Carlijn Jacobs
Carlijn Jacobs is a Dutch photographer and director whose surreal fashion images span Beyoncé’s Renaissance cover, Vogue editorials, brand campaigns and personal photobooks.
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Known for
Foam
Note Note Éditions
Art Paper Editions
Acne Paper Palais RoyalOverview
- Born
- 1991, Groeningen, the Netherlands
- Work
- Photographer and director
- Education
- Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam; graduated in 2014
- Early museum showing
- Foam 3h, 2016
- A widely seen image
- Beyoncé’s Renaissance album cover, 2022
- First monograph
- Mannequins with James Chester, 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Groeningen, Carlijn bought a camera at 14 and began photographing flowers in the garden. A friend made dresses, and the pair staged shoots around farms. Photoshop let Carlijn move those pictures into imaginary settings, turning a village pastime into a way to escape.
Finding a direction.
At Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Carlijn studied Lifestyle & Design and found a direction through photography classes. Their own early biography records a 2014 graduation with honours. In 2016, their work appeared at Foam 3h alongside Elizaveta Porodina and Philippe Vogelenzang during the museum’s Helmut Newton retrospective.
The images you may recognise.
Carlijn photographed Beyoncé’s Renaissance album cover in 2022. Their work also moves between fashion editorials, campaigns and books, with surrealism, costume and transformation recurring throughout. Mannequins, made with James Chester, came out in 2021; Eyes and Sleeping Beauty followed in 2023.
Building a world.
For Sleeping Beauty at Foam, Carlijn invited designer Sabine Marcelis to reshape the exhibition space around the photographs. More recent projects include the childhood-inspired book Making Faces and Autoportrait at Acne Paper Palais Royal, both in 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Campaigns and editorials
- 2026Versace holiday campaignPhotographer
- 2026Natalie Portman for Harper’s BazaarPhotographer
- 2026Calvin Klein: Feel the Fit with Tate McRaeDirector and photographer
- 2026W TV PortfolioPhotographer
- 2026Dazed summer Action issue: Awar OdhiangPhotographer
- 2025Rosalía for Calvin KleinPhotographer
- 2022Beyoncé: RenaissanceAlbum-cover photographer
Books and exhibitions
- 2026Autoportrait, Acne Paper Palais RoyalPhotographer and exhibiting artist
- 2026Making FacesPhotographer
- 2023Sleeping Beauty, FoamExhibiting artist
- 2023EyesPhotographer
- 2021MannequinsCo-creator with James Chester
Quotes
I like turning reality into something unreal.Carlijn Jacobs, Aritzia Artistic License interview
On choosing photography as a medium.
Trivia
- Carlijn customised Hyves and MySpace pages as a teenager, experimenting with backgrounds, layouts and HTML.
- A childhood Pokémon video ended with a camera credit for Carlijn.
- Making Faces grew out of memories of having their face painted at a pancake house in the Netherlands.
- Eyes has an eye-shaped cutout in its cover.
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