Iris Haverkamp Begemann wins SO 23 Award
Congratulations to Iris Haverkamp Begemann on winning the SO (Selection Of Dutch Photography) 2023 Award for her series ‘I Went On A Holiday To the Country You Fled From’.
Each year, the DUPHO jury selects twenty professional photographers, from all corners of the profession, including four students. In a series ranging from seven to a maximum of 12 images, these photographers present the breadth and depth of their signatures.
Welcome New Photographer: Kwadwo Amfo
We are delighted to be welcoming Kwadwo Amfo to our Photography roster!!
Amsterdam-based Kwadwo Amfo was born and raised in Ghana. He developed an early love for textiles and graphic design which led him to the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague to study photography. Social commentary became the base of Amfo’s work, ranging societal beauty standards, identity politics, social inclusion and conformity, and topics on the self and other. His graduation project SILHOUETTE, which investigates and displays representations of misrepresentation of black men, led him to winning the Ron Mandos Photo Talent Award 2022. An annual exhibition that brings together the work of the most promising young artists in the Netherlands. Amfo has since exhibited his work at the Scotia Bank Contact Photo Festival in Toronto, in the Netherlands and Ghana.
Exploring a balance between fantasy and reality, Amfo’s commercial work captures a world full of characters, colours, and contradictions. With a focus on people and culture, his photographs explore narratives that compel the audience to look more carefully at the world around them: to discover and rediscover beauty in unusual places.
Check out Amfo’s Portfolio.
RA*W X CZAR
RA*W’s first agency session of 2023 is at CZAR Amsterdam!
Have you ever wondered how the commercials you watch or the films you scroll through are brought to life? Wonder no more! This production session at CZAR Amsterdam will take you behind the scenes of a commercial shoot.
Learn about the lifespan of a short film from their producers and directors: from agency pitch, to treatment, to set in three different break-out sessions.
Welcome New Director: Diek Pothoven
We are seriously excited to have the Amsterdam-based, multi-talent Diek Pothoven join our film roster. After graduating from ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design in Arnhem, Diek began his multifaceted career in Amsterdam. His work spans the fashion, film, and commercial worlds: having worked as both a show designer (for brands such as Iris van Herpen & Swarovski) and as Creative Director for countless projects (including his own fashion brand MARTAN and the Eurovision Song Festival).
Diek sees his filmmaking as a direct way to experiment with, and express, his impulses in fashion. Driven by a keen eye for innovation, he aims to push boundaries both technically and creatively. An approach which enables Diek to communicate commercial messaging with an artistic and interesting point of view.
Check out his reel here.
Welcoming photographer Stig de Blok to our roster!
We are delighted to have the wonderful Stig de Blok joining the CZAR Photography roster, from our CZAR BE family!
Belgian born Stig De Block (based between Antwerp & Los Angeles), is a photographer best known for his straight forward process and use of bold colors. His story driven approach is a constant interaction between the everyday real and the layers of his imagination. With a strong interest in subcultures, his images reflect a contemporary realm of authentic and explicit beauty.
He has been working on his debut show and book titled: “BACK TO BACK – From Backyard to Boulevard” since 2018, which was recently launched in October. His work has been featured in: i-D, Clash Magazine, Brick Magazine, M, Le Monde, Office magazine and many others. Commercial clients include: Armani, A.F. Vandevorst, Christian Wijnants, Heron Preston, Louis Vuitton, Missoni, Nike, Smets and Wrangler…
Bronze Dutch Creativity Lamp for Philip de Iongh
We won an ADCN (Dutch Creativity Awards) Bronze lamp for Philip de Iongh & TBWA\NEBOKO for ‘We are Not Disabled, We are Being Disabled’.
An important project which we absolutely loved working on. Storytelling through film can inform and inspire audiences and we are proud to have been a part of sharing the work of Fonds Gehandicaptensport.
Iris Haverkamp Begemann – Melkweg Expo
We are very excited to share the upcoming exhibition at the Melkweg Expo by photographer Iris Haverkamp Begemann & co-author Alejandra Ortiz. Opening Friday 15th July: I went on holiday to the country you fled from
“You can be my ears and my eyes, basically you’ll be touching the same earth, breathing the same air that I breathed when I was little.”
Guided by these words spoken by Mexican author and trans woman Alejandra Ortiz, Dutch cisgender documentary photographer Iris Haverkamp Begemann went on a holiday to the country Alejandra fled from—Mexico. After forming a unique friendship based on mutual trust and understanding, their connection sparked this communal multimedia project in 2021.
Led by Alejandra’s instructions and hand-printed maps drawn from memory, Iris travelled to Mexico to visit meaningful locations from Alejandra’s childhood. The map guides Iris to places where Alejandra felt both loved and cared for, but also extremely unsafe, marginalised and rejected by her own family. Shown alongside Alejandra’s personal messages and childhood stories, Iris’s photo series presents a visual diary capturing Alejandra’s memories of a birthplace she had to leave behind, and to which she cannot return.
See you all at the opening, Friday 15 July, from 5 pm onwards!
Cannes Lion Award for Lionel Goldstein
Congratulations to CZAR director duo Lionel Goldstein for their Bronze Cannes Lion Award for the category Film.
ADCN interview with Karlijn Paardekooper
Read the ADCN Club for Creativity Member in the Spotlight interview with our Executive Producer and Managing Partner Karlijn Paardekooper here.
Floris Kingma – Berlin Music Video Awards
We are very excited that Floris Kingma’s music video “Look at me” for Dutch band De Staat has been selected for the Silver Screening selection at the Berlin Music Video Awards!
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