about

About

Mr. Blonde is a boutique retouching studio. A small one-man operation that offers its dedicated attention to only a handful of clients. Specialising in high-end retouching with a light hand.
Keepin' it real.

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Service

All projects, be it advertising, editorial, fashion, portraits or beauty, get the same high-level attention
to detail, tone and texture.

I deal with all clients personally and treat each image as if it was my own. I always try to get inside the creative mind of the photographer to fully understand their wants and needs.

I am selective in who I work with, yet this shouldn't be mistaken for arrogance…

it's merely a necessity to get the best possible results.

work

Work

Browse through some of my latest projects below.
Or check out my full portfolio.

MARRY ME // Knack Weekend

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Kelly Rohrbach // ELLE Bulgaria

Beauty, Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Fashion, Glamour, Latest

Denim story // Feeling magazine

Covers, Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Big Sur // Wylde Magazine

Editorial, Fashion, Glamour, Latest

Cover // Feeling-GAEL magazine

Beauty, Covers, Editorial, Latest

GOUTTE DE BEAUTE // Factice magazine

Beauty, Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Warm nest // Nina magazine

Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Latest

Pierre Soulages // Vogue Germany

Editorial, Latest, Portraits

Roadtrip // FSHN magazine

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Swimwear on the Rocks // Remark Magazine

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Jacobin Roobol // Bolero (Swiss)

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

The Ardennes // Nina Magazine

Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Latest

Winter Color Code // L’OFFICIEL UKRAINE

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Medina // HUF magazine

Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Rough Rockers // Nina magazine

Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Latest

Kinga Mathe // Beach Campaign

Advertising, Commercial, Fashion, Latest

Elise Crombez // DMM

Celeb, Editorial, Latest, Portraits

Grandeur nature // L’OFFICIEL

Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Max Moore & August Zirner // VOGUE Germany

Celeb, Editorial, Latest, Portraits

UNIQLO // campaign

Advertising, Commercial, Editorial, Fashion, Latest

Journelle // Collection

Beauty, Commercial, Fashion, Latest

Alban Riot

Beauty, Fashion, Latest

Boychild and AA Bronson // Vogue Germany

Editorial, Latest, Portraits

Models offspring // Weekend Knack

Celeb, Covers, Editorial, Fashion, Latest, Portraits

PHOSPHORESCENCE // The Ones 2 Watch

Art, Editorial, Fashion, Latest

 

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Get Connected

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clients

Clients

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Photographers:

Stephan Glathe,

Jan Vanvdevyver & Jorre Janssens,

Charlie De Keersmaecker,

Jennifer Massaux,

Suzanne Rensink,

Tomas Vandecasteele,

Filip Van Roe,

Niko Caignie,

Joris Casaer,

Mous Lamrabat,

JP Desmedt,

Stefan Imielski,

Maria Dawlat,

Rene De Haan,

Ronald Stoops,

Patrick Ecclesine,

Alexander Popelier,

Lieven Dirckx,

Mike Steegmans,

Mike Van Cleven,

Koen Keppens,

Ade Adjou,

…

You?

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Magazines:

Vogue (Germany),

l’Officiel (Switzerland / Ukraine),

ELLE (België / Bulgaria / Germany),

Schön!Magazine,

Feeling / Gaël,

Playboy (Netherlands),

Elements magazine,

L.A. Times,

Vanity Fair,

Wylde magazine,

The Untitled magazine,

Cosmopolitan UK,

Weekend Knack,

Highlife Magazine,

Fault,

Livid,

FSHN,

Gala,

Marie-Claire,

Algemeen Dagblad,

Sabato,

Glam-it,

Attitude,

Financieel Dagblad,

Nina,

…

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Celebrities:

Nick Cave,

Mario Testino,

Kelly Rohrbach,

Jennifer Aniston,

Emily Blunt,

Jessica Chastain,

Shailene Woodley,

Gugu Mbatha-Raw,

Patricia Arquette,

Laura Dern,

Emma Stone,

Tilda Swinton,

Benedict Cumberbatch,

Steve Carell,

Robert Downey Jr.,

Michael Keaton,

Eddie Redmayne,

Josh Brolin,

Edward Norton,

Mark Ruffalo,

J.K. Simmons,

Christoph Waltz,

AA Bronson,

Paul Smith,

Donna Feldman,

…

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Fun facts

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Mr. Blonde was named after a character (played by Michael Madsen) in the film Reservoir Dogs. He was a sadistic psychopath given the task of guarding L.A police officer Marvin Nash, whom he tortures by cutting off his ear. I always saw that as a metaphor for retouching. Hence the straight razor in the logo.

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I was a photographer for over 10 years, trying to make it in the industry. Always had a great eye for retouching and relied on myself for doing my own postproduction. Sometimes I still do some good ol’ shooting, just for fun. “Spoken like a true psycho!”

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My parents had a computer store back in the early nineties. So we always were ahead of things on the computer-market. By the end of 1992 at the age of 12, I discovered PhotoShop 2.5. The first version for Windows (it even had 16 bit per channel support!). So you could say I was a photoshop artist first and became a photographer later.

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Once, I got a job that I wanted to be absolutely perfect, so I decided to outsource the postproduction to a real professional retoucher. He didn’t have much time and asked me who had done all of my other postproduction work. I told him it was me… and I ended up working for his studio for about 3 years.

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Blood will tell! I returned to being a photographer for about 2 years. Until I got a phone call from who was then a renown fashion photographer in Belgium, asking me to be his steady retoucher.

So here I am… and there you are…

media

Memo

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Check it out!

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