Unit Creative Management Amsterdam   Amsterdam photo agents

With more than 20 years of experience, Amsterdam-based Unit C.M.A. is one of the leading agencies for photography and illustration.

The company's creatives are internationally renowned and widely acclaimed for their unique expertise and passion for their craft.

Clients include: Adidas, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Canon, Hugo Boss, BMW, Suit Supply, Volkswagen and Sony.

Recent projects include:

• 'The Cool Campaign' for Adidas by Barrie Hullegie.
• Loveman by Maurice Heesen.

Produktie! Jan Ruinard   Amsterdam photo production

Over the past three months, Produktie! Jan Ruinard has been working for both national and international clients Saab, McDonald's and Heineken.

However, May was a different story. "No telephone, no work - there was nothing going on in Dutch commercial photography, so I drank too much. But now it's June and I have new hope and a new spirit. Damn the recession! Damn the financial markets! Let's get back to work again!"

Wagner Productions Amsterdam   Amsterdam photo production

Wagner Productions Amsterdam-Vienna produces photo shoots in Europe and throughout the world.

Based between Austria and Holland, the company also offers full local support for advertising and fashion shoots in these countries and the entire Alpine region.

Recent projects include:

• Campaigns for Credit Suisse, Volkswagen Touareg and Sympatex, photographed by Mats Cordt.
• BMW Z4 brochure, shot by Emir Haveric (Klein Photographen).
• Mitsubishi Lancer, photographed by Ebo Fraterman in Portugal and Chicago.
• Audi, shot by Frithjof Ohm (Schierke Photographers) on location in the Austrian Alps.

edsonwilliams   Amsterdam advertising agencies

Edson Williams is a London and Amsterdam-based agency with more than 10 years experience in the marketing, advertising, design, fashion and music industries.

The Edson Williams Group combines the passion and skill of professional photographers, illustrators, creative companies (design studio, brand experience agency, online agency) and agents, who manage and produce across the company's portfolio.

"We are ultimately into creating creative synergy; bringing great minds together so that they can be inspired, go wild, and contribute to each others' ideas. The creation that comes out of this style of collaboration has more of an impact than the sum of the individual ideas."

Magic Group   Amsterdam retouching

Since the founding of Magic Amsterdam in 1999 and Magico Barcelona in 2006, Magic has worked in partnership with some of the world's most renowned art directors and photographers.

Magic has assembled a group of creative digital retouchers, CGI artists and illustrators who consistently produce work of the highest standard. A selection of eye-catching and award-winning creative projects can be found on the company's website.

The team's specific qualities and specialist knowledge can be adapted to the needs of every individual job. Magic always looks for the best route to optimise creative output without loosing sight of timing and cost control.

Matthijs van Roon   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Matthijs van Roon is one of the few photographers who risks his equipment - and sometimes his life - to get the best possible picture.

He works nationally and international for clients such as BMW Motors, Yamaha Motors Europe, Nissan Europe, Ford, Land Rover, ABN AMRO, Rabobank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Delta Lloyd, KPN, Moooi, Marcel Wanders, Piet Boon, and many more.

His work has been awarded at Cannes Lions, AOP, PANL, ADCN and Accent.

Bert Rietberg   Amsterdam car photographers

For almost twenty years, advertising photographer Bert Rietberg has specialised in car photography.

From his specially designed car photography studio in Amsterdam he works not only in Holland but also internationally for leading advertising agencies.

His latest assignments were for clients Hyundai, Volkswagen and Kia.

Rene van der Hulst   Amsterdam beauty photographers

Rene van der Hulst is a freelance photographer with more than eighteen years of national and international experience. Renowned for his artistic feel and technical know-how, he transforms his studio and location images into new realities.

Rene is often involved through his editorial and commercial clients in the development stage of a concept, adding creative value to the art direction as a team player and therefore lifting the quality and reinforcing the final impact of the image.

International publications include: Surface Magazine, Icon Magazine, Singapore Home Concepts Magazine, Frame Magazine, Mouvement Magazine.

Commercial clients include: ABN/Amro, Citroën, Design Academy Eindhoven, Porsche, Siemens, Schwarzkopf Professional, Volkswagen.

Erik Franssen   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Erik Franssen works across different fields of photography, including fashion and portraiture.

Memories and movies are a big source of inspiration for the photographer. "The resemblance between both comes from the fact that the situations they depict become a world apart after spinning around in, and being interpreted by, each viewers' mind. These images become fragments of daily life, frozen in their movement."

Erik has worked for clients including CBY Crust, Delta Lloyd Group and MSN.

Maaike Koning   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Maaike Koning's photographic style can be described as portrait and social documentary photography.

She will sometimes set up her images in advance, but generally she prefers to wait for the right moment - a spontaneous movement or emotion which inspires her to take a picture.

In her photographs, Maaike tries to create something special out of what might (initially) seem 'ordinary'.

Ilse leenders   Amsterdam advertising photographers

The spatial perception in Ilse Leenders' photography characterises her work. The combination of three elements is usually a constant in her work: model, costume and surrounding. These elements are strongly connected and intensify each other, as a result of which the spatial feeling is reinforced. Ilse synthesises these different elements together in a new dimension, and the bodily form has been of importance to her photography for a long time. 

Karin Nussbaumer   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Karin creates stories; sometimes fantastic, sometimes real. Her world can be both dreamed and lived in at the same time.

Often based in and focused upon small things, she regularly works with handcrafted sets, handmade dresses and visual poems. Her images give the impression she is smiling whenever she shoots with the camera, and her lens seems to turn reality into a fairy tale at every click.

Josie Sykes   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Originally from Brighton, UK, Josie has been living in Amsterdam since the mid-90s when her fascination with the Dutch design scene led her to Holland. Besides her commercial work, Josie is keen on working on editorial projects and much of her work has a cinematic quality.

She works regularly for magazines like Blend, Code, Streetwear TodayInternational and clients such as Adidas, Fila, Ikea, Lumix, Nike and Tommy Hilfiger.

Ingrid Baars   Amsterdam advertising photographers

Ingrid Baars uses a computer to cut all her pictures, combining them with illustrations, paintings and existing images. She likes to surprise herself with the outcome of the mix.

After the success of her Nikon Coolpix European campaign this spring, Ingrid has been asked to do the company's autumn campaign.

She has worked for international clients including Bacardi, Philips, Singapore Airlines, and more.

De Casting Studio   Amsterdam people models

Founded in 2005 by the renowned Dutch Casting Agency, De Casting Studio is located in the heart of Amsterdam and specialises in recruiting, casting and booking actors and models for commercials, web virals, corporate films, movies and television shows. In order to offer its customers real diversity, the agency recruits new faces on a daily basis.

The Casting Studio is a member of the bMCB, a Dutch association for model and casting agencies that ensures guaranteed quality. 

Visit the website for more information about De Casting Studio and the bMCB.

Ulla Models   Amsterdam fashion models

Ulla Models was founded in 1978 and is now the longest-running top fashion agency in the Netherlands.

With Michael de Bree and Samuel Dobrowolski at the bookings table since 2006, Ulla Models focuses on the high-end editorial fashion market.

With a great scouting network the agency can present new international editorial faces each season. Ulla Models works with the top agencies in New York, London, Paris and Milan.