Pete Daly recently joined the agency and we are happy to report he is already getting exciting work enquiries for 2010.  Check out his new downloadable folio.

Richard shot some press shots of a collaboration between Rittenhouse and Swiss artist couple  Michael Husmann and Pasquale Mira Tschaeni.  You can read more about the collaboration at Canvas Magazine.

These shots appear in this month’s Vogue (another reason to buy it!)

Here is a divine single from this month’s Vogue.  It’s a jewelry shot.  Obv.

Gen has just returned from Tokyo where she shot the Agnes B ‘to B’ campaign.  The line os exclusive to the Japanese market.

Gen shot Shibui’s SS09 campaign with ‘it’ girl Holly.  Check out Gen’s film of Holly here.

Gen has just returned from shooting for Agnes B in Tokyo.  She snapped polaroids of all the girls she shot while there.  Darya is an up and comer.  Gen also shot a Super8 film of her so stay tuned.

(Darya above)

Also, if you’re a fan of Gen’s work, click here to see her visual blog.

Julian talks about his latest project, “Snow Angels” for BBH London and Lynx.

“As the temperature rose in Australia I went over to shoot snow in London.  The images were shot in various locations around London over three days. Our location manager Richard Ellingham had a task finding locations that would allow us to lay down fake snow. Armed with printed  layouts of lewd shapes in the snow Richard approached various councils, avoiding schools and religious organisations.
We ended up in a carpark in Old St, a suburban street in Hackney, and a shopfront in croydon.

All the snow was set dressed in camera by the people of Snow Business – they have probably had a hand in every film you have ever seen with snow in it.  The snow is made from paper fibre and comes out of a cannon-y tube thing. I am still getting dust out of my camera.

The snow angel shapes were carefully researched by the crew, with  the pre pro meeting with the client discussing double cowboy, reverse double cowboy, 69, and various permutations of doggy style.  They were further discussed at length on set, and when words failed occasionally mimed.
Our first shoot day was the carpark – 900 square meters of snow laid out was by far logistically the hardest. We know the shapes worked when a few office workers in nearby buildings came by to ask what was going on and give some helpful opinions.  I fought back the urge to tell them it was an ad for Cornflakes, and watch them try to figure that one out.
Next night we found ourselves in a gentrified area behind Commercial Rd flower market, battling rain, some of the locals stickybeaking tried to explain what was going on to their kids.
Then, for the shop front, and by unfortunate logistical timings, we made the difficult journey to Croydon on a Saturday night.  I’d rather not talk about it.
Although they have only been out for a few days they have already been chosen as Print winner this week on Best Ads on TV.com”

Thank you Julian for regaling us with your on set tales!

We’re very sad in the Wolkenstein camp.  Sam Haskins, after suffering depression following a stroke, has taken his own life.  Sam was a fellow Highlander and a brilliant photographer.  I’m not sure what else to say. A legend, but words sound trite at a time like this.

Click here to see his CNN interview, shot the day before the stroke.

Here is a brilliant portrait of Craig Calhoun.  We had to beg Chris to spill his secret lighting technique.  It’s deceptively simple but we want to keep it to ourselves as it’s a really inventive way to get an ‘effect’ in camera, without drowing the subject in post production.  The portrait is of funk bassist Craig Calhoun.

Our good friend Katie Ell (who some of you might know as Katie Wilson) has curated and produced the most amazing event we think we have seen all year.  It’s an exhibition of homeless people by homeless people.  It’s a self portrait series and it’s part of a program to help build confidence, vocational aspiration and to give the sitters an avenue for artistic expression.  The private view is November 26th, 5-9pm at St Mungo’s in Covent Garden.  The details are below on the flier.  Go along and support a peer who is actually making a difference.  Completely inspiring.  Well done Katie.  We’re proud of you.