amsterdam Nov 2007

Holland Production Services offer dedicated production services that focus entirely on client needs.

The company understands how difficult it can be to shoot abroad and so provide professional knowledge, dedicated suppliers and trusted friends to make clients feel at home.

Recent productions include a Spanish BMW commercial for Alamo Films, a commercial for Korean investment company Woori for Keystone Films, a series of TV idents for Kemistry out of the UK, and a Honda (Top Secret) photo shoot for Twin Planet based in Tokyo and Los Angeles.

The company's credo is "Service, Service and more Service! Let's keep it simple and make it fun!"

Eric Elenbaas Agency presents upcoming talents Petrovsky & Ramone, who recently returned from their inspiring trip to Los Angeles.

In the City of Angels the innovative duo shot several stories, such as the campaign 'Six, Six, Six in the Face' for a t-shirt line by Tony Ward.

Soul musician Amy Winehouse was photographed in the hot streets of downtown LA. P&R portrayed the rebelling artist in a unique way.

Another project was a dusty desert story for Elsevier. For this shoot P&R collaborated with stylist Alex van der Steen, also represented by Eric Elenbaas Agency.

Four new talents recently joined Unit C.M.A. The latest addition to the company's roster of illustrators is Carine Brancowitz, whilst in the photography department Unit took on three new, young and very talented photographers, Levi van Veluw, Isabella Rozendaal and Robert Charbonnet.

The company is also proud to announce that five of its talents were submitted to the latest illustration overview, Fashion Unfolding. The featured Unit CMA creative artists are Catalina Estrada, James Dignan, Kustaa Saksi (who designed the cover), Maren Esdar and Yke Schotten.

Founded in 1999, Magic Group is an independent creative digital retouching company based in Amsterdam. As a source for creativity, the company has mastered the challenges of image manipulation, retouching and correction.

It says its dedicated team of digital operators "provides comprehensive and creative imaging services that are supported by industry-standardised colour management and digital proofing".

Services include scanning (slide, Polaroid, negative), digital image processing of raw data, digital proofing, portfolio printing, art printing, project and campaign management, Magic Suite, and on-location digital image support.

Magic Group includes MGCA, representing digital illustrators with a diverse variety of styles, and MAGICO Barcelona, founded in 2006 and also specialising in creative retouching and postproduction.

David de Jong has worked for more then twelve years as a commercial and editorial photographer. Whilst editorial work demands innovation and on-the-spot flexibility, commercial jobs are about interpreting ideas in the best possible way.

"Take the best of these two worlds and be versatile" is what David thinks about being a photographer.

Recent work has included images for ING, Readers House Hearst and Porsche.

Photographer Simon Warmer is known for making common things interesting.

He is most likely classified as a still photographer by advertising agencies, although quite a lot of his work is shot on location.

He prefers to shoot everything in one shot, keeping things as natural as possible and limiting postproduction to a minimum. However, he sees Photoshop as "a modern dark room".

Simon recently completed work for Autotrack. He shot two campaigns with the client for new and second-hand car brands on the Internet. As Simon says, "The nice thing about it is that we're advertising cars without showing them!"

Since the foundation of Dutch Casting Agency in 1995, the company has remained one of the leading agencies in the international casting world, and is one of the largest and most prestigious bureaus located in the Netherlands.

Over the past twelve years, Dutch Casting has built a database of more than 28,000 different faces, and continues to grow still to this day. The bookers at Dutch Casting are professional, versatile and inventive in handling the many varied assignments requested by clients.

A row of beautiful 18th Century houses overlooking the river Amstel has been converted by designer Marcel Wanders into seven individual suites. Guests enjoy complete freedom as well as a real homely environment.

The suites are furnished with every imaginable comfort and the interior design is unique in every way. The classic modern décor helps to create a pleasant, warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Each suite has a living room, bathroom, bedroom and its own private entrance. For furnishings and fittings, stylish Cappellini furniture has been combined with surprising items from the interiors label Moooi. In the bathrooms, specially designed sanitary fittings by Boffi blend seamlessly with the Bisazza mosaics.