Mara Vos
№ 001 — Den Haag photographer, b. 1989

Buildings, makers & the quiet between them.

Mara Vos photographs architecture and the people who make things. Editorial and commissioned work from Den Haag — on film when the light deserves it, digital when the deadline does.

Start a commission reply within two working days
Practice
Architecture, editorial, environmental portrait. Since 2014.
Tools
Leica M6 · Fuji GFX 100 · Portra when it matters
Selected clients
VORM architecten · Stedelijk Atelier · Bureau Noord · De Pers
Angular white museum building photographed against a pale sky
031 / D Museum Kade — west wing before opening, 08:10

Selected work.

three of two hundred
White minimal house with courtyard in clear morning light
012 / C

Huis aan de Duinen

2025

VORM architecten · courtyard house, first light · GFX, no styling

A potter shaping clay on a wheel by window light
004 / A

The Potter of Segbroek

2024

editorial · hands and wheel · M6, Portra 400, one window

Empty theatre hall with red velvet seats under warm tungsten light
027 / B

Zaal Zes

2026

Stedelijk Atelier · the hall an hour before doors · tungsten, no flash

№ 002 — notes

A photograph is finished in the waiting — the building holds still, the maker does not.

I work slowly, mostly alone, and always on location. For architecture that means scouting a building at two times of day before committing to one; for portraits it means staying long enough that people forget to perform their own job. The frame count stays low on purpose. Thirty-six exposures is a discipline, not a limitation.

Commissions usually begin with a walk — through the building, the workshop, the rehearsal. You point at things; I take notes. A fortnight later you receive a small, edited set: every image usable, none interchangeable. Archival prints are made by Lichtdruk in Rotterdam, and I check every proof.

since 2014 film + digital Den Haag, works everywhere

Commissions.

day rates, plain
Architecture

Exteriors and interiors, scouted at two light times. Edited set of 20–30, print-ready.

€ 1.100 / day
Editorial

Half or full day on location for magazines and journals. Edit included, captions on request.

€ 850 / day
Portrait

Environmental portraits at your place of work — never in a studio, never against seamless.

€ 450 / half day

Travel beyond the Randstad at cost. Film stock billed as used. No usage tables — you commissioned it, you use it.

№ 003 — write

Write to me.

Tell me what you are building, making or rehearsing — and when the light matters to you. Attachments welcome, moodboards optional.

hello@maravos.example +31 6 12 34 56 78 Studio: Voorbeeldkade 3, Den Haag — by appointment Replies within two working days