Bringing people face to face, again.
Photography - Film - Research
Hi I’m Stu
I work as a photographer and guerrilla ethnographer developing participatory formats that create moments of real, unscripted encounter in-front of my lens.
Media and Democracy Foundation | Requiem for a Newsroom | Photography Book (2024)
The Guardian | The Memories Never Leave Me | Video
![European Space Agency [Director | Editor | Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1590743685213-1N3RZZIA7M5JP3YULMGK/Poster%252B2.jpg)
European Space Agency [Director | Editor | Photographer]
HarperCollins | The Diary Keepers | Book Stills (2023)
OBA Public Library Campaign : Van DenEnde x MIP
Georgian National Ballet (BTS) : Tblisi, Georgia
To Be a Jew in the Netherlands, Oye Vey foundation
Rolex (2023)
“Every walk is a sort of crusade,” : Photo Essay
‘Certain things, they should stay the way they are.’ : Photo Essay
Poesiat en Kater (2022) - Mural Photography
![Holts Gems: 75th Anniversary Film [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1675328068380-LT02QJYMA3EPZ3OXP5WK/326260118_457440826448030_130330492542929469_n.jpeg)
Holts Gems: 75th Anniversary Film [Director]
![Beatport [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1657873447417-QR0J07ANDDOKW9SG5428/Robert-Owens-Beatport-1.jpeg)
Beatport [Director]
![Stillness and Movement [Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1643107104370-RRRI3JJTAW8BKEHZGHL1/24164568228_2b734b8bff_b.jpg)
Stillness and Movement [Photographer]
![Point Forward Air Campaign [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1614678717403-RFNWS0552EN0XIHNT5GR/PF-AIR-startframe-pointforward-walterpierre-alt8-fashionfilm-frenkenfashion.jpg)
Point Forward Air Campaign [Director]
![Point Forward Fire Campaign [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1632390685576-A9NODFV8JOVYSI4OSCMZ/Screenshot+2021-09-23+at+11.50.43.png)
Point Forward Fire Campaign [Director]
![Poesiat & Kater crowdfunding campaign Vid. [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1650449182185-G2L420WO1GLQ2PIZPFZL/Screenshot+2022-04-20+at+12.04.21.png)
Poesiat & Kater crowdfunding campaign Vid. [Director]
![The Kindness Book [Co-Director / Thalia de Jong]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1580830243013-Z1MVT0ATYJEOOJR6LLL2/Still+Zahava.png)
The Kindness Book [Co-Director / Thalia de Jong]
![ID&T [Director | Editor | Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1580847636666-S8AM89P8G6SWIYJI4JUT/IMG_5196.jpg)
ID&T [Director | Editor | Photographer]
![Elle Aime Campaign [Photographer | Filmmaker]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1624520199589-D3K4DOCYAVKMTW9RL6A7/Screenshot+2021-06-24+at+09.36.07.png)
Elle Aime Campaign [Photographer | Filmmaker]
![I HEART USA [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1603271081194-S0CQYLMAWRY3OJ7UPTEF/VIMEO+POSTER+LAUREL.png)
I HEART USA [Director]
![CRUMB.FILM Visual Identity [Director]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1632391693757-N76HP2T83DBCHY4Z01ON/Screenshot+2021-09-23+at+12.08.00.png)
CRUMB.FILM Visual Identity [Director]
![Top Eleven - Jose Mourinho [Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1580828521596-LPDTLWVM1NZ6LNPYVQ7K/Screen+Shot+2020-02-04+at+15.37.39.png)
Top Eleven - Jose Mourinho [Photographer]
![Show Your Face [Co-Director / Leon De Levita | Editor]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1582298684957-US6LR43WGOSNRZY1IC4Q/show+your+face.jpg)
Show Your Face [Co-Director / Leon De Levita | Editor]
![Ableton [Director | Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1580848540741-SH4P4OD7EV7RRDDNU4B0/GD6C9253.jpg)
Ableton [Director | Photographer]
![Philips [Director | Editor]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1581093223077-AA3VWSXX8D6EM7VUDMGL/IMG_7857-1-of-1-1024x1536.jpg)
Philips [Director | Editor]
![Eye Of The Beholder [Photographer]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e397e07c77de369f68b7dbe/1581095860118-VV95LJU7QVR6Q2OOF0IO/GD6C2722-Edit-2.jpg)
Eye Of The Beholder [Photographer]
Goldie & co - portraits
Tom Zé | Brazilian Musician | São Paulo
Tippi Hedren | American Actress | LA
Zé Celso | Brazilian Director | São Paulo
Zandra Rhodes | Fashion Designer | London
ilia sukhishvili | Georgian Choreographer | Tblisi
Philip Glass | American Composer | New York
Duggie Fields | English Artist | London
Meral Polat | Dutch Artist | Amsterdam
Clients
ESA, HarperCollins, Philips, Ableton, Bacardi, ID&T, Beatport, Media & Democracy Foundation, Van Gogh Museum, EYE, OBA
Partners and funders
AFK, Van DenEnde Foundation, The Beach, A Beautiful Distress, Society 5.0, TEDx, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Fontys, HKU, SPRONG
Published in
The Guardian, The New York Times, Reuters, Süddeutsche Zeitung. Member of the Foreign Press Association.