Denise Boomkens (1975) international fashion, beauty, advertising- and portrait photographer. Based in Amsterdam.
Denise has been photographing since 2005, after successfully completing the photo academy. Partly because she works in the fashion industry and visits and inhabits all continents of the world, the will and drive to become a photographer herself becomes stronger and stronger.
She gets her inspiration from art, books, documentaries, movies, magazines, music, exhibits and her own life. Strong independent and artistic women with characteristic qualities form a source of inspiration for Denise in whom she sees aspects of herself such as Frida Kahlo and Coco Chanel.
Denise is always busy with photography and everything it involves. After she finished her study in analogue photography she switched to digital photography. This enables her to edit all the images herself. Denise photographs on any given location whether it is a studio or breathtaking location, with different models and stylists, and because of her feminine approach she creates, as people say, “true” art!
Denise is currently working most of her time in the fashion- and beauty industry, but portraits and still life photography is an important part of her job. Because of her ambition, passion, personality and perseverance she has created her very own style of photography. Which is characterized by emotion, reality, elegance, sophistication and energy. Her images are spectacular, making the world look even better than it actually is. Denise is able to stop time and to capture beauty through the perfect pose and her unique way of lens usage. Like the old saying, a picture says more than a thousand words. By experimenting with light, media and art the pictures come across as sharp, disarming, and with visual professionalism.
Denise Boomkens in a snapshot:
Age 7
Denise takes her first photograph! With the camera she got from her parents for her birthday.
Age 12
Attends the Conservatory where her love for art and images is evoked!
Age 18
Leaves for Paris, after which she subsequently travels the world for 7 years as a model. In the meanwhile she is watching international photographers closely and becomes fascinated by photography and starts to photograph behind the scenes herself.
Age 25
Attends the Photo Academy. She wins the Photo Academy award and gets her first publication in the magazine Elle.
Age 29
Denise successfully completes her study and starts to photograph full-time.
Age 31
Driven by her passion and love for the business she keeps on making photo’s in her own special way. Which are characterized by emotion, reality, elegance and energy. She is recognized as one of the most surprising new photographers in the world of photography.
Age 33
Her portfolio expands and by now consists out of names including magazines such as Zink magazine, Avantgarde, Élégance, Grazia, Hunkemöller and La Dress, and she wins the Iconique Award. She has an agent in Paris. She joins such associations such as PANL, women in Photography and professional photographers. And is represented by her agent Stickystuff.
Age 34
Denise travels with her camera to several cities including, Paris, Milan, New York, Cape Town, Seoul and Marrakech and brings back surprising images very much desired by her clients. Keeps her own blog, which can be followed on her website, makes her first documentary photo book called “India”. Her work can also be admired at various exhibits in, among others, Cannes and Paris.
Age 35
She is always on the lookout for new inspiration, ideas, locations and objects. This enables the continuity to remain innovative and surprising.
At this age she adds Buenos Aires to her list, exhibits at the Arnhem mode Bienalle and the Cannes festival and is being asked to produce a monthly theme for the Spanish magazine “Umno”, and is represented by her agent Stickystuff. Denise’s desire to establish herself as a true artist is therefore more than appropriate.
By: Eugenie van Remmerswaal