Govert de Roos

Dutch | b. 1953 | Photograph

Iconic Dutch photographer known for his striking portraits of musicians, artists, and public figures. His work captures the raw energy of the Dutch music scene from the 1980s onward, blending intimacy with bold visual storytelling. Frequently commissioned for album covers, magazines, and cultural projects, his images have become part of the visual identity of Dutch pop culture.

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govert de roos bedje maarten peters
govert de roos prince live
govert de roos portrait vanity 6
govert de roos - kitty courbois
govert de roos david bowie
govert de roos portrait arnold schwarzenegger

Erwin Olaf

Dutch | 1959 – 2023 | Photography / Film

Created meticulously staged, cinematic photographs exploring beauty, identity, sexuality, and societal norms through elaborately constructed tableaux with dramatic lighting and surrealist undertones.

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ERWIN OLAF | RAIN, THE HAIRDRESSER, 2004
Erwin olaf windmills photography
Erwin Olad staged photography

Aspen Mays

American | 1980 – present | Photography

Creates photograms in complete darkness without a camera, working by touch to produce ethereal images exploring astronomy, scientific observation, and embodied experience.

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Aspen Mays - photogram created in complete darkness by touch
Aspen Mays - photogram created in complete darkness by touch
Aspen Mays - photogram created in complete darkness by touch

Carolina Baldomá

Carolina Baldomá – Argentinian – Alternative Process Photography.

Uses alternative processes like cyanotype and plant-based printing to create photographs where the landscape literally becomes part of the image—leaves, flowers, and organic matter forming the prints themselves.

Carolina Baldomá - cyanotypes in collage like composition of landscape
Carolina Baldomá - cyanotypes in collage like composition of landscape
Carolina Baldomá - cyanotypes in collage like composition of landscape
Carolina Baldomá - cyanotypes in portait of a girl
Carolina Baldomá - cyanotypes in collage like composition of landscape

Sander Coers

Dutch | 1997 – present | Photography

Creates cinematic, dream-like photographs that blur documentary and fiction, exploring masculinity, memory, and coming-of-age through vivid colors and staged narratives.

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Sander Coers - narrative photography
Sander Coers - narrative photography