cinemagraphs & animated gifs May 2019

Johannesburg-based photographer Aart Verrips, has captured the attention of the South African fashion scene while making a global and digital impact.

Aart continues to gain recognition for a distinctive style that merges the daring, provocative and risqué, while maintaining a commercial aesthetic, expansive creativity and attention to detail that hint at his earlier studies as a pastry chef in France.

Working on major projects with brands such as Levi's, Kurt Geiger and Adidas, he continues to push the boundaries to create better and more enticing images.

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Adjective: Immediately appealing or noticeable.

For the last nine years, Andrés Calderon has been walking an outstanding creative path. Throughout his journey, he has discovered the transformation of the still image and the multiple alternatives presented by the poetic feel of movement itself.

With a highly defined style he has brought many ingredients into the equation and resolved many challenges within his projects. The results have become high-end visuals with a fun and striking, yet very simple touch that grabs anyone’s attention.

His portfolio features several international assignments from companies and brands such as Starbucks, Palmolive, Essie/L'Oréal, VMLY&R, Juan Valdéz, Nestlé, UberEats, Alpina, Homecenter, Sancho BBDO, Publicis, SYOU, Beckett Simonon and Notabag.

Join Andrés to discover a small excerpt of his mesmerizing way of bringing ideas to life - "your next project just might need these kinds of skills!"

Marco Grizelj and Kristian Krän are Swedish photographers who formed Aorta, their cooperative trademark, in 1996. Since then, the pair have excelled in a diverse range of photographic genres for advertising, editorial and artistic purposes.

Their work is highly staged and emphasises an uncanny reality that draws the viewer into their fantastical world. They use their unique style and lighting in combination with an extraordinary conceptual vision to create surreal and unique imagery.

Their talents have brought them numerous international awards and led them to work internationally over the years with notable companies such as Harvey Nichols, IKEA, Volvo, Absolut Vodka, Channel 4, Monki, Elle, Wired, Time and GQ.

"Hello Creatives, finish this sentence: "My client ___________."

"Needs some unique cinemagraphs or great stop motion";

"Needs content that stands out and performs well";

"Needs everything! Photos, video, stop motion and cinemagraphs all in the same shoot";

"Has no clue what a Cinemagraph is"?

No matter how the sentence concludes, Brent Herrig can help you please your clients and achieve exactly what they're looking for, again and again. Brands including Diageo, Chase, The New York Times and the Food Network rely on Brent to capture their vision of food, drinks, portraits, and hospitality in the most collaborative, stress-free way possible.

What can Brent help you with? Contact him directly to talk about your next project."

"About six years ago, I discovered gifs. I was working on a job in Vegas when my good friend Josh introduced me to Reddit. From that moment, I was hooked! I fell in love with the simplicity of storytelling, lack of audio and the ease of sharing with all my friends and family.

It wasn’t until a year later that I figured out how to make my own. At first, they were simple and extremely choppy. I would even submit gifs I made to see how they did on Reddit. Eventually my curiosity and style grew and I figured out how to direct motion into my everyday photoshoots. I also discovered the power of editing and how to make the story even stronger by adding and removing frames. Without a doubt, motion is an integral and necessary part of the world we all live in.

Original gifs have been created for companies such as HBO, Head & Shoulders, Deutsch, MMC and Entertainment Weekly."

Winner - Pink Lady Food Photographer of The Year 2019 - Intercontinental Food On The Table Category.

Giles Christopher is no stranger to the moving image, having worked as a cameraman in the film and TV industry.

Giles enjoys the challenge of combining stills images with video to create powerful, attention grabbing cinemagraphs, and animated GIFs, complementing campaigns and social media requirements for his clients.

His experience with composition, lighting, and technical ability, guarantees he is always there with a clever, creative solution.

In a world where content is king, Giles’ cinemagraphs help his varied clients to stand out above their competition. From products, transportation and food & drink - the cinemagraph possibilities are endless.

The team at Horton-Stephens are well known for representing a world-class group of photographers, but moving image has become a bigger and bigger part of what they do. Whether that’s a short piece of online content in the form of GIFs / cinemagraphs / stop-frame animation, or full on moving image - they have it covered!

Great production remains key to the success of the company's shoots; this is truer than ever with the team's film work where they offer everything from online/offline editing to sound studio, motion control and CG - whatever clients need.

See more moving images on the website.

Roberta Dall'Alba is a young and resolute food photographer and cinemagraph artist with a huge passion for homemade food and natural ingredients.

She has a love for texture and attention to detail, and always wants her images to be mouth-watering and appetising. Her photos are studied to be as three-dimensional as possible.

Despite her young age, Roberta has already worked with some small businesses and magazines. She is now ready (and can’t wait) to work with bigger brands and agencies.

In the past, colleagues described her as an enthusiastic and motivated woman, extremely passionate about the work she's doing and willing to "get her hands dirty" to learn and improve her skills. Clients who want an extremely creative photographer with both technical knowledge and emotional artistic sensibility will enjoy working with her.