Portfolio: The joys of “Summer”

June 24, 2011 – 1:31 pm

. Is there any other time of year that feels as uplifting and free-spirited as those splashy, sunshiny months from June to August? Dive into “Summer”—which features photos by Kwaku Alston, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Lauren Greenfield, Ruedi Hofmann, Steven Lippman, Jeff Lipsky, Michael Muller, Tom Rafalovich, and Luca Zordan—and tell us what you think… [...]

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

May 3, 2011 – 7:34 am

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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New work: Uwe Duettmann shoots German anti-fur ad

February 17, 2011 – 10:15 am

  . Uwe Duettmann, who notably photographed a controversial anti-AIDS campaign for German ad agency Das Comitee last year, recently produced the above image for a new anti-fur ad released in Germany. The agency was Draftfcb in Hamburg, and Uwe worked with executive creative director Dirk Haeusermann, creative director Bill Biancoli, and art director Vitali [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Stockland Martel

February 14, 2011 – 5:09 pm

. Happy Valentine’s Day! . We’d give you all a box of sweets if only it were possible. Alas… In lieu of chocolate, please enjoy this look at love through the lens of some of our photographers. .

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Gallery: Car Photography, Nine Ways

January 13, 2011 – 8:13 am

Nine very different takes on the automotive genre. Featuring Stockland Martel photographers Jorg Badura, Fulvio Bonavia, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Kai Uwe Gundlach, Jason Hindley, John Midgley, Martin Sigal, and Jan Steinhilber. . Click on any of the images to view the complete gallery.

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Uwe Duettmann, “globe-trotting assignments,” and the importance of having your own style

November 9, 2010 – 9:59 am

PDN chose a photo by our own Uwe Duettmann for its November cover story, which takes readers “Behind the Scenes on Globe-Trotting Assignments.” Uwe—who, as the magazine points out, is “one of Germany’s top advertising photographers”—shot the image below while in Hong Kong on an assignment for Zurich Insurance. . . In fact, the 12-ad [...]

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

May 10, 2010 – 12:04 pm

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 [...]

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Uwe Duettmann and Mercedes’ wheels of fortune

September 24, 2009 – 12:08 pm

…   … The Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss is a limited-edition roadster (only 75 were manufactured) that can hit 217 MPH. And since it has no windshield, I’m betting that one gets a very special rush when driving it. As Motor Trend wrote in a preview of the SLR, the car is a tribute to [...]

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More on those controversial AIDS-awareness ads

September 15, 2009 – 9:06 am

.. Yesterday I wrote about Uwe Duettmann’s AIDS-awareness campaign featuring Hitler, Hussein, and Stalin. To put those ads into some context, I here are some examples of other socially minded campaigns from recent years. Some are more successful than others, but they all take the same approach: trying to illustrate the very real and awful [...]

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Controversial ads feature Hitler, Hussein, and Stalin

September 14, 2009 – 10:44 am

… It was made with the best intentions, but it’s making a lot of people angry. A German ad agency recently released an AIDS-awareness campaign about the dangers of unsafe sex—a message they chose to convey by producing graphic photos of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Josef Stalin each having intercourse with a woman. The [...]

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