PHOTOGRAPHERS' AGENTS Oct 2007

Agent Orange has had a frenetic 2007, producing and shooting campaigns for Sony, The Telegraph, Macallan, Tennants, Omo, Ikea, Ford and Norwich Union amongst others.

Julia Fullerton-Batten and Jason Hindley have been travelling non-stop fulfilling advertising briefs, and in Julia's case also showcasing awards and exhibitions across Europe.

Frank Herholdt, Spiros Politis and Garry Owens have all been busy in the London market, with Will Sanders and Rob Payne also working on exciting new personal projects between commissions. Giblin & James remain in high demand as ever, both in the US and the UK, while Ben Stockley is back shooting after a year break.

Agent Orange aims to provide a dedicated and consistent level of service, working with a strong team of producers and suppliers within the UK and abroad. A wealth of experience guarantees Agent Orange's place at the forefront of today's advertising and commercial photography.

Andrea Heberger has over 17 years of global experience producing and organising photo shoots. She opened her own agency a decade ago. In July of this year, she started a subsidiary in Hamburg which is directed by Stephan Siehl.

The agency represents top international photographers, focusing particularly on those working in the fashion, beauty and life-style industries. It offers a full range of professional services, responding to the needs of individual clients at every stage of production.

Andrea Heberger represents the following photographers:

• Beth Studenberg - lifestyle and fashion, Miami.
  
• Andrew Dunn - high fashion, London and Milan.
  
• Knut Wörner - kids and fashion, Frankfurt.
  
• Thomas Reutter - fashion and people.
  
• Bodo Vitus - fashion and people, Berlin.
  
• Dirk Franke - fashion, Miami.
  
• Wolfen - fashion and people, Düsseldorf.

Aproductions represents a select range of photographers that specialise in advertising, fashion, still life, beauty and editorial.
 
Recent campaigns include: Nike, Reebok, Coca Cola, Coors, Moët Chandon, BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, Seat, Corvette, Greenpeace, Time force, Axe, La Caixa, Repsol, Panasonic, Epson, Pronovias, Stradivarius, Loewe, and Kerastase.
 
Recent editorials include: Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, GQ, Vanidad, Nox, FHM, Io Donna, Up Street, Icon, and Wig Magazine.
 
Aproductions also owns big studios (700m2) in the centre of Madrid with some of the best available lighting equipment and full digital services offered to clients.

New in Switzerland, but with many years of operation in Moscow, Avocado represent international photographers in a variety of different fields. Specialised in project & artist management, the company provide a wide range of quality services to all their clients.

Recent campaigns have included Head&Shoulders, and Pampers for Procter&Gamble.

Currently in post-production for world wide advertising campaign is a project for Courvoisier XO with photographer Markus Wendler.

Achieving great success in the local market and becoming a continual provider to the fashion world's biggest brands, Civiles Management has developed its art department to capitalise on links with talented industry professionals.

Civiles represents both Argentinian and international fashion and advertising photographers, including: Andrew Burmeister, Bobby Lightowler, Cata Angelinetti, Ceci Glik, Dolores Esteve, Gisela Filc, Gustavo Di Mario, Ines Garcia Baltar, Juan España, Nora Lezano & Sebastian Arpellesa, Namiko Kitaura, Pablo Franco, Ramiro Chaves, Sancricca, Sol Abadi, Tomi/Cherry, and Toto Cullen.

The art department gathers expert stylists, fashion producers, graphic designers, location scouts and hair & make-up artists in order to provide full support for graphic campaigns and productions. 

Their client portfolios include brands such as: Coca-Cola, Eveready, Levi's, Microsoft, Telecom, Moët & Chandon, Lee, MTV, Benetton, L'Oréal, Sony, and Bacardi.

Images by their photographers have also appeared in magazines such as: Black Book, Dutch, Neo2, Details, Nylon, The Face, and Sportswear International.

Christine Defrance founded her agency in 1998. Based in Düsseldorf and Paris, defrance represents a select choice of photographers working in various fields of photography for international clients and agencies.

See the defrance website for portfolios from:

• Mathias Baumann and Mareike Foecking - Düsseldorf.
  
• Frank Herfort, Heribert Schindler, and Marius Claudius Wolfram - Hamburg.
  
• Maak Roberts and Alex Trebus - Berlin.
  
• Stefan Minder - Zürich.
  
• Marijke de Gruyter - Amsterdam.

Denise Stewart Agent (DSA) represents photographers in multiple locations, including San Francisco, Dallas, Austin, Washington D.C., and Buenos Aires. Below is a round-up of the latest news involving the agency's photographers:

Marge Ely recently completed projects featuring children for Neiman Marcus, Hasbro Toys, and Discovery Kids.

Randal Ford's images from 'The Amazing Faith of Texas' appear in the 2008 Graphis Photo Annual. Randal worked with GSD&M on this award-winning book. His distinct photographic style sees him shooting globally, most recently on location in Shanghai.

Buenos Aires photographer Ale Burset, represented in the US by DSA, completed national photography campaigns for Nike, Greenpeace, Reebok, Converse, Ford, and Chevrolet.

Nathan Schroder recently completed work for American Airlines and HP through t:m.

San Francisco-based photographer Richard Wahlstrom produced images for L&M Cigarettes through Leo Burnett. In addition, Richard recently produced an outdoor image for Canada Dry for Y&R.

Partners Maria Markelou, Lilian Ioannidou and Elena Liberopoulou, all veterans of the Greek fashion and advertising industry, created D-tales in 1999. The company became the first agency in Greece specialised in representing professional photographers, stylists, and hair and make-up artists working internationally.

The agency offers only the most exceptional talents, aiming to provide creative services to both the local and international markets.

Nine years since its inception, D-tales now represents a wide range of artists. In addition the company is a full service agency that offers extensive photo production services, including casting, location scouting, on-site coordination, studio space, digital post-production and digital retouching across the advertising and fashion sectors.

Found represents ten international photographers from the areas of still life, fashion, beauty, people, lifestyle, landscape and transportation.

Company founder Christine Popinger is able to offer a broad spectrum of expertise whilst cultivating a personalised style that sets the Hamburg-based agency apart.

The team includes artists such as: Raphael Just, Thomas Popinger, Pascal Malamas, Benedikt Kranz, Philip Bruederle, Jesper Brandt, Lia Avant, Bob Leinders, Caroline Rommel and Anka Bardeleben.

Clients have included: Classicon, Aloys F. Dornbracht, Palmers, Daimler AG, Alape, Parador, Philip Morris, Ikea, C&A, Procter&Gamble, Olsen, Kadus, Pascarel, Olympus, Reno, Gil Bret, Schwab, Baur, H&M, and Nokia.

Mary Bin's photographers used August for some well-deserved rest and relaxation, after what has been a very busy period for the agency. Summer is always too short, and many projects are now well underway to take them through the autumn months.

A selection of the latest news from their hectic schedules:

Ole - is currently shooting in Europe for Otto, Heine, Frankonia, and Country Magazine. He also recently found himself in the middle of the tornado that hit Mallorca!

Dorothea - shot an ad-campaign in Portugal for Flor Do Sal. The same campaign took her to Austria for a wild boar hunt! With little time in between, she's off to Hamburg and Seville to shoot for Hertie, Frankonia, and Bauer. At the same time she will be putting together her Tokyo exhibition, and afterwards will travel to Sicily for a garden furniture shoot for Migros.

Peter - holidayed and shot in Italy for Super Yachts in Porto Cervo. He recently set-off on somewhat of a world tour, with various shoots planned for clients in Fuerteventura, Seville, Dubai, Mauritius and Hamburg.

With over 35 years of combined industry experience Morgan Lockyer represent a wide variety of talented artists. The company can organise all aspects of production and are experts at making budgets work to produce premium imagery.

Their new website launched in September with a major change of roster. Andy Green, presently shooting a Landrover campaign for Y&R, along with Darran Rees, returning to live in the UK after having shot the Lincoln car campaign, and Richard Maxted, who shot Royal Bank of Scotland for CHI, were all welcomed on board.

It has been a busy period for the agency and its photographers:

• Timothy Hogan - shot for Absolute and Tommy Hilfiger.
• Esther Haase - worked on the Escada Sunset Heat campaign.
• Zed Nelson - shot for Fat Face.
• Jake Gavin - worked with celebrities for Playboy and Amnesty International.
• Darren Feist - shot for Herbal Essences for Europe.
• Shinichi Maruyama - continues to be sought-after by Baileys/BBH and Sauza/Publicis.

Creative Director Richard Bull of Yacht Associates joined the team in October. In addition, two new stylists Amanda Bellan and Clare Lazaro also joined the agency.

Pavleye Artist Management is the leading fashion and advertising representative in Prague. Offering full production services based on expert knowledge and experience of the local market, the company enjoys solid repeat relationships with international clients.

The company exclusively represents some of the big-name artists in fashion, advertising, architecture and still-life photography, including Anna Mrazek Kovacic, Filip Slapal, and Matus Toth. It also handles selected make-up artists, hair and fashion stylists, and specialists from the retouching and illustration fields.

In addition Pavleye runs an equipment rental service and can offer daylight studio spaces.

A selection of clients includes: Team Young and Rubican, Leo Burnett, Lowe GGK, JWT Dubai, Harpers Bazaar, Dolce Vita Magazine, You and Your Wedding, Art Partner New York, Harvey Nicols, Burjuman, and Bates Asia.

Coordination and production for special projects recently included: Mario Testino for V Magazine, Sacha Waldman for Playstation FIFA 2007, Prasad Naik for Mas, and Carolyn Jones for Microsoft.

After 25 years of business, Peter Bailey Company's reputation is based on a team of highly specialised photographers who work in X-ray, underwater and animal photography.

The company has offices in London and New York and is described as "an agency that represents outstanding and unique European photographers".

Awards and publications in 2007 include: 

• Tim Flach - 3 Gold Awards at Cannes; 4 Judges Choices in the AOP Awards; Creative Review Photo Annual and Communication Arts.
• Simon Norfolk - AOP Silver Award and cover of National Geographic 8/07.
• Dominic Lee - Creative Review Photo Annual - Best in Book.
• Dirk Rees - Communication Arts.
• Joan Garrigosa - 2 Silver Awards at Cannes; Most published photographer in Luerzers Archive this year, along with Luerzers cover and feature 4/07.

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A round-up of this summer's successful projects from the Process photographers:

• Dylan Collard travelled extensively to shoot a graduate recruitment campaign for JP Morgan. He also shot for Savills through SAS design.
• Gareth Sambidge has had a great summer shooting ads for AMOY through M&C's, Seriously Strong Cheddar with DDB, and the Christmas hamper brochure for regular client Harrods.
• Louisa Parry shot ads for KP Hula Hoops through Publicis, and was commissioned for features in the new Sunday Times luxury brand magazine Luxx. She also completed work for catalogue supreme Boden.
• Tim Morris and Rainer Elstermann both displayed work at Rainey Kelly, JWT, and M&C Saatchi's, and spent time testing and updating their portfolios.
• Bill Robinson had barely unpacked his bags from shooting in the Far-East for Lloyds Register before heading off around the world once again, this time for Ernst and Young who commissioned him to shoot their Global Review for the second consecutive year.
• The company also produced and shot with Matthew Murray for Daz through the Leo Burnett agency.

The Sharon Brandman Agency represents a select group of photographers working in a variety of fields for the advertising and commercial industries.

The agency works in a strongly collaborative way, offering clients a highly detailed personalised service. Sharon Brandman herself handles many production details, easing the pressures on clients during productions both in the UK and international markets.

Recent projects by the agency's photographers have included:

• Richard Seymour - worked on the BUPA re-branding campaign, spending several weeks shooting in various locations around the UK. The agency handled all production elements, including model casting and location scouting.
• Ian Boddy - had a busy month shooting kids fashion for Debenhams, George, and Disney clothing ranges.
• Marie-Louise Avery - shot a Christmas food and drink campaign for Bombay Sapphire, and completed a project with Sainsbury's.
• Stuart Chorley - shot for the Fibersure campaign.

Tim Mitchell Artist Representative has had an exciting summer. Recent projects include:

• Andric - Weyerhaeuser, AT&T, Palm, Hitachi, LL Bean, Key Bank, and XYZAL.
• Cedric Delsaux - Samsung.
• Simon Puschmann - Chevy Corvette.
• Garry Owens - Ford Edge.
• Igor Panitz - BMW NA, Hyundai.
• Robert Wilson - Visa.

Sister company, Eurostock has signed additional European photographers for both stock imagery and assignment

Utopia is a full service agency based in New York that represents international talent in the areas of photography, hair, make-up and styling.

Emphasising the importance of balancing editorial and commercial assignments, Utopia prides itself on representing creative talents who are sympathetic to corporate constraints.

Recent editorials include Marie Claire, Glamour, L'Officiel, Grazia and Cosmopolitan. Advertising assignments include L'Oreal, Kenneth Cole, BottegaVeneta, Neiman Marcus and Ann Taylor.

The agency celebrates its 5th birthday in style this month, announcing for the third year running that Vue has photographers nominated in Campaign's Press and Poster Advertising Awards.

If that wasn't enough, the agency also has four photographers featured in Creative Review's Photography Annual - Alan Powdrill, Jonathan Minster, Garry Simpson and Morgan Silk have all won a place in the exclusive showcase of last year's most exceptional work.

The team have also been busy with recent campaigns for:

• Bacardi with RKCR Y&R, and Maestro with McCann Erickson, shot by Penny Cottee.
• O2 with VCCP, and Velcade with Seven Stones, shot by Morgan Silk.
• Seatwave with M&C Saatchi, shot by Alan Powdrill.
• Pfizer with TBWA Ireland, shot by Jonathan Minster.
• Tetley Bitter with M&C Saatchi, and entertainment.ie with TBWA Ireland, shot by Seamus Ryan.
• LandRover with RKCR Y&R, and VW with DDB, shot by Garry Simpson.
• Ford with Ogilvy, and Xerox with RKCR Y&R, shot by Tim Kent.

Xing Artproduction Munich represents and promotes a select group of internationally-based, uniquely talented photographers and illustrators. They provide:

• technical competence guaranteed by their expert team.
  
  
• artistic quality guaranteed by the experience and technical ability of all their artists.
  
  
• guaranteed professional results at every stage of the creative process.

The company provides clients with the security of their professional approach and strong corporate values, such as industry standard-setting quality, reliability, efficiency, punctuality and the utmost dedication.