Jonathan Knowles is a London based photographer specializing in beautifully composed graphic still life, liquid and people photography.
His unique photographic style has earned him award winning, national and international advertising commissions working with advertising agencies worldwide.
In the past six years he has consistently featured in the ‘200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World’ books.
Warren du Preez is regarded as one of the creative industry’s leading artists within image making and film. Du Preez’s Unique process of painting with light and form combined with performance lead the viewer to share their landscapes of imagination. The resulting imagery can be described as as hyper-visual and painterly. His future/past philosophy informs levels of abstraction and mystery that resonate and challenge notions of beauty. Du Preez’s subconscious homage to classicism and surrealism convey his vision of ‘dreams in reality’ illustrated by his unique artistic processes which show photography in a completely new light.
Du Preez has created editorial for V magazine, Nowness, New York Times magazine, Numero, i-D, Big Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Muse and GQ Style. His visual innovation has led to commisiona to create advertising campaigns for: Lancome, Shu Uemura, Issey Miyake, Cartier, Boucheron, Hermes, Elizabeth Arden, Thierry Mugler, Shiseido, Cacharel, Nike, Levi’s, Absolut, BMW, Sony and Mercedes Benz.
Annabelle Breakey is a San Francisco editorial and commercial food photographer specializing in product/still life, lifestyle and food photography, San Francisco. Natural light and studio light, in-studio or on location, locally and internationally. She is very skilled in natural light studio still life photography.
Annabelle has just completed a campaign for Starbucks in additions to well-known names such as Sunset Magazine, Beringer, Glade, Silk Pure Almond, Sharpie, and Lindsay Olives. She has just opened a brand new San Francisco studio, and is prepping for shoots in India, Africa and Central America.
Massimo Gammacurta is a still life conceptual photographer and multimedia artist based in New York.
Conceptual still life photographer Massimo Gammacurta was born in Rome, Italy. Influenced by the futurist art movement, the graffiti culture, and Fellini and Pasolini films, he has shot stills and portraits for a host of publications and advertising such as Details, Forbes, Style Montecarlo, XXL, Nike, Lexus, Wieden & Kennedy, and Surface Magazine.
“Movement and sensuality are the dynamos that drive my creative engine.
As a photographer, I strive to reveal the hidden facets of mundane
objects and circumstances. Like actors in a play, my still life subjects
act out the daily struggle for emotional balance within the frame and
lens”.
Nicholas Duers is a New York city based still-life photographer, specializing in fashion accessories,beauty products as well as luxury goods. he earned his degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and currently operates out of his photo studio in midtown Manhattan.
His work has been recognised by Graphis, Art Directors Club, Surface Magazine, Advertising Photographers of America, Int’l Photography Awards, Photo District News, Prix de la Photographie, Racie Awards and the London Photographic Awards, among others.
His work is immaculate in it’s precise and creative execution.
Sam Kaplan, New York City based still-life photographer, was born and raised in Boston.
He received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, in studio art and art history. Sam studied both conceptual sculpture and traditional photography.
Through commercial photography Sam is able to exercise his two favorite skills – creative problem solving and conceptual thinking.
Kaplan understood early on that a successful career isn’t just about taking a great photo; it’s about marketing. A look at his website and other promotional material clearly defines where he’s coming from as a photographer.
“I try and take away as much from the picture as possible until I get to its essence. I think when you start adding a lot of elements to the picture, you’re often detracting from whatever the picture is trying to say. It’s a reductive process. I want to get to the root of the problem.” Sam Kaplan