Creative Direction
Building the visual idea before anyone picks up a camera. Mood, casting, set and light are decided on paper first, so the shoot day is about nuance rather than rescue.
- Concept Development
- Casting and Styling
- Set Design
- Shot Lists
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MARLOWE
Still and moving image
for brands with nerve
After twelve years shooting campaigns for fashion houses and early-stage startups, and two seasons leading the photo team at a boutique studio in Amsterdam, I now direct still and moving image for brands that want their story told with intent and a little nerve.
Photographer,
director and
occasional writer
Known for a quiet, editorial eye, I started out assisting on fashion sets and shot my first campaign at twenty-six. That restrained, honest style carried me into directing sets for international houses that wanted to feel new without looking loud.
Today I work through direct commissions, studio and location, pushing the overlap of stills, motion and post so a campaign arrives as one piece.
Based and working in Amsterdam
(CET)
Resume
Headline work
Halden & RoweThe Tailor
Over the last decade I have shot for studios, startups and heritage houses, turning short briefs into the campaign images people still remember.
Chosen work
Nimbus PicturesOrbital Drift
Character key art and stills for an animated science-fiction short.
Fathom Films
The Long Descent
Poster imagery and a lookbook for an expedition documentary.
Voltaic Labs
Ember Home
Launch campaign for a home energy app, shot on a single red set.
Lantern House
Paper Moon
An illustrated cover series for a children's imprint.
What I bring
“A photograph is a choice about what to leave out. The rest is craft.”
Campaign Photography
Still imagery for launches, seasons and rebrands. I shoot with the layout in mind, leaving room for type and delivering crops for every placement you will need.
- Fashion and Beauty
- Product and Still Life
- Portraiture
- Location Work
Motion and Film
Short films, loops and social cutdowns shot alongside the stills so the campaign moves and stands still with the same light and the same mood.
- Brand Films
- Social Cutdowns
- Cinemagraphs
- On-set Direction
Post-Production
Colour, retouch and finishing handled in-house. Skin stays skin, colour stays honest, and every file ships in the profile your printer or platform expects.
- Colour Grading
- Retouching
- Compositing
- Delivery Masters
Creative Consulting
For teams who shoot in-house. I audit the current library, write the visual guidelines and train the people who will keep the look consistent long after I leave.
- Library Audits
- Visual Guidelines
- Team Workshops
- Vendor Briefing
By the numbers
Awards and
Recognition
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- 5Gold Lens
- 8Frame Awards
- 3Lumiere Prize
- 11Editors' Picks
Projects
Delivered
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- 52Campaigns
- 31Editorial
- 19Film and Motion
- 12Pro Bono
Client
Return Rate
0%
Countries
Shot In
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Kind words
Theo shot our relaunch in two days and gave us a library we are still using a year later. Every frame felt like it already belonged to the brand.
Mariek de Vries
Brand Lead, Kestrel
He directs a set the way a good editor cuts: quietly, decisively and always in service of the story.
Jonas Lindqvist
Creative Director, Ardent
Our founders hate being photographed. Theo made them forget the camera was there, and the portraits carried the whole funding announcement.
Priya Raman
Head of Comms, Nova Fold
The stills and the film came from one mind, so nothing had to be reconciled in post. That alone saved us three weeks.
Daniel Okafor
Producer, Lumen
Theo shot our relaunch in two days and gave us a library we are still using a year later. Every frame felt like it already belonged to the brand.
Mariek de Vries
Brand Lead, Kestrel
He directs a set the way a good editor cuts: quietly, decisively and always in service of the story.
Jonas Lindqvist
Creative Director, Ardent
Our founders hate being photographed. Theo made them forget the camera was there, and the portraits carried the whole funding announcement.
Priya Raman
Head of Comms, Nova Fold
The stills and the film came from one mind, so nothing had to be reconciled in post. That alone saved us three weeks.
Daniel Okafor
Producer, Lumen
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