Jouk Oosterhof is a portrait, fashion and advertising photographer. She lives in and works from Amsterdam. In 1998 she graduated from the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. Over the years, Jouk developed a very personal style, recognizable by her use of light and color.
Her photos are always staged, there is rarely a chance moment. The person photographed is important, but is approached by Jouk as form and as equal to the other elements of the image. This provides a clean aesthetic image, in which humor often plays a role.
Jouk has worked for years for AD magazine and other Dutch magazines such as BLVD, Esquire, Man and Rails. After a year living in Budapest, Vrij Nederland and Volkskrant Magazine were added as clients.
Nominations and Awards: Third Prize Head-on Portrait Awards, Sydney. Nomination for National Portrait Prize. Juror's pick Lens Culture Portrait Awards. Second prize Portrait - single Zilveren Camera. Honorable mention Selection Of Dutch Photography SO2015. Nomination for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, London.
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