I’m a senior freelance photographer and retoucher with over 30 years of professional experience, working across commercial, editorial, cultural, and creative projects. I’m based in The Hague and collaborate internationally with studios, brands, agencies, and production teams across Europe. Over the past decade, my work has focused primarily on commercial and e-commerce photography and high-end retouching. I’ve partnered with leading studios and platforms in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, and Paris, delivering consistent, production-ready visuals for well-known brands including De Bijenkorf, PVH, Karl Lagerfeld, O’Neill, Peek & Cloppenburg, Action, and ADAMS Auction House. I’m comfortable working within fast-paced workflows while maintaining a strong eye for detail, brand alignment, and visual quality. In addition to commercial work, I have extensive experience as a still photographer on international film productions. I’ve worked on award-winning feature films, including No Man’s Land (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Cirkus Columbia, and An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Silver Bear, Berlinale). This background sharpened my storytelling skills and my ability to work efficiently in complex, high-pressure production environments. I also bring a strong foundation in education and cultural work. I’ve taught photography and post-production at university level and have led large-scale digitization and archival projects for national cultural institutions. My artistic work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and festivals across Europe and the U.S. I combine creative sensitivity with technical precision, strong communication, and reliability. Whether the assignment is commercial photography, retouching, or visual content creation, I aim to deliver clean, effective visuals that meet both creative and business goals.

Dejan Vekić

I’m a senior freelance photographer and retoucher with over 30 years of professional experience, working across commercial, editorial, cultural, and creative projects. I’m based in The Hague and collaborate internationally with studios, brands, agencies, and production teams across Europe. Over the past decade, my work has focused primarily on commercial and e-commerce photography and high-end retouching. I’ve partnered with leading studios and platforms in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, and Paris, delivering consistent, production-ready visuals for well-known brands including De Bijenkorf, PVH, Karl Lagerfeld, O’Neill, Peek & Cloppenburg, Action, and ADAMS Auction House. I’m comfortable working within fast-paced workflows while maintaining a strong eye for detail, brand alignment, and visual quality. In addition to commercial work, I have extensive experience as a still photographer on international film productions. I’ve worked on award-winning feature films, including No Man’s Land (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Cirkus Columbia, and An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Silver Bear, Berlinale). This background sharpened my storytelling skills and my ability to work efficiently in complex, high-pressure production environments. I also bring a strong foundation in education and cultural work. I’ve taught photography and post-production at university level and have led large-scale digitization and archival projects for national cultural institutions. My artistic work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and festivals across Europe and the U.S. I combine creative sensitivity with technical precision, strong communication, and reliability. Whether the assignment is commercial photography, retouching, or visual content creation, I aim to deliver clean, effective visuals that meet both creative and business goals.

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I’m a senior freelance photographer and retoucher with over 30 years of professional experience, working across commercial, editorial, cultural, and creative projects. I’m based in The Hague and collaborate internationally with studios, brands, agencies, and production teams across Europe.

Over the past decade, my work has focused primarily on commercial and e-commerce photography and high-end retouching. I’ve partnered with leading studios and platforms in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, and Paris, delivering consistent, production-ready visuals for well-known brands including De Bijenkorf, PVH, Karl Lagerfeld, O’Neill, Peek & Cloppenburg, Action, and ADAMS Auction House. I’m comfortable working within fast-paced workflows while maintaining a strong eye for detail, brand alignment, and visual quality.

In addition to commercial work, I have extensive experience as a still photographer on international film productions. I’ve worked on award-winning feature films, including No Man’s Land (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Cirkus Columbia, and An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Silver Bear, Berlinale). This background sharpened my storytelling skills and my ability to work efficiently in complex, high-pressure production environments.

I also bring a strong foundation in education and cultural work. I’ve taught photography and post-production at university level and have led large-scale digitization and archival projects for national cultural institutions. My artistic work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and festivals across Europe and the U.S.

I combine creative sensitivity with technical precision, strong communication, and reliability. Whether the assignment is commercial photography, retouching, or visual content creation, I aim to deliver clean, effective visuals that meet both creative and business goals.

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Language

Bosnian
Fluent
English
Fluent
Dutch
Beginner
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Senior Photographer and Retoucher at Freelance / Self-employed
January 1, 2015 - Present
Contracting freelance services in e-commerce product photography and retouching with studios and agencies including Fashot (Amsterdam), Amstershot Studio (Amsterdam), Studio Soest (Rotterdam), I Heart (Amsterdam), Packshot (Düsseldorf), MEERO (Paris), OCUS (Paris). Main clients: De Bijenkorf, PVH, Karl Lagerfeld, Action Zwagdajk (NL), Peak & Kloppenburg (Düsseldorf), O’Neill (Warmond), Adams Auction House (Amsterdam).
Photography Lecturer at School4Helden Workshop
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018
Lecturing photography as part of 'School4Helden Workshop', a parent-led initiative for fulfilling children’s after-school time in Zeehelden quarter, Den Haag, Netherlands.
Associate Professor at American University
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014
Lecturing digital photography and post-production; supervising academic programmes; collaborating with Bachelor and Masters students.
Photography Lecturer at Ministry of Culture and Sport, Federation of BH
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011
Lecturing photography as part of 'Art Forum Workshop' supported by the Ministry of Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Still Photographer and Consultant at Self-employed / Dejan Vekić
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2014
Lead photographer for Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović. Productions include Tigers (2013, India), An Episode in a Life of a Iron Picker (2012, Silver Bear Berlinale), Baggage (2011), Cirkus Columbia (2009), L'enfer (2004), No Man's Land (2000).
Consultant and Author for Photo Monographs at Self-employed / Publishers (Vrijeme, Sahinpašić, Parliamentary Assembly of BiH)
January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2013
Consultant and author for photo monographs. Monographs include 'City of Zenica', 'Svrzo’s House Museum in Sarajevo', 'Parliamentary Assembly of BiH', 'Kazniona'.
Photographer and Archiving Consultant at National Gallery, Sarajevo
January 1, 1996 - December 31, 2003
Official photographer for the National Gallery; setting up a digital photo archive; contributed to archiving for Ars Aevi, Collegium Artisticum, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art.
Photographer, Consultant at State Commission for Gathering Facts on War Crimes (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
January 1, 1992 - December 31, 2006
Consulting as photographer and consultant for the State Commission for Gathering Facts on War Crimes.
Assistant Photographer at Photo Design
January 1, 1987 - December 31, 1992
Assistant position at a photo studio in Sarajevo.

Education

Master at University of Sarajevo - Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2026
Bachelor at University of Sarajevo - Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013
Artist in Residence at National School of Photography – Arles, France
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1998

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization, Other