Pamela Hanson is a New York-based photographer and film-maker with over twenty years’ experience in the fashion industry. Born in London, she grew up in Geneva and attended the American school in Lugano before relocating to the US, she renowned for her fashion photography that reflects a European sensibility. Her work has graced the covers of leading print publications, including Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Elle, GQ, and Allure, among many others. Other clients include: Armani, Dove, Jockey, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Nikon, Nivea, Pantene, Tommy Hilfiger, and Victoria’s Secret, to name a few. Pamela has directed several television commercials in Europe, including L’Oreal and Nouveau. She also directed a series of television spots to raise funds for finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. She received an award from the Association of Independent Commercial Producers for her “Family Stories” short documentary, public service announcement collaboration with The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
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David Slijper
David Slijper, born in Yorkshire and currently based in New York, is a fashion photographer who also specializes in beauty, advertising, and celebrity photography. He became interested in photography at the age of thirteen and fully pursued it when he was twenty-five. Slijper started his career as a freelance photographer, shooting for Sunday time’s magazine, the observer and the independent magazine, which led him to start contributing to i-d magazine in 1988. His photographic style is known for combining traditional and futuristic notions of beauty. Slijper creates conceptual and aesthetic images, enabling his work to move smoothly with a pure visual grace.
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Nitin Vadukul
Born in Kenya in 1965, Nitin Vadukul is a commercial and fine art photographer based in New York. At the age of four he moved to London, and at the age of eight his passion for art began. Nitin has a interest in the realms of subconscious and dreams, it was through experimentation that he developed his sense of “seeing past the visible and into the invisible”. His photographic work has been exhibited in USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany and Russia.
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Justin Polkey
Justin Polkey is an independent photographer from Cape Town. He specializes in fashion advertorials and portraits. Polkey has done work for national and international magazines such as GQ, Elle and G&W. Although some of his work can be associated with the typical style of fashion photography, in his series of works, Indigo Girl and First Dance, he explores a deeper notion of conceptual elements and thus the work is not what one would see on an average magazine page. Polkey has also done portraits of actors, musicians and public figures such as Billy Zane, Sir Ian Mckellen, Seth Rotherham and Nelson Mandela.
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Ian Abela
As a professional photographer, from Paris, for more than twenty years, Ian Abela specialises in fashion and beauty. He has applied his knowledge to numerous advertising campaigns and exports his images all over the world.
Self-taught, Ian has been experimenting with photography since childhood, adding digital retouching to his repertoire to widen his creative field.
Completely autonomous thanks to his Parisian studio and a full range of digital equipment, Ian works on his images from shoot to post production.
Clients include Arena, Enweis, Soleil Sucré, Optic2000, Universal, Swarovski, Bourjois, Versace, Hermès, Une Beauty and Minima.
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Sebastian Magnani
Sebastian Magnani was born in Switzerland in 1985. His passion for photography began after working for five years (from 2006) as a graphic designer in an advertising agency. In 2011 he decided to become a professional photographer. He currently specialises in portraits, advertising, corporate, architecture and reportage. In 2013 he won the OneEyeLand photographer of the year award.