showcase capetown issue 55

Sep 2006

Jollykop Photography - Damon Fourie: Cape Town advertising photographers

Photographer Damon Fourie bases himself between the two cities of Cape Town and New York.

Editorial clients such as Elle, Cosmo and Seventeen Magazine keep him busy.

His recent advertising jobs were for Swatch, Paypal, Occhiverdi and La Perla swimwear.

His personal projects are conducive for the hometown terrain such as his award for the International Photography Awards; the image of the young woman feeding her horse a carrot was shot in Cape Town.

His agent Jollykop represents him in Cape Town.

Viaggi International Productions: Cape Town full photo production

Viaggi International Productions provides a comprehensive service, relieving customers of all organisational burdens and proactively suggesting solutions and destinations to match briefs and layouts.

In order to be able to offer its clients different architectures, landscapes and ideal weather conditions, V.I.P., originally based in Cape Town, now operates internationally. It now has branches in Athens, Marseilles and Barcelona, and has produced in many other destinations including Dubai, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Namibia, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Cuba, Miami and Kenya.

V.I.P.'s competent and cosmopolitan team offers a friendly, professional and budget-driven service to its customers, in English, German, French, Italian and Greek.

EuroConnection South Africa: Cape Town commercial production

EuroConnection shot for French catalogue, Serena Kay, during the winter month of June in Cape Town.

This month, executive producer Julie Van Damme will be flying to Europe to market her agency Euroconnection. If you would like to meet her, please email the office to make an appointment.

September kicks off the new summer season, with a promise of excellent weather conditions and a very favourable current exchange rate.

Euroconnection say that they "insist on great, cost-effective pre-production, hands-on involvement and total commitment to the client".

They have been contributing their knowledge to all kinds of projects for over 15 years and understand the need for a devoted team.

See you in Cape Town.

Gavin Schneider Productions: Cape Town full photo production

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra” – so say Gavin Schneider productions, who continue to provide their clients with personal attention and professional service.

Be it playing tennis on a roof top overlooking the Cape Town city skyline for the Sony Ericsson UK shoot, or sourcing 1950's vintage classic cars for Intersection Magazine, Gavin Schneider productions has a skilled crew to attend to all photo production requirements for catalogue, lifestyle, advertising and editorial shoots.

Recent clients include: Audi Germany, Philips Worldwide Campaign, Marks & Spencer UK, RTL Satellite TV, Clarks Catalogue, Avon Cosmetics Poland and Cosmopolitan Magazine UK.

Cape Town Productions: Cape Town full photo production

Recent projects from Cape Town Productions include the following:

• Tim Simmons shot the new Opel range of vehicles for agency 180 deg. Amsterdam. Cast and location were critical to the success of the campaign.
• Martijn Oort shot the new Volvo S60 under the direction of Fredrik Stahl, SCP Gottenberg.
• Rankin shot the new BMW Z4.
• Jan Steinhilber shot Camel for agency Saatchi.
• Gavin has just returned from Lisbon shooting BMW with photographer Erik Chmil
• Mike is off to Spain for another car shoot.

September sees the start of the fashion season and Gavin will be marketing in Europe during September and October.

Moonlighting: Cape Town commercial production

It’s coming to the end of winter, but Moonlighting has not been hibernating! They have kept busy not only in Cape Town, but also in Romania and Chile.

Alchemy, their company in Romania, has completed two jobs and will be possibly confirming a Guinness job soon. The Cape Town office will soon be sending off a team to Nigeria to shoot a 7-day documentary for a telecommunications company. And in Chile, they just finished their first stills job in the snow.

Other news is that Moonlighting Photographic welcomed on board a new producer: Jacqueline Beek has produced stills, music videos, commercials and documentaries and has been in the film industry for 6 years. She will be going off on her first marketing trip to Scandinavia, The Netherlands and Germany.

Ice Models: Cape Town fashion models

Outlaws Model Agency: Cape Town fashion models

Liza Botha is selective in her modelling assignments, and has once again jetted off to Bali for the Sports Illustrated 2006 shoot.

Dominique Piek recently had a very successful New York trip, where she landed a small part in Spiderman 3, and is now on her way to Zanzibar to shoot Cosmo swimwear.

Local boy Nathan Roberts has come a long way; he was recently photographed by Markus Jans as the face of Windsor.

Y models: Cape Town fashion models

• Joanna Krupa on the cover of GQ.
• Eva Ndachi...MAC Campaign New York.
• Nico has done the H&M campaign and is now up for the new Armani Fragrance.
• Melissa was spotted on a farm and at 18 "a star is born!"
• Delamaine Du Toit did the Milan shows... and has been booked by Italian ELLE. "He's hot!"

Watch this space for more details of Y Models successes...

Three D Model Agency: Cape Town fashion models

Model agency 3d doesn't believe in the summer/winter split... they believe that their clients "deserve the best no matter what the weather or the occasion".

With recent projects for Drykorn, L'Optimum Magazine, Peroni, Triumph and a number of editorial clients, 3d say "our clients can't keep their hands off of our models".

Check future editions of SHOWCASE Cape Town for more...

Boss Models: Cape Town fashion models

Boss Models recently celebrated 10 years of business in Cape Town, having represented some of the biggest stars to come out of South Africa.

They have an excellent pool of talent based locally, as well as many models travelling permanently.

Their team of experienced, multi-lingual bookers are ready to assist clients - at any time of the day, week or year - in finding models who fit the brief.

Les Cascades De Bantry Bay: Cape Town hotels