About

Wesley Verhoeve taking a photograph with a Pentax camera while leaning up against a staple covered telephone pole.

Wesley Verhoeve is a photographer, creative director, and curator based in Amsterdam and working around the world.

He explores human stories with a focus on craft, curiosity, and community. He observes and documents people who are passionate about what they do.

His images have appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post, Wired, New York Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Business Insider, Volkskrant, and other publications.

He has been commissioned to shoot global marketing campaigns and people-centric stories by LinkedIn, Hanes, Squarespace, Royal Caribbean, Sweetgreen, Lyft, Airbnb, Shinola, Crocs, and others.

Every Sunday Wesley publishes Process, a weekly newsletter about photography and finding your voice.

As the founding curator of the Projected series at the International Center of Photography he was responsible for 96 exhibits featuring work by over 300 photographers from 53 countries. He currently curates Process Projected, a bi-monthly exhibition series at the WIHH Gallery in Amsterdam.

His first monograph, NOTICE, was published by New Style Publishing in 2021 and is currently in its second print.

Clients

Editorial

The New York Times
National Geographic Traveller
The Washington Post
New York Magazine
San Francisco Magazine
Het Parool
Vrij Nederland
Travel + Leisure
Wired
Eater
Fast Company
Business Insider
The Verge
Vox
NRC
Telegraaf
Volkskrant

Commercial

Discovery Channel
LinkedIn
Hanes
Airbnb
Sweetgreen
Squarespace
WeTransfer
Lyft
Vimeo
J.Crew
Harry's
Knoll
Shinola
Royal Caribbean
Overstory

Books

NOTICE photography book by Wesley Verhoeve

2021
NOTICE
New Style

What We Think We Know About Love book

2017
What We Think We Know About Love
Parabo Press

Wesley’s work has also been included in the following books

2022 - Circles (Booooooom)
2020 - Portraits of Humanity (Hoxton Mini Press)
2020 - Small Victories (Booooooom)
2020 - Patience (Analog Club)
2018 - Streets of New York (Mendo Press)

Interviews

2022

The Contact Sheet podcast: Taking Action & Committing to the Process
Telegraaf newspaper: Lockdown leerde Wesley Verhoeve kijken
Het Parool newspaper: NOTICE review
Holland Herald KLM Inflight Magazine: NOTICE review
Cosmopolitan NL: NOTICE review (print only)
EO’s Visie Magazine: NOTICE review

2021

Framelines: Making a Photobook with Wesley Verhoeve
Ilford In Focus: Interview with Wesley Verhoeve
Lomography: Slowing Down with Wesley Verhoeve
Nowhere Diary: Notice review
Analog Talk podcast: Making a Photobook
Bryan Formhals’ Dialogues podcast: Notes on Walking, Mapping, Photography
The Photo Banter podcast: Creating NOTICE
The Image Salon podcast: Step by Step
Studio C-41 podcast: An interview with Wesley Verhoeve
The Photo Report podcast: Action Begets Inspiration
The Kris Karl Podcast: An interview with Wesley Verhoeve
Up and Becoming podcast: How Wesley Verhoeve stays curious
The New Classic Film Photography Podcast: Noticing Things
Shoot Film Magazine: Notice and beyond
AllShips: Interview with Wesley Verhoeve
Boekiewoogie: NOTICE review
Film Supply Club: How to improve your photography with Wesley Verhoeve
Matt Day: On Photobooks and Publishing
Ribsy’s Youtube Channel: Medium Format Portraits with Wesley Verhoeve
Street Dreams Magazine: Interview with Wesley Verhoeve
Booooooom: NOTICE review

2015-2019

Willem Verbeeck’s Photo Talks: How to Photograph Strangers
Film Supply Club: An afternoon with Wesley Verhoeve
Kottke: Portraits of Chefs
It’s Nice That: One of Many
Cool Hunting: Exploring Creatives and their Cities
Booooooom: One of Many
Buzzfeed: Wesley Verhoeve’s Jay-Z project
The Next Web: One of Many

Exhibitions

The Line Hotel, Los Angeles
The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn
Maastricht Photo Festival

Residencies

Field Studies, Finland

Artist Talks

Apple Store, Brooklyn
Creative Mornings, Amsterdam
OTA Conference, South Dakota

Partnerships

Wesley has partnered with Squarespace, MPB, Mailchimp, WeTransfer, Kodak, Moment, Microsoft, Flip, Adobe, Steidl, Cinestil, Lomography, Intrepid, Negative Supply, and other companies from the world of photography and design.

Write to hello@wesley.co to inquire about future partnerships.

Workshops

How to create your brand as a photographer

How to pitch your photography

How to turn a creative habit into a project

How to turn a project into a book

Read more here.