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Showcase Magazine
Image Boulevard
Photo & Film Production
Iris Rombouts has 20 years of experience in the world of publishing. During tthat time, she has put her stamp on the Flemish media landscape as a designer of upscale magazines.
Over the past nine years, she has created concepts and projects for her company Image Boulevard, specialising in art direction, photography and graphic design for art, fashion and lifestyle campaigns. In 2014 she created digital platform Les Petits Belges - an influencer magazine about art, fashion, architecture and lifestyle.
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Showcase Magazine
Doreen Dierckx
Advertising Photographers & Directors
Doreen Dierckx is a highly experienced photographer and film-maker working and travelling between Antwerp and NYC. A creative mind, she always has a handful of ideas to help visualise and strengthen a concept.
Photography, editorial and commercial, has always been Doreen's main focus, but she is happy to announce that she is currently finalising her first editorial video on Belgian fashion and is already preparing a script for an upcoming beauty/hair commercial.
Visit her website for more information or customised portfolios.
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Showcase Magazine
Vera Dierckx
Hair & make up artists
Belgian make-up artist Vera Dierckx works in Paris for magazines such as Vogue, L’Officiel, Madame Figaro, Harper's Bazaar, Hunger, Elle, Qvest Magazine, Schon Magazine, Common & Sense, The Observer, and more.
Her clients include Schiaparelli, Agnes B, Azzedine Alaïa, Cerruti 1881 Balenciaga, Chaumet, Zara, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Hermès, Christian Wynants, Morgan, Women'Secret, Lacoste, Bon Marché, Bluefire & Co., Allegri and Sandro.
Her focus? "To be happy with what I am doing every day!" Her style in three words: "Minimalistic, artistic, modern." Her magic trick? "Take a creme blusher in your handbag, you can use it for blush, eyes and on lips!"
Visit Vera's Instagram for more.
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Spotlight Magazine
black box studio
Brussels
Black Box Studio is a highly experienced commercial photography and video studio. Specialised in food, drinks and still life, the Brussels-based studio is unique in its human scale approach and wide-range of skills.
"Black Box Studio is the place where inventive technology interplays with inspiration. That’s the key for the making of all of your food shoots and creative commercial motion or videos. Imagine your products get transformed into exquisite images, and customers into an audience. Shooting your commercials in Black Box Studio means freeing your ideas from limitations."
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Spotlight Magazine
Vanessa Cogorno
Brussels
Vanessa Cogorno is a professional freelance hair and all-in make-up artist with over nine years' experience working across films, fashion, advertising campaigns and commercial assignments.
She has recently worked on the short indie film 'The Apricot Tree' with an international cast and crew, and did hair and make-up for a reportage for People Magazine in Brussels.
Great with talents such as BBC presenter Sally Bundock and ex tennis player Flavia Pennetta, she also understands the need to be part of a team, while at the same time delivering outstanding work.
Vanessa’s clients come from a vast array of industries, from the internet to not-for-profit including People Magazine (New York), European Registry for Internet Domains (for .eu awards), and Werchter Festivals, among others.
Vanessa is based in Brussels, has worked all over Europe and speaks five languages. She is available to work worldwide.
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Spotlight Magazine
Studio Ballena
Brussels
Studio Ballena is a high-end commercial photo studio in Belgium with two large fully equipped studios, one near Brussels and one between Brussels and Gent, as well as a professional team working both in studio or on location.
Offering a full service approach to clients including an in-house food and set stylist with an eye for detail and a large selection of tableware and set accessories, Studio Ballena is a valued partner for many brands and agencies. By always using the latest technologies and equipment, an edge in efficiency and quality is guaranteed for all projects.
Post-production work is taken care of by the team in a fully colour calibrated workflow from camera to print. They provide mouth-watering photography to food and drinks companies as well as brand and marketing agencies for use in advertising, packaging, social media and publishing to support marketing campaigns and branding.
Recent projects include some of the most delicious Belgian food specialties.
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Spotlight Magazine
Initials LA
Antwerp - Amsterdam
Initials LA is a photo management and production agency based in Antwerp and Amsterdam. The agency is known for representing both established and new photographers and film-makers, as well as being expert in photo and mood film production.
Initials LA represents top-level photographers in all genres of photography. Fashion, advertising, portrait, still life, beauty, interior or food: each photographer has his/her own unique style and field of expertise, often including some serious film-making skills.
Each project deserves a custom made approach and Initials LA will compose the best possible creative team for each assignment. The company chooses to work with the best, the coolest, the most influential and - last but not least - the most fun players in the field.
Clients include Hermès, Vogue, Delvaux, Interview Magazine, Essentiel, Kipling, The New York Times, Samsonite, Ray-Ban, Wallpaper, Jimmy Choo, Sony, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Elle, Eastpak, Dior, Ricard, Opel, Marie Jo, PrimaDonna, Komono, L’Officiel, DMagazine, Uniqlo, Document Journal, Ikea, Google, Harper’s Bazaar, Mr. Porter, Scapa and many more.
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Spotlight Magazine
Image Boulevard
Antwerp - Brussels
Image Boulevard specialises in art direction, photography and graphic design for fashion and lifestyle content. At the helm of the company are Iris Rombouts and Tom van Noten, who both have 20 years of experience. During that period they put their stamp on the Flemish media landscape with the designing of important magazines such as Feeling, Knack Weekend and Nina Magazine.
Over the past five years, the pair has been doing productions for Image Boulevard, always starting from scratch, always ending with a fully crafted end product. Be it art direction, graphic design or fashion production with the emphasis on photography, they always insist on close, transparent cooperation with the client.
"We are a small team that collaborates to fulfil your needs with visual storytellers, strategic brand builders, photographers and detail-obsessed designers. By collaborating, we can provide the full range of agency services – without the big agency prices!"
The minds behind Image Boulevard, Iris Rombouts and Tom van Noten, now present Les Petits Belges, a fashion maker magazine.
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Spotlight Magazine
Initials LA
Antwerp - Amsterdam
Initials LA is a photo management and production agency based in Amsterdam and Antwerp. The agency is known for representing both established and new photographers and film-makers, as well as being a specialist in photo and mood film production.
Initials LA represents top-level photographers in all genres of photography. Fashion, advertising, portrait, still life, beauty, interior or food: each photographer has his/her own unique approach and field of expertise, often including some serious film-making skills.
Each project deserves a custom made concept and Initials LA will compose the best possible creative team for each assignment. The company chooses to work with the best, the coolest, the most influential and - last but not least - the most fun players in the field.
Clients include Hermès, Vogue, Delvaux, Interview Magazine, Essentiel, Kipling, New York Times, Samsonite, Ray-Ban, Wallpaper, Jimmy Choo, Sony, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Elle, Eastpak, Dior, Ricard, Opel, Marie Jo, PrimaDonna, Komono, L’Officiel, DMagazine, Uniqlo, Document Journal, Ikea, Google, Harper’s Bazaar, Mr. Porter, Scapa and many more.
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Spotlight Magazine
Gwenny Eeckels Photography
Brussels
"I always pick up my phone. When I’m not available you can’t leave your message because I don’t have a voicemail, but I will call you back when I see your missed call.
I’m not a diva, I don’t have an ego, and I do listen to your needs.
I’m good at portrait photography. And I would love to do editorials.
Tell me anything… Teach me… I love to learn... I love to explore…I love to grow."