Govert de Roos

At a young age, Govert de Roos (Amsterdam, 1953) developed his passion for photography. It all began with his love for pop music and the challenge to get to the front row during live concerts of various music artists to shoot some great photographs. Now and then he made a sharp image. At home he enjoys the magic in the dark room. At the age of fifteen he managed to sneak into the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam with a fake ID badge to take photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their bed in for peace.
In 1969 he met Nico van der Stam, a portrait photographer. He taught Govert the real profession of photography. As Nico van der Stam’s assistant, he had the opportunity to arrange his own sessions with famous Dutch people, international and national pop stars.  In his first year he managed to make two LP covers.
In 1972 Govert made a switch to pop photographer Claude Vanheye. He was even closer to the music world. Govert is an admirer of his work, and now had the opportunity to develop his own photography. Authorized by Claude Vanheye, Goverts work appeared in a lot of music magazines.
After three years it started to show that he was ready to begin as a professional photographer under his own name. In July 1975 Govert started his own little studio in a delightful area in a garage in the centre of Amsterdam. He stayed there for over 30 years. These days, his work is historical.

Govert works for all kinds of magazines, and is very active in the world of music, theater and film at the moment. He develops his ability to portrait people and he understands the art of everybody’s beautiful side in his own way of lighting. Always different, but at the same time recognizable as a de Roos. Because of this, his name relies on entertainment photography.