Patrik Hänggi, photographer
CORPORATE & INDUSTRY

Commercial photography

Pictures that stay with people. In the studio and at your premises.

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Laboratory photography — pharmaceuticals and researchA consultation — business photographyArchitectural photography — a modern villa
HIGHLIGHTS

Impressions

Pure Laboratory — photography in the clean room
CLEAN ROOM

Pure Laboratory

Working reportage — the trades
CRAFT

Working reportage

Rhine promenade Basel — construction phase, project photosRhine promenade Basel — the finished work
RHEINPROMENADE

Project photos

Team photos
REPRESENTATION

Team photos

Industrial photography
MACHINES & TECHNOLOGY

Industrial photography

Campaign photography
BRANDING

Campaign photography

Clinic photography
CLINIC & HEALTHCARE

Clinic photography

Furniture advertising
LIFESTYLE

Furniture advertising

Kitchen construction
INTERIORS

Kitchen construction

Aerial photography
DRONE

Aerial photography

Team portraits — a series for the website and the annual report
TEAM

Portrait series

Company anniversary — balloon release, event reportage
EVENT

Anniversary reportage

Christmas party — Firmenreportage
REPORTAGE

Christmas party

FOR PROJECT TEAMS & PMO

Project success you can see

Kunsthaus extension, Zurich — time lapse from quarry to façade

Kunsthaus extension, Zurich: from the stone in the quarry to the finished façade — around 500 tonnes of it, built into this one building. A project followed from start to finish, in time lapse.

Your project team does the work, and afterwards nobody sees it. I follow the project with camera and film over its whole run: from the start, through the stages that matter, to handover — on site at the right moment each time. Pharmaceutical processes, large construction, new production halls, digital architecture.

The material carries your work to where decisions are made: the board presentation, the intranet, the final report. Pictures and short films that show what the team actually built.

The same person for photography and film, over the whole project. What I see stays in the company. Written consent is obtained for everyone photographed, and an NDA on request.

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OPEN POSITIONS

Reaching the people you want to hire

The job ad is out, Instagram is running, and nothing comes back. The catch is the last step: anyone who is serious looks at the website before applying. And the website disappoints — inconsistent information, visibly out of date, and it does not look like a place people want to work.

I look at your website and measure instead of guessing. Out of that comes a proposal: a refresh, not a rebuild. Design and technology at the standard people know from everywhere else. And changes that make you interesting as an employer, not only as a supplier. Photography and film follow once the basis is in place.

THE RESULT
  • No hurdle to get started: the first contact takes two minutes, documents upload straight away, on a phone as well. How far the application goes is up to you.
  • No form from another era: people who are interested get in touch there and then, instead of leaving it for later. Later never comes.
  • Credible: the company is shown as it is today — including to people who are comparing you with somebody else.
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CLIENT VOICE · GESUNDHEITSKASSE

«Patrik Hänggi has been our photographer for business reportage for fifteen years. He reads people well and always finds a way to show them at their best. In June he covered our staff event with more than 170 people — with humour and composure he photographed over 90 changing groups as well as the whole evening. The result: professionally finished group photos and a coherent reportage. The price is right, and we are very happy with the pictures.»

— Reto Flury · Management, EGK Gesundheitskasse (translated from German)

CLIENT VOICE · FURNITURE MANUFACTURER

«When I took over the management of Froidevaux Möbel Manufaktur AG last year, I got to know their long-standing photographer Patrik Hänggi. At Froidevaux the rule is that furniture photographs come out of the camera, not out of the computer. Working with him is thoroughly productive — his ideas, his photographs and films and their quality surprise us again and again. On top of that he delivers convincing picture and advertising concepts.»

— David Scheyhing · Managing Director, Froidevaux Möbel Manufaktur AG (translated from German) · froidevaux.ch

All photographs and films on froidevaux.ch: Patrik Hänggi.

SERVICES AT A GLANCE

Commercial photography & business reportage

Commercial photography. Portraits of the board, management and staff. Group photos at your premises or in the studio. Reportage, architecture, short films. And the Web-Refresh, when the website can no longer keep up.

Pictures that stand out and say something, without needing to be explained. Imagination is my raw material, visual ideas are my tools. I make you visible.

For small and medium companies, sole traders and large firms in the Laufental, the Basel region and across Switzerland. Product photography in the 150 m² studio in Zwingen, working reportage at your own premises.

  • Team portraits: your people, looking like themselves. On a good day. For the website, print, the annual report and LinkedIn.
  • Architecture: offices, plants, production halls, building projects. Photographs that show the scale instead of claiming it.
  • Events & reportage: processes in engineering, medicine, trades and administration. Plus company events and celebrations.
  • Product photography: your goods for the shop, the catalogue and the poster. Sharp into the corners.
GOOD TO KNOW

Common questions

What does a company assignment cost?
By quotation — hourly, half-day or day rate, depending on the scope. Describe the project and you normally have the quotation within 24 hours. For more complex requests involving third parties, as soon as I can. Company reportage & events: straight to the calculator ›
Are good team portraits and group photos worth it?
More than most people think — and bad ones cost more than anyone notices. The first contact with your company usually happens online now: a sales rep who looks grim, or whose smile is put on, loses customers without ever knowing. A friendly face makes the connection before a word is spoken. And it works the same way internally. «Every time I see my bad photo on the intranet, it annoys me» — I hear that sentence a lot. Good portraits and a strong group picture do something for how a team sees itself: people who like how they look on their own company website tend to stay. And after decades of portrait work, I get the office grump to a good picture too, without much fuss.
How does a film project work?
All from one person: idea and concept, filming, editing, music and the right formats for the website, LinkedIn, Instagram or a trade fair — no agency in between.
Do you photograph teams at our premises?
Yes — at your premises or in the studio. One consistent look for the website, print and LinkedIn, organised efficiently even for larger teams.
Can we use the pictures anywhere?
Use is set out in the quotation — usually a licence for your own company communication (website, social media, print). Wider use, a poster campaign for example, we agree on fairly.
Our place is not photogenic — is it still worth it?
That is exactly when it is. Workshops, laboratories, building sites: that is where the honest, strong pictures come from, the ones that do not look like stock photography.
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Ready to be seen?

Tell me about the project. I will say what is possible and what it costs.

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