showcase netherlands issue 609
Sep 2016
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Welcome to Showcase Netherlands, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers currently working out of Amsterdam, including Alexander Baks, Alexander van Berge, Bart van Vlijmen, Cameron Studio, Carola Kayen-Mouthaan, Henk Bleeker, Nadja Pollack, Pim Hendriksen and Wendelien Daan; illustrators' and animators' agency Agent Pekka; photo and film production companies Amsterdam Production Services and Fat Fred’s Film and Photo Company; post production & CGI companies DVH Creative Studios and Peek Creative Studios, and stylist Simone Jay.
You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Amsterdam Photo and Film directories.
Companies including Elle, Lidl, HP, Renault, Corona, Nike, Stella Artois, adidas, Esprit, Transavia, How To Spend It, Milka, Falabella, Het Blad and Jupe by Jackie, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.
Be sure not to miss our recommended events:
- Unseen Festival - photography festival featuring exhibitions, lectures, guided tours or other special events throughout the city of Amsterdam from 16th to 25th September. Unseen Photo Fair will take place from 23rd to 25th September.
- Celluloid - exhibition focused on analog film, including installations, publications and accompanied by film screenings, talks and other events. From 17th September to 8th January 2017 at EYE, Amsterdam.
Our cover image was shot by Wendelien Daan.
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Pim Hendriksen: Amsterdam advertising photographers
Pim Hendriksen: Amsterdam advertising photographers
Pim is an Amsterdam-based photographer with a great passion for everything that one can create with a camera and with a look and feel that is colourful, powerful and energetic.
Because of his great technical knowledge and understanding of light, he can focus on challenging any difficult situation and setting. This is highlighted in his work as a commercial photographer, specialising in advertising and automotive photography.
He recently collaborated with Transavia, Renault, Studio Roosegaarde and Lidl, in which he created amazing images for their campaigns.
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Alexander Van Berge: Amsterdam interiors & exteriors photographers
Alexander Van Berge: Amsterdam interiors & exteriors photographers
"I really like to work with natural light. When I have to use artificial light it has to look like real daylight"
Based in Amsterdam, Alexander has been a professional photographer since 1988. Initially he started out as an architectural photographer but specialised later on interior photography and food & drink.
His photographs have appeared in a variety of international magazines including Elle Decoration UK, VISI SA, House and Leisure and others, as well as commercial work for design brands like Desso, Luxaflex, Hema, Bernd Gruber, Auping, Rabobank, Brink & Campman and many more.
Alexander is currently putting the final touches together for an exciting cookbook featuring a Dutch chef and her "No-Waste" kitchen.
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Alexander Baks Photography: Amsterdam advertising photographers
Alexander Baks Photography: Amsterdam advertising photographers
Alexander Baks is a self-taught photographer based in Amsterdam. Specialised in capturing the right ambiance with an eye for detail, Alexander always delivers the highest quality images, on time and exceeding clients' expectations. He is very easy to work with and highly flexible in his approach.
Increasingly focussing on the leisure and hospitality industry, big brands have taken notice of Alexander's stunning work. During the first half of 2016, Hilton commissioned him to create the marketing and key visuals for the company's new European properties in Amsterdam, Tallinn and Wroclaw. Also all the images for the soon to be re-opened Pulitzer Hotel Amsterdam are created by Alexander.
Alexander strives every day to create better and more appealing images for his clients. He has a huge passion and talent for capturing beautiful imagery; whether it's creating an editorial or shooting advertising campaigns, he brings a signature style to all of his work.
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WENDELIEN DAAN: Amsterdam fashion photographers
WENDELIEN DAAN: Amsterdam fashion photographers
Wendelien Daan is based in Amsterdam and studied fashion design at the ArtEZ Academy of the Arts in Arnhem before taking a short-cut to the perfect final result by taking up photography.
Wendelien's use of open and closed body language emphasizes feminine power. It is the combination of elements - the love of storytelling with an austere surreal undertone - that makes her work stand out.
Her latest project was an exhibition entitled ‘Photo to Fashion’ at the Nederlands Foto Museum, Rotterdam between September 2015 and January 2016.
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Cameron Studio: Amsterdam food & drink photographers
Cameron Studio: Amsterdam food & drink photographers
"Creating an image that fits the mood and feeling, communication by pictures is what we like best."
Living and working together in an old schoolbuilding in Wormer, only 15 minutes from Amsterdam, Lieke Heijn and Pim Janswaard have worked for many years as Cameron Studio. They work for publishers and commercial clients such as Albert Heijn, Dekamarkt, Dirk van den Broek, Rens Kroes, Lassie, Group of Butchers, de Hypotheker, Heerlijk & Heerlijk, Shell, ETOS, Volvo, Kraft Foods, Proud Design and many more.
For Cameron Studio, interior, lifestyle, portrait and food photography blend together a lot of the times. By bringing all the right people, Cameron Studio makes creativity flow, with the right light, shadow and depth at the exact moment, shooting the pictures it loves.
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Nadja Pollack: Amsterdam children / kid photographers
Nadja Pollack: Amsterdam children / kid photographers
Nadja is a fashion and editorial photographer and creative director based in Amsterdam. Her main focus lies on kids fashion.
Nadia has a fine eye for art and style and has worked with many international clients and magazines like Mischka Aoki, The Small Gatsby, Tutu Du Monde, Hooligans Magazine, Minimaven and Enfants Terribles Magazine.
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Bart van Vlijmen Photography: Amsterdam corporate and architecture photographers
Bart van Vlijmen Photography: Amsterdam corporate and architecture photographers
Bart van Vlijmen is a Dutch freelance photographer who has become an all-round professional with a special preference for corporate, portrait, interior and architecture photography in which 'man is in his natural environment' plays an important role.
Bart has his own personal style and with 15 years of experience, a growing number of large companies approach him for assignments.
Clients include AKD, Enexis, Nutricia Medical, DB Schenker Logistics, Chanel, Damen shipyards, Postillion Hotels, Coolblue and more.
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Henk Bleeker: Amsterdam portraiture, fashion and documentary photographers
Henk Bleeker: Amsterdam portraiture, fashion and documentary photographers
"A photographer with the guts to be raw and natural," is the best way to describe Dutch photographer Henk Bleeker. His “head office” is located in a small village in the northern Dutch province of Friesland, but Henk doesn’t let borders hold him back; the world is his studio.
Whether he is recording the hard, rough life of Cuban street boxers, or the pure beauty of scantily clad women, every photo tells its own story. Each one is different, yet familiar thanks to his sharp eye and feel for lighting and composition.
Although Henk has varied interests, nothing makes his heart beat faster than typical “male” subjects. He is a no-nonsense kind of guy, and he aims to create an image in which reality rises above itself.
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Carola Kayen-Mouthaan: Rotterdam Portrait Photographers
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan: Rotterdam Portrait Photographers
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan lives in Holland where she has her own photo studio. She started as a child and pregnancy photographer and moved to fashion and fine art photography one year ago.
Fine art photography has especially become a new passion and Carola loves vintage fashion looks. Her work has been featured in magazines as well as CD cover art for Dutch artists.
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Peek Creative Studios: Amsterdam Photo & Film Production, Post Production and CGI
Peek Creative Studios: Amsterdam Photo & Film Production, Post Production and CGI
Peek Creative Studios is a Netherlands-based production company specialising in photography, video, animation and CGI.
Its recent portfolio consists of mood videos, tag-ons, food, beverages and portraits.
View all of its different styles created under one roof by checking out the website.
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DVH Creative Studios: Amsterdam creative post production
DVH Creative Studios: Amsterdam creative post production
DVH Creative Studios is a young 3D rendering company based in the Netherlands.
With a strong background in photography and its collaboration with renowned retouchers, photographers and CGI artists, DVH Creative Studios creates images that stand out through great attention to detail, texture and lighting - images that evoke a feeling that suits the product.
"We welcome challenging projects in all fields of the advertising industry."
With equal enthusiasm the company creates well-executed packshots and photorealistic images of industrial products in all stages of development.
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Agent Pekka: Amsterdam illustrators' agents
Agent Pekka: Amsterdam illustrators' agents
Agent Pekka is an illustration agency that champions originality, creativity and craftsmanship. Based in Amsterdam and Helsinki yet working globally, the agency is dedicated to illustration, art direction, animation, 3D, icon design, infographics, installations, pattern design and typography.
Since 2007 Agent Pekka has helped clients commission work from a hand-picked roster of artists from all over the world. The agency represents both established names as well as the very best newcomers and is passionate about quality, craftsmanship and originality.
"All of our 36 artists’ styles are as wonderfully diverse as they are distinctive."
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Simone Jay Styling: Amsterdam Stylists
Simone Jay Styling: Amsterdam Stylists
Simone Jay has a long standing career as a stylist.
She has worked for all major Dutch companies and has now been commissioned by The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam to create styling ideas for the Rijksmuseum webshop products. The Rijksmuseum webshop sells a variety of products, including scarfs, china, jewellery, playmobil, reproductions, vases, all related to a specific theme, like Rembrandt, the Night Watch, Vermeer, Delft Blue, Van Gogh, Impressionism, Stills, Asia, Marten Oopjen. For the new webshop the products needed an inspiring context to show their beauty and high quality. Simone developed the creative concepts, chose the locations and backgrounds and overlooked the photography from an art directors’ point of view.
She has also committed to working with Jelier&Schaaf who provide props and interior design for many major commercials in The Netherlands.
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