involved in the shoot as Digi-Op.

Wherever possible I like to oversee the job to the end to ensure that creative and client achieve the result they imagined."

Wilson has an extensive list of both advertising and editorial clients that he has worked with regularly over the years, such as Honda, Suzuki, Heinz, McLaren, Audi, Gilette, and John Lewis.

Lately he has been working on various personal projects. ''Venice Nights'' which documents the vehicles hidden amongst the roads of Los Angeles, and ''Empty'', a project gazing at the beauty of empty jam jars, are two such projects recently released, which are available to view here.

He is available for commissions through his UK agent, Horton-Stephens and his US representative Monaco Reps.

Shariq Siddiqui is a commercial portrait photographer based in London. He is interested in people and their stories, and his strong interest in street photography makes him quick and versatile on set.

Shariq offers a consistently fresh and approachable visual style, clearly influenced by his upbringing in India. He is meticulous and positive throughout the creative process as well as in production, and is not afraid of words or numbers.

His clients range from household names including Virgin Media Business and British Airways to charities such as Action on Hearing Loss, and he is a member of the Association of Photographers.

Graham Precey is an established and successful London still life, food and drink photographer.

His superb digital studio with its extensive kitchen and props set up is divided into daylight and electronic flash. In recent years, Graham has also started working in video as a videographer and a director.

Here are some recent packaging shots for Kenwood. The agency was Chaos Design and home economist was Georgie Besterman.

Originally from Athens, Greece, John Athimaritis has recently moved to London but travels extensively for commissions throughout Europe.

He has accomplished with success a range of commissions with several advertising agencies like DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Tribal Worldwide, Ogilvy and others. In 2016, he became certified photographer of the Six Senses Resort & Spa Group (for the Europe region). 

His work has been published in several magazines and websites worldwide including Madame Figaro, L'Officiel, BBC Olive, Parents, Ferrari Magazine by Conde Nast, Scanorama SAS inflight magazine, US Hotel Magazine, Interior Design, Six Senses Resort & Spa and more.

John is a member of the Association of Photographers (AOP).

Based in West London, Spanish-born photographer Pedro Aguilar has built an impressive list of international clients thanks to his unique mixture of digital photography and image manipulation.

Pedro manages the post-production process of all his images, including complex photo-montage and SFXs integration for clients including Nike, Nespresso, Unilever, FC Barcelona and many more.

Harniman has a long established career as an advertising stills photographer and videographer shooting globally for major brands.

2016 commissions include Mitsubishi ‘Welcome to Shogun territory’ press ads and Jaguar Lightweight E-Type. Other recent commissions include ‘Showing The World How It’s Done’ Sahara Roadtrip, SPECTRE Jaguar CX-75, RAC A/W press campaign, Land Rover Defender and BMW Ultimate Driving.

The company can supply a DJI S900 hexacopter for high res aerial imagery, as well as full-sized and portable automotive rigs along with full production team back-up. Harniman is personally CAA licensed (1807 Permission For Aerial Work) and BOSIET certified for offshore commissions.

Join Harniman to see what he is up to today on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter and visit the blog.

The past months have seen James Murphy shoot a number of exciting advertising campaigns at his London studio in King’s Cross.

James has also worked on an impressive selection of packaging projects with a variety of clients and has been travelling throughout Europe over the last couple of months for editorial projects.

James is represented by his agent Sarah Yorke +44 (0) 20 7278 4770.

Mark Zawila enjoys creating highly stylised, energetic and striking imagery, utilising CGI, retouching techniques and photography to realise his creative vision.

Mark loves working collaboratively and regularly arranges personal projects with other creatives and has also worked commercially on imagery for companies such as Sky, Miller, Sony, Lego and Peroni.

Nikolay Mirchev is a London-based professional photographer with a distinctively creative body of visual work.

Specialising in commercial, portraits and documentary photography, Nikolay also organises conceptual creative photography sessions.

His work is characterised by strong composition, following the smooth and aesthetic flow of the shapes available in a scene. Creative lighting to achieve the desired mood along with skilled editing - the result of many years of learning and evolving workflows - help to create his signature look.

Nikolay still practices his first passion - travel and street photography.

James Eckersley works from London specialising in portrait, music and advertising photography. He has been privileged to work with some of the most influential and prestigious agencies, magazines and record companies across the world including Time Magazine, GQ, The Sunday Times Magazine, Virgin Records, Parlophone, Le Figaro, Samsung and American Express.

During his career, James has enjoyed photographing some of the UK's most important and influential characters. A number of these portraits are now held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

However, the projects which James is perhaps most proud of are his books which include ‘The Last Few’, a collection of fascinating biographies and evocative portraits of the men who served in Britain’s definitive aerial battle of World War Two. These images document a crucial part of the nation’s history and have now been included in The Royal Collection.

Jean Cazals is one of the world's leading food and lifestyle photographers, having won numerous awards in London and abroad. His latest winning was the prestigious M&S Food Portrait category at the Pink Lady 'Best Food Photographer 2016'.

Jean has a unique eye and style with his use of natural light and styling which is part of the blueprint that his clients are also looking for. He is always searching and looking to bring a strong identity to each image. He is devoted to food as much as photography - his passion and understanding of the business, having worked with numerous chefs and restaurants for 20 years, provides expertise across editorial, design, publishing and advertising projects.

His kitchen/studio is based in Notting Hill and is full of props. Jean also loves shooting on location and abroad. Nothing excites him more than diversity and a new challenge - from street food to Michelin star chefs, helping develop brand and looks! Ideas and concept are his favourite things.

Visit his previous Production Paradise features, his new website to see the full spectrum of his work, as well as his latest interview. 

Originally from Portugal, Andre has been based in the UK for the last 10 years. His passion for sports and the outdoors, particularly the ocean, has taken him to a wide variety of global locations, from the middle of the Atlantic to the Norwegian Arctic.

Drawing visual inspiration from the cinematic image, Andre's work focuses on athletes, their lifestyles and interaction with their surroundings. His experience and vast skill set allow him to undertake a variety of projects, in the most challenging of conditions.

Recent clients include: Mazda, Ernst & Young, Gore, Beats by Dr Dre, RNLI, Red Bull and Gestalten.

Born in Spain, Carlos Lumiere was greatly influenced at a young age by his father's work as a photographer. In 1989 Carlos moved to Miami to work as photographer for a Spanish press agency. And it was here that Carlos decided to devote his career and life to high-fashion photography. His devotion to photography jettisoned him to cities around the world, allowing Carlos to develop a stunning and diverse portfolio.

His photos are best known for blending classic lines with luscious colours and textures. His style is rich, emotive and dynamic. It's this that attracts high-profile fashion designers, advertising campaigns and magazines to work with him, including Harrods, Hackett, Vivienne Westwood, Valore, Royal Ascot, L’Oréal, Balenciaga, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, FHM, GQ.
 
Carlos now divides his time between his studio Lumiere London, working for his own magazine Fashiopolis and searching for his next great shoot.