Photo gallery: What a Concept!

I was looking at this photo by Hans Gissinger, in the Conceptual section of the Stockland Martel website… . . …and that got me exploring the conceptual work by some of SM’s other photographers. And that inspired me to create the following mini-gallery—titled “What a Concept!—which features photos by Fulvio Bonavia, Matthias Clamer, Craig Cutler, [...]

New work: Jim Fiscus shoots beauty story for Oprah Magazine

Who says being a beauty editor is easy? For the June issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, three of the publication’s beauty editors agreed to subject themselves to a variety of treatments for a first-person report. Jim shot a portrait of them for the article, plus some cool supporting images. . . The acupuncture they [...]

New work by Jim Fiscus: Schick and the Atlanta Ballet

. Jim’s new print campaign introducing Schick’s Hydro razor, which features a “gel reservoir” in place of the standard moisturizing strip, started appearing in magazines this month. The ads were created by JWT in New York. “It’s by far the biggest launch we’ve ever done, our largest capital commitment for R.& D. and marketing, and [...]

Nine Stockland Martel photogs featured in Luerzer’s “200 Best”

Luerzer’s Archive has just published the 2010/11 edition of its venerable photo annual 200 Best Ad Photographers, and nine of our photographers are featured. We proudly congratulate Fulvio Bonavia, Martin Sigal, John Offenbach, Uwe Duettmann, Jason Hindley, Jim Fiscus, Nadav Kander, Kai-Uwe Gundlach, and Michael Muller. Click on the image below to view a slideshow [...]

Magazines tout “the power of print” in new campaign

. As announced in the Wall Street Journal last month, a pro-print campaign spearheaded by five major magazine publishers launched this month. “Magazines: The Power of Print” will deploy ads in close to 100 magazines this year, including People, Vogue, and Ladies’ Home Journal, according to the Journal. The first in the series, which appears [...]

New work: Jim Fiscus shoots Showtime’s “United States of Tara” season 2 ad

Jim, who has produced award-winning images for the critically acclaimed Showtime series Dexter, recently shot an ad for the cable network’s United States of Tara series, which is now in its second season (the premiere was this past Monday). “Toni Collette was great,” recalls Jim of the series’ Emmy-winning star, who portrays a woman with [...]

Jim Fiscus: “Outwork your competitors.”

. Over at the Stockland Martel offices this past fall, Bill and Maureen and the reps were talking about ways that the agency could reach out to students of photography. They were keen to expand their current efforts: Stockland Martel already makes a conscious effort to stay in touch with the various colleges where either [...]

Stockland Martel’s YouTube Channel: Matthew Rolston, Craig Cutler, Jim Fiscus, and much more

. Have you seen the Stockland Martel YouTube Channel? . . There are nearly 30 videos there, including Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in the gym, directed by Michael Muller for Nike; commercials by Lauren Greenfield, including for Nestle; video by Craig Cutler; an interview with Matthew Rolston; commercials for Marchon Eyewear by Ruedi Hofmann; the making [...]

Jim Fiscus launches new site, showcases stills and motion

.. Andrea Smith, Jim’s studio manager, had mentioned to me this fall that Jim was cooking up a new website, and I’m happy to report it’s now gone live. The URL is the same—FiscusPhoto.com—but the new site, which Jim created in collaboration with liveBooks, features both stills and motion. From what I could gather by [...]

Jim Fiscus RED camera “Moment” clip, a work in progress