portraiture & celebrity photography Jul 2019

Andrea Fremiotti is an award-winning photographer and digital artist with nearly two decades of shooting and retouching experience, including high-profile subjects and advertising key art.

He shoots in a broad range of genres such as entertainment ads, editorial portraits, travel, aerial, and VR 360°. His clients include Netflix, Lifetime TV, New York Magazine, and Travel & Leisure.

For a favorite recent project, Andrea travelled to Mumbai to shoot cast portraits in the studio and backgrounds on location for the Netflix India show 'Selection Day'. Andrea loves the food and colours of India, but most of all the gracious, hardworking people.

See his website and Instagram for more work.

Antonis Engrafou is a portrait and commercial photographer based in Limassol, Cyprus. His aesthetic of work is influenced by the old masters of art and this is his approach to his entire body of work - commercial and portraiture.

His storytelling approach shows emotions, character and stories through the people he photographs: “When I take a picture I want the viewer to feel a connection with the person I'm photographing and transfer the feelings and emotions to them”. His storytelling technique creates unique lighting and color in the photo shoot to achieve the desired outcome, “a fine art approach to subjects”.

In the past few years he has worked for numerous projects, both for clients and personal. His work has been seen in magazines, billboards and books. He has been featured in numerous blogs, awarded in prestigious competitions and Antonis was voted by Luerzer’s Archive in 2011 as one of the 200 best Ad Photographers.

Last year, Antonis won Grand Prize of the Spotlight Awards with his portrait "Priest".

CJ Benninger is a Detroit-based advertising and editorial photographer specialising in portraits, automotive and product work.

He began his photographic journey when he was a junior in high school, photographing live bands, which he has now been doing for 20 years. After continuing his education in photography, CJ began assisting before eventually gaining his own clients, forging a shooting career of his own.

CJ prides himself in working with both clients and subjects to create beautiful images on location or in studio using his strong sense of composition and technical skills.

Some of his clients include Campbell-Ewald, Leo Burnett, Organic and McCann Erikson, shooting for brands such as Dodge, Jeep, Ford, Delphi, Kimberly Clark, General Snus and 4Web Medical.

Award-winning portrait photographer Corey Nickols takes great pride in being able to self produce his own photoshoots from beginning to end. Getting his start in photography at the beginning of the Great Recession, he quickly learned how to overcome limitations and discover not so obvious solutions. This trial by fire developed a mastering skill of technique and efficiency without having to sacrifice quality. This expertise when paired with Corey’s upbeat, quirky personality make for an enjoyable collaborative process.

These photos were created at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival for People Magazine.

Corey is currently represented by Greenhouse Reps and syndicated through Contour by Getty.

Emily Assiran is an internationally published, award-winning photographer based out of Brooklyn, NY. She specialises in portraiture and interiors.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Emily graduated with a BFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art. This passion brought her to New York City in pursuit of her career. She has since photographed many recognisable talents and great personalities.

Emily’s friendly demeanor and ability to work under pressure has served as an asset to many clients, enabling her to work with many different kinds of subjects. Whether celebrities, cowboys, or CEOs of major corporations, Emily's love of meeting new people and telling their stories comes through in every shot.

Recently, her portrait of Rami Malek was recognised by AP35 and she has been working with Variety, Essence, The Wall Street Journal, Bustle, Backstage, Brigitte Woman, Man Repeller, Grand Central Publishing, and Capital Health Group.

Check out her Instagram and website to see more new work.

Who is Jack Harlem?

"Then I finally caught a break. That day I just headed out into the streets of New York. I just wanted to wander the streets and feel the buzz of the Big Apple – a feeling no other city has.

I was near Central Park when I first saw him. He had the ragged signs of homelessness – torn and dirty clothes, beat up shoes, and he was all alone. But his face was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. His wrinkle-lined faced and tooth gapped smile told me he had so many stories to tell. So much life had been seen by the man with the squinted eyes. And I had to capture it."

Matt Briggs is an Australian photographer who specialises in photographing people across the genres of portraiture, lifestyle, beauty and fashion.

Matt’s imagery has developed into a fusion of his clean studio sensibility with an elegant rebellious twist aimed at disrupting the status quo. His “opinion” speaks loudest through his creation of a narrative that is fuelled by the desire to direct unique, spontaneous and authentic performances from his subjects.

Matt has been photographing professionally for the last 15 years and is currently based in Sydney, where he divides his time between commercial campaigns and editorial contributions to cool magazines.

Matt is available to travel worldwide.

Michael Grecco is an award-winning internationally renowned director and photographer of celebrity portraits, advertising and editorial commissions, private collections and fine art.

One of the most respected visual storytellers in the world, his conceptual vision and signature dramatic lighting create distinctive images that are evocative, sophisticated and comedic. Michael has been shooting portraits of the most recognised stars such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Ferrell and Penelope Cruz.

Known not only for his high-concept imagery and his ability to light like no other, Michael is also valued for his innate ability to connect with each subject to bring out surprising nuance and a conceptual twist that makes even the most recognizable faces intriguing and fresh. Thus he delivers on every aspect of his client’s vision, satisfying the most recognised brands including Apple, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Direct TV, and Pfizer.

Learn more about Michael at his website.

Michael shoots advertising, portrait and editorial work for a broad span of entertainment industry clients, and beyond. His bold, impactful, atmospheric pictures effortlessly capture the stories of film, TV and theatre productions for nationwide advertising campaigns, while his portraits of actors, musicians and celebrities mix drama and personality with a nuanced eye for lighting and colour.

Recent highlights include journeying inside the tortured mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff for Tony Award-winning musical Preludes; capturing all the advertising and poster imagery for Lionsgate's new feature film Summerland, starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Penelope Wilton; going full hip hop for Mushy: Lyrically Speaking, a new stage version of the Educating Yorkshire star's story, and painting comedian Andrew Maxwell gold for Call, Me Julius (Caesar).

Enjoying a particular flair for lighting, Michael's personal work on ongoing projects like The Midnight Hour and Car Stories, allows him to push his studio-based and location-lighting skills to the limit, combining ambient, continuous and strobe to dramatic effect.

He brings creativity and an easygoing manner to all his work, underpinned by detail, precision and a team that will get the shot, no matter the shoot.

He is an AOP member and Fellow of the BIPP.

"Like actors in a photograph," a quote from the song 'Generator' by Bad Religion, best describes how Frankfurt-based Per Schorn realises his idea of photography.

From beautiful actress Sabrina Amali to heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder; from an old maple syrup farmer in the forests of Canada to the great musician Frank Turner, they've all been portrayed in Per's unique cinematic style.

He likes to arrange his pictures like a still from a film, a scene from a yet-to-be-shot film that all takes place in the viewer's mind.

Peter Baiamonte wants to tell a story, give a glimpse of a place, show some personality, and reveal some meaning behind each image.

His strengths include clean storytelling, rigorous composition, vibrant colours, creative problem solving, and an ability to connect with his subjects, setting them at ease and making their time in front of the camera comfortable. He also excels at assembling an excellent crew, working collaboratively with clients, and creating a friendly, happy vibe on set.

Peter’s work includes many styles and disciplines: portraiture, lifestyle, landscape, travel, and sports, among others. He splits his time between New York City and the Massachusetts Berkshires, working regularly with clients in New York and Boston as well as the entirety of New England. He is available to travel worldwide.

Peter's clients include Ernst & Young, Con Edison, Panasonic, Bayer, Novartis, Berkshire Magazine, CNY Group, Altimetrik and Webster Bank.

For the third year running Robert Wilson has been honoured by Communication Arts for the work he does with The Times Magazine. This year, the Award of Excellence was for his images of the Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin. Additionally, Robert has been selected for the eighth year running for Luerzer's Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide.

Also featured are The Times Magazine commissions with Mary McCartney, Japan’s Naomi Osaka, Superdry’s Julian Dunkerton and Jade Holland Cooper, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse with Caitlin Moran, Stacey Dooley post her Strictly Come Dancing win, and actresses Felicity Jones and Vicky McClure.

Ogilvy London and Hogarth Worldwide commissioned Robert for a Pan European product campaign for Philips, followed by the global ‘Hearing Care’ campaign.

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Robert is represented in London by Catherine Collins.

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