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We have exciting news from recom, a leading provider of post-production services : the company announces the opening of a new studio in Hamburg – and underscores its commitment, with this expansion, to cooperating even closer with clients and agency partners in Hamburg’s media industry.
The new studio, located in Hamburg’s Aztekenkontor, will offer high-end CGI and fine retouching services while, at the same time, strengthening recom’s presence in Germany and on a global scale. recom hamburg is managed by Antje Lindenberg and Alexander Pundt, who both bring several years of industry experience to the table.
“Opening our studio in Hamburg is an exciting step,” says Lars Wittmaak, Managing Partner at recom. “We have always had great respect for Hamburg’s creative scene and have already been thinking about opening a studio here for a long time. But in Antje and Alex, we have now found the right ones for this step, who not only have the necessary know-how but also extensive networks in this city.”
About recom : For almost 30 years, recom has been among the top players worldwide in the areas of post, CGI and film. Headquartered in Stuttgart, the company has around 100 employees in eight international studios from Berlin, to London and even New York. recom creates award-winning, international creative work for well-known photographers, agencies and photographic art. Further information on the Hamburg studio is available directly from Antje Lindenberg alindenberg@recom.de.
recom will be at UPDATE once again this year as an exhibitor with an XXL booth on both days, 18+19 April 2024, at TELEGRAPHENAMT in Berlin. Antje Lindenberg, Tobias Kern, Jonas Braukmann, Lars Wittmaak, and Thorsten Jasper Weese all look forward to seeing you.
08.04.2024
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Multilayered, timeless, nuanced … the GoSeeAWARDS spread just goes to show once more how remarkably photographer and director Ralph Mecke masters his craft. And the congenial stylist and Fashion Editor at his side like so often : Yilmaz Aktepe. Yilmaz elevates fashion to an art form. It is never random and never banal. It transforms rooms into sceneries. And these are subsequently dissected by Ralph Mecke and masterfully captured with the camera.
On board for post production of the spread was RECOM, who absolutely see themselves, who could blame them, as a fine art partner of their clients. Thanks to years of experience in all areas – advertising, food, art, fashion, and moving images – there’s hardly a motif they aren’t skilled in post-producing so artistically that the quintessence of the image alone seems to magically attract the attention of viewers.
“We would like to congratulate Yilmaz Aktepe, Ralph Mecke and RECOM on winning BRONZE at our GoseeAwards 2023. For us – as we have said so often – all 20 finalists are winners : because, ultimately, the AWARDS are all about the high-quality viewing of our jury, which was outstanding again in 2023. It was particularly wonderful to see how many jurors personally attended UPDATE-23-BERLIN. We’re already looking forward to 2024 !” Cyrus C. Halabian, GoSee.News & UPDATE.Salon.
By the way, RECOM was also on the shortlist of finalists this year together with artist Monica Menez.
GoSee : recom.de
21.06.2023
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RECOM is proud to present Au_XLR8R – a full CGI charged-up collision of leading artists in car design, CGI and photography.”
Thomas Brown wanted to bring his unique vision to the world of automotive photography. He often works with a set designer to create a physical world, whether it’s a sci-fi storm for Wallpaper or explorations of volume and mass for Frame. For a car, only CGI can bring this freedom of vision.
Khyzyl Saleem’s work (@the_kyza) is a high-octane mix of the wildest aspects of car design: evolved from the explosive creativity of gaming, founded in an in-depth knowledge of the realities which is fueled by his bodykit business, extending those outrageous modifications to real-life cars. RECOM are always looking for new and energizing ways to fuel the possibilities of full CGI. We asked Khyzyl if he could provide one of his models for us to work with. With this model, we would create a detailed virtual studio inspired by Thomas’s references, collaborate on the creation of a series of images in this digital set, and then grade them to perfection.
The Concept: Thomas’s reference roared and fizzed with energy for us to create his desert art space in an American landscape, an environment liminal in space, time and human intervention. The car would be set as a sculpture, with an elemental quality incorporating ideas of gold, particle collisions, sculpture and precision engineering.
The Car: Khyzyl chose a 1989/91 Porsche 944 Turbo KS combined with a 2022/23 992 GT3 RS Variant to be the centerpiece of the installation. Thomas’s vision was a car of pure gold in color: a glossy and perfect mirror finish, an outrageously extravagant paint job, full of interest with the complicated lighting.
The Studio: RECOM created a full-CGI outdoor studio as a setting for the car, complete with supports, rigging and power supply. The site has its own ecology and geology, with scrubby desert plants against a background of far mountains. These small ‘real world’ details are what’s vital in making the environment, grounding the exhilarating fantasy in a believable reality.
“Mesmerisingly beautiful interactions between particles as they collide at high speed, sending them spiraling off from their trajectories. The images chart the path of a particle, chance impacts, and ultimately, how the influence of others can permanently change their course.” Thomas Brown.
The images were ‘shot’ with a very reality-based method, according to Thomas’s usual practice. He would choose a lens and ‘walk’ around the environment just as he would in a real studio, selecting viewpoints that are coherent with the limitations. The point of view could almost be that of an art tourist, taking phone pictures of this desert installation for Instagram, but with the quality that only this attention to detail can bring.
“A roadside monument to science, energy, engineering and human creativity. Inspired by phenomena, physics, chemistry, innovation and teenage wonder. The excitement of the Gold Rush, frantic exploration and pioneering in search of fortune and the future.” Thomas Brown.
07.06.2023
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