Commercial Photography by Tomek Albin

Tomek Albin was born in 1981 in Warsaw, Poland. He represents the wave of young Polish artist photographers. Still in high school, following his passion, he accepted a scholarship in Germanyto work and learn at the Die Fotoetage advertising agency while simultaneously learning the craftsmanship of reporter photography shooting for the Die Tageszeitung TAZ Bremen newspaper. His learning path took him from the basics of reporter photography, climbing the ladder from assistant photographer to lead photographer working with various advertising agencies to finally being offered a lecturer position at one of the most prestigious schools in Poland: the Warsaw Academy of Photography teaching a course in commercial photography.

Odd Moments by Allan Grainger

Allan Grainger considers the journey from analogue to digital in a commercial and art photography context. Drawing from his own experiences over 35 years in commercial and art photography he argues that although this shift is the most profound to occur in the history of photography it is only a means to an end.
Allan Grainger has worked as a commercial photographer on commissions for clients such as Play Station, SBB Swiss Railways, Barclays, Reebok, Heineken, and The British Tourist Board. Some of his non-commissioned work includes ‘Losing Connection’, ‘A Price Worth Paying’ and ‘I Am’, a book that took four years to produce and was published by Dewi Lewis Publishing with an unusual foreword by Ivor Cutler.

Commercial Photography by Aernout Overbeeke

Aernout Overbeeke, Born May 17, 1951 in the Netherlands. Taught himself History of Art at the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Being expelled from high school made focussing on photography possible. Assisted Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken for one year.
Began his career in 1971 as a fashion photographer and continued as a commercial photographer in 1981. His first big campaigns came in 1983. Within two years clients, companies and agencies from all over the world knew where to find him.