Dirk karsten, international acclaimed Dutch photographer has worked successfully in many different fields . His images have won close to 300 awards, accolades from Art Director Clubs and Media awards around the world including a Clio award, Gold and Silver awards  from the Lucie Awards, His name appears on the cover and in every issue of 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide and has been published in the prestigious annuals of Communication Arts, Photo Graphis, Lürzers Archive and many more.

Dirk’s personal perspective of space and form remains descriptive and realistic  yet draws the onlooker into a timesless ambiance. A hallmark of Karsten’s work is creating beautiful and truly imaginative images that tell stories and that the viewer can project themselves into.

In resent years Karsten’s interest has moved more and more from advertising to art photography. His work can be seen in several musea worldwide and in 2018 he was invited to show his work at the Venice Biennale.

Karsten lives and works in Amsterdam and Florida.   When he Is not directing films or taking photographs he can be found mentoring young aspiring photographers and lecturing on visual communication.