Craig Cutler and John Offenbach each win a Gold from Graphis

. Graphis has just announced the winners of its annual “100 Best in Photography 2012,” and we’re proud to note that Craig Cutler and John Offenbach have been honored with Gold awards. Congratulations to both of you! John won in the “Single Corporate” category for two images from a campaign he shot for EDF Energy. [...]

New work: John Offenbach for Credit Suisse (with behind-the-scenes video)

. What would Central Park look like if it were a vineyard? There’s no need to use your imagination to visualize this startling hypothetical—a new ad shot by John Offenbach for Credit Suisse brings it to life (above). Working from a helicopter, John photographed aerials of the Frescobaldi vineyards in Tuscany and of Central Park [...]

Do we see an upturn in automotive advertising, perhaps?

There’s no question that automotive advertising spending stalled with the recession, but recently there have been signs that this category is picking up speed. We’re not talking a full recovery, but progress is being made. “Ad spending for cars and credit cards has come roaring back, helping drive 8.8% growth in 2010 U.S. spending for [...]

New personal work: Arcadia, Florida, by John Offenbach

John Offenbach, who is based in London, has just sent me some new personal work that he shot in Arcadia, a small town (its population is well under 10,000, according Wikipedia) in southwest Florida. “Arcadia is one of those small towns that exist on a map, that you always seem to come across en route [...]

International Photography Awards winners announced

.The jurors of the 2011 International Photography Awards have named their selections for subcategory and category winners, and we’re ecstatic that Kwaku Alston, Matthias Clamer, Nadav Kander, and John Offenbach are among their favorites. Our congratulations to them and to their fellow winners. Well done! “Category winners,” the IPA’s site explains, “will move on as [...]

New work: John Offenbach photographs the latest Serpentine Pavilion

The latest Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, commissioned each year by London’s Serpentine Gallery for summertime installation in Hyde Park, has just made its debut. A review in the U.K.’s Telegraph describes the structure, conceived by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor, as “a garden within a garden.” “From the outside, Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s pavilion is a [...]

Spotlight: John Offenbach

John Offenbach is an award-winning editorial and advertising photographer whose images are often unfussy, tranquil, and dreamy. “I think of my pictures as having a light touch,” says John. “You could say they are considered, as opposed to snapped.” John has been shooting Travelers Insurance campaigns for a number of years for Fallon, Minneapolis, and [...]

John Offenbach has a snow day in L.A. for Porsche. Plus: Behind-the-scenes video.

What do you do when you need to photograph a Porsche in the snow, but your location is sunny L.A.? This past February, Cramer-Krasselt commissioned John Offenbach to shoot a 6-ad print campaign for the German automaker featuring the glossy car in various setting, including a snow-blanketed neighborhood. Here, John fills us in on how [...]

A look at PDN’s Photo Annual 2011

PDN‘s Photo Annual 2011 is finally out, a hefty 200-page June issue featuring the best in advertising, magazine/editorial, photojournalism/sports/documentary, video, and more, as judged by a select group of creative directors, photo editors, curators, and editors. Stockland Martel‘s Craig Cutler, Lauren Greenfield, Nadav Kander, Doug Menuez, John Offenbach, and Art Streiber are among the talented [...]

SMart Book 2011, our latest photo annual, is now online!

Earlier this year, we threw a big party to celebrate the release of SMart Book 2011, our latest limited-edition collectible photo annual, which we printed with three different covers—by Lauren Greenfield, Roxanne Lowit, and Liz Von Hoene. And now, we’re happy to announce, the book is available to view online at issuu.com. . . The [...]

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