Carlijn Jacobs: Surreal Fashion Images That Disturb the Familiar
Carlijn Jacobs builds photographic worlds in which the familiar becomes slightly strange. Her images draw attention to form, surface, gesture and unexpected relationships, using the precision of commercial photography to produce a playful sense of uncertainty.
Photo: Foam, Amsterdam.
A new photographic generation
Born in the Netherlands, Jacobs studied at Rotterdam's Willem de Kooning Academy. Her work has developed across fashion editorial, creative direction and moving imagery, with a practice informed by the abundant visual references of contemporary culture.
The pleasure of the uncanny
Surrealism, Art Deco and camp appear throughout Jacobs's visual vocabulary. Carefully planned environments and controlled art direction are used to produce moments that seem simultaneously artificial and intensely alive.
Fashion as image-making
Photo: Carlijn Jacobs / Vogue Italia.
Her editorial credits include Vogue, Vogue France, Vogue Italia, Dazed, Pop and AnOther, while her commercial work includes major international fashion houses. Her first monograph, Mannequins, was published in 2021.
A distinctive visual signature
Jacobs contributes to a generation of photographers who treat the fashion image as a complete artistic construction. Set design, styling, gesture and controlled lighting do not simply support the clothes in Jacobs's images; they shape the emotional atmosphere of the picture. The result can be witty, unsettling or theatrical, but it is rarely neutral. Her photographs encourage the viewer to look again and reconsider what initially appeared familiar.
Selected photographic works and projects.
Carlijn Jacobs, Sleeping Beauty, 2023. Photography © Carlijn Jacobs. Source: Dazed (dazeddigital.com).
Sora Choi, Vogue Italia, January 2023. Photography: Carlijn Jacobs. Source: fashionotography (fashionotography.com).
Further reading
Photo: Carlijn Jacobs / Art + Commerce EDITIONS.
https://carlijnjacobs.com/INFO | https://www.vogue.com/article/carlijn-jacobs-photographer-amsterdam-netherlands-global-style
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