Steven Klein

After studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, he moved into the field of photography. Klein shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various clients including Calvin Klein, D&G, Alexander McQueen and Nike and is a regular contributor to magazines including American and Paris Vogue, i-D, Numéro, W and Arena.^[1] His work has featured in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Gagosian Gallery, California and the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery in Florence. Klein is well known for his W Magazine editorials with Madonna,^[2] Tom Ford,^[3] Brad Pitt^[4] and numerous others. He often works with Lighting Director David Devlin. Klein is represented by Todd Shemarya Artists for photography and Station Film for commercials. He shot the promotional pictures -including the album cover- of Britney Spears' third studio album, Britney, and recently directed the music video for Madonna's single, "Gang Bang."

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, she took night classes in photography, and in 1970, she began doing work for Rolling Stone magazine. She became Rolling Stone’s chief photographer in 1973. By the time she left the magazine, 10 years later, she had shot 142 covers. In 1983, she joined the staff at Vanity Fair, and in 1998, she also began working for Vogue. In addition to her magazine editorial work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising campaigns for American Express and the Gap and has contributed frequently to the Got Milk? campaign. She has worked with many arts organizations, including American Ballet Theatre, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her books include Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983), Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970–1990 (1991), Olympic Portraits (1996), Women (1999), American Music (2003), A Photographer’s Life: 1990–2005 (2006), and Annie Leibovitz at Work (2008). Exhibitions of her images have appeared at museums and galleries all over the world, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography, in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Centre National de la Photographie, in Paris; and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and is the recipient of many other honors, including the Barnard College Medal of Distinction and the Infinity Award in Applied Photography from the International Center of Photography. She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. She lives in New York with her three children, Sarah, Susan, and Samuelle.
(from vanity fair)

Steven Meisel

One of the most iconic fashion photographers of all time, Steven Meisel easily remains the one photographer with whom all the models aspire to work. Has photographed every cover of Vogue Italia since 1988.

Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter; 31 October 1920 – 23 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."^[1]

www.helmutnewton.com

Mario Testino

One of fashion's most sought-after snappers, Mario Testino was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru. He came to London in 1976, took a flat in an abandoned hospital near Trafalgar Square, and began selling portfolios (for £25, including hair and make-up) to wannabe models. Today he is best known for his highly polished, exotically bright ad campaigns and his exquisitely styled photographs of the couture scene all of which carry a deceptive air of nonchalance. Now at the top of his profession, Testino has shot Madonna for Versace as well as photographing the late Diana, Princess of Wales for her famous Vanity Fair cover in 1997. His popularity with designers and fashion editors stems as much from his professionalism and good nature as his unerring ability to take beautiful pictures which sell clothes. 


www.mariotestino.com

Jason Christopher

Jason Christopher is a fashion photographer based in Los Angeles California. His work has been described as Classic, romantic and clean. These are three qualities that make up a perfect image and Jason nails it every time.

Born in Southern California he picked up his first camera at age 14. In high school he began to take interest in the beautiful Italian designers that he saw in fashion magazines such as Vogue, Italian Vogue, and W magazine. Being 100% Italian it was love at first sight.

He then began to assist celebrity photographer Jerry Avenaim. It was during that period, Jason honed his technical skills in photography. A lesson that stayed resolute, with the result laying in the perfect expression or emotion Jason draws from a subject in his photographs. This dynamic combination of experience and connection reflects in all the images he creates today.

The photography of Jason Christopher has been compared to the French painter Degas and the Italian master of artistry Leonardo Da Vinci for the way he uses clean, classic lines of the body resembling a piece of fine art. Combine these qualities with his edgy, sharp lighting and you have the recipe for photography that anyone can appreciate and identify with, oftentimes finding a part of them in each of his photographs.

www.jasonchristopher.com

Michael David Adams

Michael photographs celebrity conceptual portraits, fashion and beauty, catering to clients who demand creativity and striking images to set them apart.

Michael's work can be seen in worldwide publications including; SOMA, VOGUE (Nippon), BRIDES Magazine, CITY Magazine, HIGHLIGHTS Hair Magazine, Essence, MUSE, Cosmopolitan (Croatia), Vision (China), and more. Other clients include Macy's, Pamela Thompson, Christopher Drummond Beauty, and MASACVA.

Michael began painting at a young age and as he and his art grew, photography became the medium in which he would share his vision with the world. Through his photography, he creates images that transcend the sum of their elements. His natural eye for composition, artistic ability to elicit emotions, and command of light has lead his work to be described as "aggressive, yet sensual and vulnerable" and "captivating".

Michael David Adams lives and works out of New York City.

www.michaeldavidadams.com

Gabriele Rigon

Italian photographer specialising in fine art nude, glamour photography and fashion. A photographer who treasures feminine beauty and express it in images with refined sensuality and elegance. Published in international magazines and books, also a source of inspiration for poets, sculptors and painters from around the world. Recently began producing nude calendars. Currently working on a book which illustrates his interpretation of the female body and his concept of the artistic nude. The female nude is, for me, nature's finest form. I am so moved by the aesthetic form of the female body that I try to translate what I feel into images. Each time I depress the shutter, I freeze a woman's beauty in time and create an eternal symbol of beauty.

These days we are more accustomed to the dynamic images of film or television, where images are fleeting and furtive. Fine art photography provides an opportunity to recover classical values and give erotic work a noble dimension. Looking back to the time of the Ancient Greeks nothing has changed in the way we portray beautiful women.

www.gabrielerigon.it

Richard Bernardin

Richard Bernardin is one of Canada's leading photographers who is represented in Montreal, New York and Paris. Influenced by the films of Truffaut, Cassavetes and Kubrick, Richard brings a strong cinematic feel to his unconventional photographic style.

He is a regular contributor to such magazines as Elle, Fashion, Lush, Icon, R14, Vogue Brazil, and FQ. His photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world and have won numerous prizes.

www.richardbernardin.com

Clay Poole

 a published professional photographer in NYC. After the Art Institute of Atlanta, and 5 years assisting 2 professional commercial and fashion photographers, opened own production company in NYC.  well versed in 35mm, medium format, and large format , to include both film and digital techniques. very good with lighting both in the stidio and on location and am very experienced in producing both editorial stories as well as fashion and table top commercial work.

Clients:
Editorial: Lucire, Mami, Top Model, Tear Sheet, Maxim
Designers: Carasan, Noa Polanski, Linda Laudermilk, Ricki Maietta, Victoria Secret

www.claysimages.com

Mark Goldberg

Mark Goldberg started his career in 1989 assisting several wellknown photographers worldwide. He was a pionner in digital photography, he didn't close his eyes, he recognised early, that this change in technology is not only a must, but gives you undreamt possibilities.

In 1995 he developed as a selfemployed fashion photographer beside he shot nude, which became his passion. Of course it didn't take a long time until he was discovered by not only european but international high class nude-mags. His unique style and handling of light made him fast become a star.

Nevertheles he didn't forget his roots, the fashion, and so Mark became one of the very few photographers being accepted in fashion and nude the same time. 20 years steady growing experience and 100% reliability are the foundation of the inviolable reputation he has got today.

www.magoo.at

Zena Holloway

Zena Holloway was born in Bahrain in 1973 and raised in London. At 18 she traveled the globe working as a SCUBA instructor and developed a passion for underwater photography and film. Completely self-taught Zena's images are striking, instinctive and driven by a deep understanding of her medium. She delivers the remarkable combining the highly technical aspects of underwater photography with superb creative direction resulting in extraordinary magical imagery. She has taken underwater photography to entirely new depths. Zena's renowned underwater photography appears regularly for publications such as How to Spend it, The Observer Magazine, 125, Tatler and Dazed & Confuzed. She has won many international awards and her commercial clients include: Nike, Umbro, Polydor, Sony, Epson, Herbal Essences and Jacuzzi. www.zenaholloway.com