stylists and hair & make up artists Jun 2018

Andrea has been working as a food stylist and recipe editor in Zurich and southern France for the last 10 years.

"I am a pleasure person. And an aesthete. As a foodstylist, I bring these two traits under one roof. Images have to surprise the eye and make you want to be boiled and, above all, eaten - that's where the stylist comes in. First and foremost, what's on your plate should actually taste good - in this regard, I am in demand as a cook and a recipe author.

A recipe suggestion can include 15 ingredients. Or just four. It's the same with the styling. Less is often more.

I have turned my passion into a profession. For over 15 years, I've been directing videos, TV formats, cookery and lifestyle magazines, advertising and industry clients. I get my inspiration in relevant litarature, travelling and friends. Food styling and cooking, that's for me enjoyment, aesthetics, art. And often also a little soul food!"

Carrie Butterworth is a freelance hairstylist and groomer based in New York, who has extensive experience doing print fashion and TV: "I can create anything from normal, everyday looks to glamour, high fashion looks. Most recently, I served as Key Hair for the pilot of Will DeMeo’s The Neighborhood."

Carrie has many editorial credits, including People, Real Simple, Papercut, WWD, All You, and NY Magazine. She has worked on advertising campaigns for Bowlmor Lanes, Mandarin Oriental, Unilever, and Betsey Johnson Intimates. She has worked in the past as Harry Connick Jr's personal stylist, and has experience getting him ready for various television appearances, including American Idol and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has also worked with Brooke Shields, Sigourney Weaver, Mena Suvari, and Carrie Fisher.

Corinna Bechtle is a passionate fashion and wardrobe stylist with vast experience in the fashion industry. Working as a designer to begin with, she moved on to buying before she became a freelance stylist.

Experienced in styling models for editorial shoots, fashion shows and advertising photography, personalities for TV shows and events and musicians for music videos and photography, Corinna is able to adapt to the needs of very different clients.

Clients include Universal Music, American musician Devendra Banhart, German TV channels Sat1 and Pro7, and fashion brands Hunkemoeller, Sabrina Dehoff and Mustang Jeans. Commercial clients include UK hotel chain Hampton by Hilton, Volkswagen and Absolut Vodka.

With experience of having lived in Berlin, London and Wellington, New Zealand Corinna has broadened her horizons and gained great experience in an international work environment. She has built great contacts with fashion designers and fashion PR agencies worldwide.

Her work has been published in magazines in Europe and the US, including D’Scene, Schoen!, Ramp Magazine and NEO2.

Corinna has an eye for detail and colour, a love for cutting edge design and a good sense for the latest trends.

Hers Agency represents top London food stylists, home economists, general props stylists, production buyers and interior stylists. Their artists work in all areas of the industry: commercials, stills photography for advertising and social media, online video, stop frame animation, TV and film, books and magazines.

Other services include food consultancy, product development, cookery demonstrations, recipe development, recipe testing, food writing, propping, styling on set, and art direction.

Clients include Lurpak, McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Asda, Lidl, The Sunday Times, McCains, Subway, Dove, Deliveroo, Huawei, Coca-Cola, Philadelphia, Harrods, ASK Italian, Baileys, Dominos, Knorr, Godiva, Thornton’s, Iceland, Palmolive, Absolut Vodka, KFC, Old El Paso, Jus-Rol, IKEA, Maille, Heineken, Quadrille Publishing, Nutella, Haagen Dazs, Ted Baker, Channel 4, BBC, Zizzi, Yoplait, Heinz, Kellogg’s, EAT, Schweppes, ODEON, Pizza Hut, Morrisons, Johnny Walker, John Lewis, Bulldog Gin and Orion Publishing.

London-based commercial food and drink stylist Johan van der Merwe works on advertising, editorial, packaging, film and video projects. Having trained in Canada, South Africa, Ireland and London, he brings with him an in-depth knowledge and unique work ethic and creative energy to every assignment.

His clients include Jameson, KFC, Coca-Cola, Guinness, Kerry Gold, Havana Club, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury’s, Eddie Rockets, TGI’s, Dairy Gold, Salerno, Just-Eat Jacobs Biscuits, Singletons Whiskey and Johnny Walker.

Editorial features include Root and Bone Magazine, British Vogue, Kaltbult Magazine, Food and Wine Magazine, Paper Sea Magazine, The Sunday Business Post and The Times.

Cookbooks include 'Neven Maguire’s Perfect Irish Christmas' and 'Neven Maguie’s Home Economics for Life'. 

Visit his website or get in touch directly on +44 (0) 7391 185828 (London) or +353 (0) 876344025 (Dublin). Johan is represented by HERS London.

Laura Viana recently worked with Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix on the movie 'You Were Never Really Here', that won 'Best Actor' and 'Best Director' at the Cannes Festival. She also recently worked as make-up designer on another Hollywood film with Jim Henson’s Workshop, and again as designer on ‘Edie’ shown in UK cinemas. She also worked on the Warner Bros. film 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.

Laura worked on the first and second seasons of US TV series 'Da Vinci's Demons', and for 'The Limehouse Golem', 'Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool', 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', Disney's 'Cinderella', 'Young Adam', Portuguese film 'Amalia', Spanish film 'Pan's Labyrinth', and 'The Ninth Gate' starring Johnny Depp.

Her career in hair and make-up spans 25 years and includes US programme 'Will' for Sky Atlantic, along with many more in the UK and abroad.

Her portfolio also includes both hair and make-up for commercials, international music videos, and photo editorials for worldwide fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Allure, Jolie, Marie Claire, Cleo and Men's Health. Her commercial work includes brands such as McDonald's, Nintendo, Renault, Vodafone, Microsoft, Suzuki, KFC and Ikea.

''Food is an important form of communication, expression, seduction and the foundation of relationships.

Food is welcoming but also sharing roots, belonging and identity.

Food is always a story that needs to be told, carefully and wisely to express its value and uniqueness.

It takes a particular talent to draw out the value of food whether in a recipe or a photograph.

Maria possesses those necessary skills to take simple raw ingredients and transform them into a cohesive narrative.''

Petra Tielmann is a Dusseldorf-based freelance fashion stylist with vast experience in fashion, catalogue, advertising and commercial  photo productions.

Petra also puts her entire passion, creativity and talent for organisation into her many personal projects, including conceptualisation, bookings, art direction, and magazine publication.

As team leader, she was resonsible for the successful campaign production for Spanish fashion brand SIYU.

Petra's second home is Cape Town, South Africa where she has spent many seasons for international shootsincluding KIA, eBay, C&A, NKD, CECIL, Beiersdorf, and many more.

Silvia Gerzeli is a freelance make-up artist and hair stylist based in Florence from where she easily works across Italy and internationally. She is specialised in fashion, private make-up and hairstyling, and works a lot in the photo industry. She is also art director for Lui Magazine Italia.

Her passion for make-up allows her portfolio to constantly grow, thanks to the quantity of collaborations she undertakes. Silvia is so motivated by make-up and in love with art in general that she mixes them to create a unique kind of design.

One of her passions is teaching, and she collaborates with a make-up school in Florence and Rome organising creative beauty workshops. Silvia is extremely diligent and precise and "absolutely loves" her job! She appreciates the many different facets and genres that allow her to provide clients with the very best results - not only concerning make-up and hair, but also through her presence on set.

Takako Kuniyuki is a food and drink stylist for TV, film and print productions. Highly skilled and knowledgeable in various cuisines, she is very efficient, resourceful, always well-prepared, and a great team player. Based in New York City, she travels often to Japan and Europe and is bilingual in English and Japanese, with some Spanish.

The images featured in this Spotlight are from Taka’s work as food stylist on Capri Sun’s new packaging design, the holiday campaign for Stella Artois, and the brand redesign of Shenandoah Valley Organic. Also featured are images from photo shoots for Family Circle and Hershey’s.

Recent motion projects include working as a food stylist for Golden Globe-winning 'Best Comedy Series', 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,' commercials for Quaker Oats, Sister Schubert’s, Johnnie Walker, Ciroc Mango, and Ciroc Summer Colada.

Valeria Orlando is a beauty director, make-up artist and hair stylist with over 25 years of experience working for fashion, advertising, editorials and catwalk events.

Valeria has collaborated with many renowned photographers including Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Johan Rench, Eolo Perfido, Andrea Massari and Stefania Paparelli. Her work has been published in leading fashion magazines such as Elle Ukraine and Vogue Russia in collaboration with renowned stylists such as Donatella Versace and celebrities including Catherine Zeta Jones and Lena Katina. Her clients also include world-famous international agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett and BBDO.

Valeria is based in Milan but travels throughout the world to locations including Rome, Rio De Janeiro, London and New York City. In September 2016, she was a key artist at New York Fashion Week SS17. In June 2017, she was Key Artist at Balkan Fashion Week.

Valeria speaks Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. Honesty and passion are the distinctive elements of her approach, and she continually works on her professional development to improve her knowledge about new techniques in the cosmetic industry.

Valeria has her own make-up line, V)Or Makeup. As an artist she is represented by Beleza in Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), Current Studios in the USA, and Arc et la Tour in France.

Vanessa Cogorno is a professional freelance hair and all-in make-up artist with over nine years' experience working across films, fashion, advertising campaigns and commercial assignments.

She has recently worked on the short indie film 'The Apricot Tree' with an international cast and crew, and did hair and make-up for a reportage for People Magazine in Brussels.

Great with talents such as BBC presenter Sally Bundock and ex tennis player Flavia Pennetta, she also understands the need to be part of a team, while at the same time delivering outstanding work.

Vanessa’s clients come from a vast array of industries, from the internet to not-for-profit including People Magazine (New York), European Registry for Internet Domains (for .eu awards), and Werchter Festivals, among others.

Vanessa is based in Brussels, has worked all over Europe and speaks five languages. She is available to work worldwide.