Best Buy ad campaign shot by Dimitri Daniloff

Photographer Dimitri Daniloff traveled to Los Angeles to shoot these dreamy ads for Best Buy. Known for his fantasy inducing images, this campaign was a perfect match for Dimitri.

You can see more work by Dimitri Daniloff on the Levine/Leavitt site.

2012 Campari calendar shot by Dimitri Daniloff

We’re pleased to announce that Dimitri Daniloff photographed the 2012 Campari Calendar, with actress/model Milla Jovovich.  Photos below taken from the set in Paris.

The Campari Calendar is an exclusive piece of art created and distributed by the Italian cocktail Campari. They only print 9,999 copies every year, and it’s not on sale, so it’s a collectible item.

Bob Kunze-Concewitz, CEO of Gruppo Campari, said the Campari Calendar is renowned for the powerful and passionate images it creates of recognizable stars.

“The inspiration and style of the images for the 13th Campari Calendar meant that Milla and Dimitri were both obvious choices,” he said. “Each year we create something new and unique for Campari lovers, but this year I think we’ve pushed the creativity further than ever before.”

In previous years, Latin sensations Jessica Alba, Salma Hayek and Eva Mendes have captivated the Campari lens. Last year, it was actor Benicio del Toro.

The 2012 Campari Calendar will be unveiled at a red carpet event in Milan this October.

You can see Dimitri’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

New work by Dimitri Daniloff: Winamax Online Poker

Photographer Dimitri Daniloff worked with the team at DDB in Paris to create this ad for Winamax Online Poker.

You can see more work by Dimitri Daniloff on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Serie Canal XIII by Dimitri Daniloff

Photographer Dimitri Daniloff created these ads for Serie Canal’s XIII, a show about conspiracy, espionage and danger on the popular French station.

You can see more of Dimitri’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Jose Cuervo by Dimitri Daniloff

Photographer Dimitri Daniloff collaborated with the creative team at CPB Miami and makeup artist Alex Box to create this campaign for Jose Cuervo.  Retouching by Sparklink.fr.

The campaign was released on Day of the Dead, a holiday that focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on November 2, and traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using skulls and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.

You can see more of Dimitri’s work on the Levine/Leavitt site.

Dimitri Daniloff’s work at Cannes

Congratulations to Dimitri Daniloff, whose LG “Red and Blue” campaign was shortlisted at Cannes.

Laziz Hamani for Christian Dior

Laziz Hamani recently collaborated once more with Christian Dior, this time directing a video for their new eyeshadow palette.

Laziz’s previous work with the brand includes Dior, published by Assouline.  Below is some of the work shot for and featured in the book.

To see more of Laziz Hamani’s work, visit the Levine/Leavitt site.

Dimitri Daniloff for LG

Dimitri Daniloff has shot a new campaign for the LG 3-D television, the first of it’s kind.

The television is not the only cutting-edge technology used in the campaign.  Due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, Dimitri was unable to be on set in LA.  His solution was to shoot everything remotely from his studio in Paris, with the entire creative team on set in LA.

We talked to Dimitri about the process of shooting remotely, and what that experience was like:

“I had two computers, one with the webcam where I could watch and speak and be present on set in LA, and the other with a share screen.  We ran a program that connected with the camera, and through the click of a button I could fire the camera.  I could immediately see what the image looked like, and could respond to issues of set design and lighting

Once I knew I would not be able to be on set, I had to figure out how to solve the problem, and had used the share screen method remotely when working in post-production, but this was my first time shooting with this method.  With a good team, you can make anything possible.”

Below, Dimitri works remotely from Paris to photograph the parrot on set in LA.

Dimitri Daniloff for LG

LG has just launched a new campaign shot by Dimitri Daniloff with Y&R New York.  The campaign centers around LG’s newest air conditioning system, with the copy reading “Cool Down Quickly.”

We spoke with Graeme Hall, one of the Creatives of the project, about his experience working with Dimitri and the evolution of shooting this project:

LEVINE/LEAVITT: For a project of this nature, you would have to be very specific in which photographer you felt could get this look.  How did you come upon working with Dimitri for this?

GRAEME HALL: Dimitri is a photographer that we have admired for a very long time.  And we knew that this was the project for him.  He has an aesthetic that is pretty much unrivaled, yet also understands story-telling within a frame.  We weren’t certain just how to make this campaign happen, so we needed someone that experimented, that wasn’t afraid to invent and improvise.  Looking at his body of work, it’s obvious that Dimitri loves to do that.  In the end, it was a very easy choice.

L/L: The images are very sleek and sophisticated, yet have a really cheeky, pop-style feeling to them.  Was this the intention at the onset of the project?

GH: Yes! The global LG identity is very strict.  It’s a bold and sophisticated one — essentially totally white and minima l– and we knew the idea had to sit happily within this.  However, once we’d hit on the concept of people having to cool down quickly in situations, we knew that humor was also essential.  Dimitri did a remarkable job of marrying these two worlds.  He identified early on that the campaign had to be shot in camera as opposed to relying on retouching.  Actually painting the people and creating a pure white, minimal set.  This resulted in shots that are genuinely stunning — real, beautiful photographs.  The humor inherent in the executions, coupled with the vivid primary colors and slightly exaggerated moments, produced the cheeky, pop-style feeling, as you say.

L/L: How much collaboration did you do with Dimitri in order to realize the copy and concept of this project?  Did he play a large role in how to bring this project to life?

GH: We approached Dimitri with a concept and some roughly scribbled executions.  However, as we started talking to him, he instinctively suggested extra details for each execution which we hadn’t even thought about.  From then on, it was a very collaborative process, discussing each execution in minute detail.  He added depth, character, and a lot of humor, whilst always maintaining his focus on the central idea.  He brought the entire campaign up to a higher level.

To see more of Dimitri’s work, visit the Levine/Leavitt site.

Copywriter: Julia Neumann, Art Director: Michael Schachtner, ACDs: Menno Kluin, Graeme Hall.

Dimitri Daniloff for Amnesty International

Amnesty International’s newest campaign shot by Dimitri Daniloff is now running in France.  The copy for the campaign translates to “Violations of Human rights are still fashionable.  Act.”, and confronts human rights issues such as domestic violence, police brutality, and population displacement.

We asked Dimitri to comment on his experience shooting this highly charged work:

“We started the shoot with home violence and  the models were so real in the action that most of the team was crying.  We all felt very bad and wanted it to stop.  The team working on this project was very involved, and I discovered that each of us knew someone that was concerned about one of these problems. It is not something so far from us.  The shoot of the crowd, on the other hand, was a bit more fun. I enjoyed giving the images characters like you can see at a real runway show.”

Dimitri Daniloff for KIA

KIA is currently running a new campaign, photographed by Dimitri Daniloff.

The concept of the work is to highlight the multiple attributes of each car–for example, safety and beauty–by photographing dissimilar animals and composing them into new “breeds”.

Dimitri flew to Los Angeles to photograph the animals, and it seems as though he became very close with a few of them….most specifically, the regal elephant seen below…

Lemon Magazine featuring Daft Punk by Dimitri Daniloff

This month you can grab a copy of the beautifully printed Lemon Magazine, featuring a story on Daft Punk exquisitely photographed by Dimitri Daniloff, with Art Director Adam Larson (also represented by Levine/Leavitt), and Creative Director Kevin Grady.

Pick up a copy in mag shops today!