showcase brussels issue 223

Jun 2010

Claudia Trucco: Brussels photo agents

Considered Belgium's leading photographers' agency, Claudia Trucco represents a selection of professional photographers specialised in fashion and advertising.

Established 12 years ago, the agency has gained a significant position in the international market by focusing on fields such as fashion, beauty, landscape, car and food photography.

The agency also provides full service production for its photographers and clients.

Visit the website for more information.

C'est Chic Agency / House of Chic: Brussels photo agents

C'est Chic is a Brussels-based photography, styling and make-up agency. Created seven years ago the company is directed by Belinda Cordier who has over 20 years experience in the fashion and advertising business.

The agency represents artists in both Brussels and Paris. Literally and figuratively a 'House of Chic', C'est Chic is filled with numerous professional talents. Enjoying the confidence of long-term clients, the agency manages its artists and their productions with an unrivalled passion and prides itself in combining commercial work in advertising and catalogues with a flexible creative approach.

Featured in this Showcase is a selection of recent work from the agency's artists and photographers.

Denia Zerouali: Brussels children photographers

Denia Zerouali is a French photographer based in Brussels.

She began her career in France in the 90s where she worked on commercial campaigns for numerous French and international brands. People, and especially portraiture, are her main subjects and through her particular style she tries to gain an insight into her subjects' souls.

Denia also shoots personal projects for exhibitions and was recently chosen by the Belgian Minister of Science to shoot more than 40 portraits of leading European scientists. The exhibition will be shown in Brussels in September 2010.

Visit the website for more information.

Lisa Carletta: Brussels fashion photographers

Passionate young Belgian photographer Lisa Carletta began her career in 2007. Through her photographs she presents characters that bring their environment to life, creating a narrative, a family, a universe, a past and a present for each of her subjects.

Lisa favours a meticulous approach to detail so as to let her characters exist as fully as possible. She is often inspired by her childhood heroes, submerging them into ironic and nostalgic worlds to present them in a completely different light. Her work is tinted with just a little darkness, humour and bad taste.

Lisa won the Weekend Photo Award in October 2008 with her 'Lost Doll' series. Visit her website for more information.

mike van cleven: Brussels advertising photographers

Mike Van Cleven began his professional photography career in 2002 and quickly matured to receive solid recognition in Belgium. His work - both cinematographic and moving - received tremendous recognition in his early years through multiple cover and editorial pieces in magazines throughout Europe and Russia.

Today, with an active presence in both Belgium and Los Angeles, he focuses on advertising, fashion and portrait photography while consistently working on editorial productions on both continents.

Late in 2009, Mike was selected to create the portraits for 'Chefs', a book promoting Belgium’s culinary and business finest that was introduced at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai to a global audience.

Mike is also a frequent guest speaker at Hasselblad and Profoto events.