Claas Cropp : ADIDAS Women's Range, BÄUMLER with Ellen von Unwerth, SCHWARZKOPF with actrice Bojana Panic, LAURÈL, BASF, PANASONIC, ...

The ADIDAS Women's Range 2009 campaign images are out now. Julian Broad and Ben Ingham, supported by the Claas Cropp team, photographed the motifs in Frankfurt last year. Models included tennis star Ana Ivanovic.

The BÄUMLER campaign was photographed in Berlin for a second consecutive time, under the guidance of AD Donald Schneider. This time the photographer was Ellen von Unwerth.

New SAMSUNG campaign motifs, starring German football legend Michael Ballack, were realised by photographer Karel KÜHNE c/o GUNDA PATZKE at a studio in London. The same team also shot actress Iris Berben in Berlin for GARNIER.

An elaborate studio shoot for the web launch of the new MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class convertible, in association with Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, took place in Hamburg. The viewer can look at the vehicle from the perspective of one of the over 30 models presenting the car. The photographer was Uli Heckmann.

The Claas Cropp team organised an international shoot for clients SCHWARZKOPF. Photographer Stephane Coutelle flew in from Paris, to shoot the campaign images for the various haircare products. Actress and Schwarzkopf model Bojana Panic was one of the stars.

A whole series of productions was realised with Mathias BOTHOR c/o GUNDA PATZKE: the European elections campaign with CDU leader, German chancellor Angela Merkel, the latest BILD newspaper campaign, the CARITAS 2009 homeless charity campaign, as well as the DEUTSCHEN BANK business report.

Markus JANS c/o KLAUS STIEGEMEYER photographed Franziska Knuppe in Paris for LAURÈL, the Claas Cropp team organised a studio shoot in Hamburg for Markus and his clients GÖRTZ, and a fashion editorial was shot in Berlin for one of the last issues of German edition VANITY FAIR.

Olaf Blecker an elaborate production was carried out at the SPREEGRAPHEN STUDIO, Berlin with Olaf Blecker for clients BASF. The brief required underwater shots of children, which was realised using an aquarium holding just under 3,000 litres of water.

An additional under (and over) water production was organised at a Berlin swimming pool for Detlef SCHNEIDER c/o NERGER M&O and ADIDAS. Britta Steffen and Helge Meeuw were the sportswear brand’s testimonials. They also realised a worldwide campaign motif for PANASONIC with Detlef Scheider.

The team supported Piet Truhlar’s productions for CREDIT SUISSE and NEFF. They then organised a shoot at a shelving warehouse for POSTBANK and the HIEPLER, BRUNIER photographer team.

Last year a total of 18 BANK AUSTRIA campaign motifs were realised with Joerg Reichart. These have now been released. In addition to this, the  Claas Cropp team organised a production in Berlin for CHOCOLAT FREY and Sweden’s Aorta photographer group.
Photography legend MichaelBallhaus shot various Berlin-based celebrities for the last ever issue of PARK AVENUE, and a shoot was also organised for the now defunct German edition VANITY FAIR with designer Tommy Hilfiger and photographer Alice Hawkins. An additional editorial was realised in Berlin with LARS PILLMANN c/o KLEIN PHOTOGRAPHEN and model Franziska Knuppe for INSTYLE.

Furthermore, a BREUNINGER catalogue shoot was carried out in Berlin, the organisation of a SIEMENS kitchen utensils shoot at a salt lake in Bolivia with Bernd WESTPHAL c/o KLAUS STIEGEMEYER, as well as the organisation of two editorial spreads for MCFIT customer magazine, shot in Las Vegas and Lisbon by photographer Ralph Penno.

The Claas Cropp team also realised an elaborate live video casting last year, in Paris and London, for their clients MEXX BLACK FRAGRANCE / P&G. The pictures have now been published.

Besides scouting for various productions, the location team were also booked by EHAPA comic book publishers, CAMEL (photographer HIEPLER, BRUNIER), DEUTSCH VOGUE, STERN, MAVI JEANS, C&A, ZEITLEBEN magazine and many more.


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