showcase cape town issue 386

Jan 2013

Hurricanes Photographers Agency: Cape Town photo agents

Hurricanes Photographers Agency is firmly established as one of the leading photographers' representatives in South Africa after 13 years in operation. Its team of award-winning photographers specialising in advertising, automobile, beauty, fashion, still life and landscape photography keep the agency confident that it can offer the right solutions to the many, and varied, briefs received. Hurricanes offers both full pre- and post production services as required.

EuroConnection South Africa: Cape Town full photo production

Abbey Lee takes time out from the dust and dystopia of the Mad Max shoot to play dress-up for Bazaar and Portmans in the Namibian desert. She stars as one of five wives in the long-awaited dystopian action film Mad Max: Fury Road, as part of what reads like the best-looking cast in film history: fellow model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, A Single Man’s Nicholas Hoult and Charlize Theron, who have been filming on location in Swakopmund, Namibia.

There’s no denying the desert scenery is as breathtaking as the genetically blessed actors but, as photographer Simon Upton, who travelled out there to shoot Kershaw for the latest Portmans campaign, discovered, it’s not the easiest place to shoot.

“We had to truck in all the equipment from Cape Town, which was 1700 kilometres away, and then build a studio in an old building in the desert,” he says. “There was power, but not much else.” After the crew spent a day or two acquainting themselves with the foreign light, Kershaw arrived and Upton and the team had just one day to shoot the model in six looks. Story written by Claire Maclean.

MAX models: Cape Town fashion models

Black & White - a great way to start 2013!

Showcasing a few of MAX models' gorgeous models: Hannah, Careen, Bella, Claudia, Sive, Dounia, Emma and Jenna.

All were shot by Anthony Friend visiting Cape Town from New York over the holidays.

Stephen Greeff: Cape Town advertising photographers

Stephen Greeff's passion is photography and his love for imagery allows him to explore natural lifestyle, fashion and Photoshop manipulation.

His emotional and energetic style of photography is executed at a high level, while his ability to capture free movement and interaction between complex settings has made him a highly sought-after photographer.

His relaxed attitude and creative outlook creates a team environment.

In recent years, Stephen has been capturing motion pictures on his sets. His realisation of natural moments between people is well documented and often made into short commercial films. “It's becoming essential for clients to shoot both media on set because the brand recognition is much stronger through the consistency with imagery and motion,” he says.