cars & landscape photography
Oct 2011
Erik Chmil
Cologne
Erik Chmil is one of the leading German high-end advertising photographers. He has been working for the automobile industry in various countries across the globe since 1993.
His recent work includes Porsche Panamera, BMW 6er and Volkswagen Eos. Erik also offers in-house post production with Jörg Klein.
Clients include Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Opel, Chevrolet, Fiat, Suzuki, Porsche, BMW and Volkswagen. Also featured in this Spotlight are the 'making of' videos from the BMW 6er and Cabri productions shot on location in Spain.
Erik's awards include Lürzer's Archive 2010/2011 '200 Best AD Photographers Worldwide', a 2008 ADC award for the Image book 'Discover Steel' (Thyssen Krupp), and a 2011 ADC Bronze for Joachim Wissler's 'JW4' cookbook.
Erik is represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by PAM-Mirjam Böhm.