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Maurice Mikkers
Newtonstraat 296
2562KZ, Den Haag
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+31 (0)6 15 89 32 17
2007 - 2025

Portfolio

A professional photographer from The Hague. Specialised in unique micrograph, portrait, advertising, architecture, reportage, event, conference & festival photography with an international portfolio. In the portfolio below, you can see the work that Maurice Mikkers has completed in recent years. Due to the collaboration with customers from different fields, a wide range of diversity can be found.

LC-5CB “Liquid Crystals”

I was asked by Katarina Petrović to visualise the different phase transitions of 5CB under the microscope for her project Origin v.2.0, an ongoing research project that delves into what…

The Centrifuge Camera

Providing a live view inside a lab centrifuge, showing you the process of separating different types of samples. The separation is achieved by spinning the samples at 2500 times the…

Micrograph Stories: Harddrugs

How Micrography sparked my interest in the evolving online drug trade. While working on the project Micrographic Stories new ideas swiftly surfaced after starting the initial project of visualising (OTC)…

Micrograph Stories: Medicine

In the past I have been visualizing, tears, hard drugs and many other things under the microscope, during this project I started to focus on over-the-counter medicine and prescription medicine.…

Imaginarium of Tears

Every tear has a hidden story. They are small droplets of fluid, but at the same time complex vials of human emotion produced by one of the most basic and…

Bliss – Portraits

For this collaboration with Bliss, I was asked to take images of their employees for their new website and other communication channels.

Home Centre – “Unseen Tears”

Stories hidden inside a teardrop, a book that tells the hidden stories behind children’s unseen tears. Adoption is a taboo in the Arab world and not talked about openly. This…

MainPlus

Since 2011, MainPlus has helped many thousands of people in the Netherlands with a sustainable solution for insured and uninsured damage in or to the home. As photographer I was…

MainPlus – Portraits

Since 2011, MainPlus has helped many thousands of people in the Netherlands with a sustainable solution for insured and uninsured damage in or to the home. As photographer I was…

Nomot

Nomot is the specialist in damage repair to homes and interiors, during this reportage I captured there personel working on inhouse repairs.

Bankastraat

For a while now I have been responsible for visualising the interior architecture photography for Blaha’s finished projects.

Bliss – Portraits

For this collaboration with Bliss, I was asked to take images of their employees for their new website and other communication channels.

Bliss – Portraits

For this collaboration with Bliss, I was asked to take images of their employees for their new website and other communication channels.

gro-up – Campaign

Campaign images made for gro-up, each image is color matched to their unique department within gro-up giving it a vivid, open and inviting series.

ASTi “Tear Couture”

Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTi) released a report detailing the use of acid in the supply chains of key industries, including Fashion & Textiles – and their role in the…

“Waarom huilen we? – Het Klokhuis”

Everyone has to cry sometimes. Because you’re sad when you’re cutting an onion or watching a sad movie. But how exactly does that work? Why do people cry and animals…

Derksen & Drolsbach – Magazine

Derksen & Drolsbach is the interim management and consultancy firm for public and socially oriented organizations. We are the executive force for organizations in change and contribute to achieving social…

Kitesurfing spot “De Zandmotor – Den Haag”

One of the great kitesurfing spots available in The Netherlands. A spot “specially” Created for water sports and water recreation. Positioned along the North sea at the “Den Haag”.

Hotelschool – The Hague

Dynamic Interior and exterior architectural images of the Hotel School in The Hague.

Hotelschool

For this collaboration with Hotelschool, I was asked to take images for their new website and other PR outlets.

eScience Center Amsterdam

For this collaboration with eScience Center Amsterdam, I was asked to take images for their new website and other PR outlets.

eScience Center Amsterdam – Portraits

For this collaboration with eScience Center Amsterdam, I was asked to take portraits for their new website and other PR outlets.

Five°degrees

For this collaboration with five°degrees, I was asked to take images for their new website and other PR outlets.

Five°degrees – Portraits

For this collaboration with five°degrees, I was asked to take portraits for their new website and other PR outlets.

Derksen & Drolsbach – Portraits

Derksen & Drolsbach is the interim management and consultancy firm for public and socially oriented organizations. We are the executive force for organizations in change and contribute to achieving social…

RVO – Groei over grenzen

Photography for the campaign ‘Growth across borders’ the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RVO call on you to realize your international ambitions. Companies that do business internationally are more productive,…

Painting the Invisible

For the Art of Human Connection: Painter Christian Hook Uses Science to Decipher Emotion in Painting the Invisible. One part to make emotion’s visible was trough visualising tears under the…

IDFA: Real Emotions. Real Films

Starting this week, IDFA’s new festival campaign commercial can be seen in theaters. It’s safe to say that most of us experience a wide range of emotions while watching IDFA…

Stad & Esch & Jij

For Stad & Esch I was asked by Marcel Kampman to do the Photography for their new “Welkom & algemene informatie” booklet. Covering personal stories about students and former students.…

Lucky TV Mediamorfosen

Composite photography for the new show of LuckyTV. “LuckyTV is terug in het theater met een gloednieuwe voorstelling. Een prikkelrijke mix van beeld, geluid en stand-upcomed.”

Artwork repro – Eleonora

This project was all about capturing the 200+ Artworks made by Eleonora. Capturing was needed for future publication purposes such as a book and online representation to show the special…

Karel van Laere – Passage

Passage is a side specific video art work that is installed at station Sloterdijk, platform 5/6. Concept, script and performance Karel van Laere

Geodis – Portraits

A selection of the results of the studio portrait session on the location of Geodis.

Mallemolen

For a while now I have been responsible for visualising the interior architecture photography for Blaha’s finished projects.

TEDxAmsterdamWomen 2018

On December the 6th, 2018 TEDxAmsterdamWomen once again brought you speakers from around the world to inspire you, move you, and engage you to think differently.

Karel van Laere – LOS

“The work of Karel van Laere is intriguing. This includes his latest experiment (on show this one time), during which he attaches his body to hoisting machines that are guided…

Alina

A photoshoot with Alina at the beach of “De Zandmotor” in “Den Haag”.

Mycelium Pavilion Sky Garden

SIGN (Dutch Foundation for Horticulture Innovation) initiated the ‘Sky garden’, a circular built pavilion grown from mycelium, which demonstrates the advantages of green workspaces with lots of daylight. The pavilion…

Kitesurfing spot “De Zandmotor – Den Haag”

One of the great kitesurfing spots available in The Netherlands. A spot “specially” Created for water sports and water recreation. Positioned along the North sea at the “Den Haag”.

TodaysArt 2018

TodaysArt is a festival concept that revolves around the presentation and development of adventurous contemporary visual and performing arts. Since 2005, TodaysArt has brought international artists, thinkers and audiences to…

Persconferentie Klimaatakkoord

For Energie Nederland, I was asked to cover the press conference on the climate agreement. Images where directly send to the client and used whithin minutes for their newsletter and…

Tear Collection Kit

Imaginarium of Tears is one of many “personal” projects I’m currently working on. The webshop of the project needed some clear images of the products so the visitors and donators…

Virtual Affairs

For this collaboration with Virtual Affairs, I was asked to take images for their new website, showing there warm, dynamic and modern office.

Afvalfonds Verpakkingen

A photo reportage for the company “Afvalfonds Verpakkingen” showing different waste flows and management of waste within different types of factories that are using “recyclable packaging in their process”

Phygital Yoga

Buurmen is a design studio, run by Tom Laan and David Veneman that specialises in Internet-related projects. The things they create have to look good, feel good and function even…

Deutsche Welle – Maurice Mikkers’ Tears

Can one determine, by the look of a tear, why it was shed? That’s a question Dutch photographer Maurice Mikkers tries to answer. He brings his subjects to tears, and…

Egbert Live & Lilly Palmer

A studio portrait session with Egbert Live & Lilly Palmer, creating new artist portraits to be used in both their PR packages.

Duchenne Heroe René

In action portraits on sight during the Duchenne Heroes of trail mountain bike ride where my father René participated in for the 5th time.

Sweelinck

For a while now I have been responsible for visualising the interior architecture photography for Blaha’s finished projects.

Burj Khalifa Dubai

Burj Khalifa Dubai captured from the Burj Park at 14:20 on 9 April 2017. Image created from 100 images that where shot handheld, and later stitched together. For the complete…

Gerard Groener

Portrait session with Gerard Groener, at the IKEA Centers office in Leiden

UNA Grill

Studio Product shoot done together with Flex for UNA.

Benoordenhout

For a while now I have been responsible for visualising the interior architecture photography for Blaha’s finished projects.

STX-Group – studio portraits

A selection of studio portraits made for the STX-Group in Amsterdam.

Hortiled

Innovative product design for Hortilux, developed by Flex. An innovative LED grow light fixtures with unique USPs and a distinctive Hortilux design.

Movistar+ – “behind the teardrops”

At Movistar+ we have the widest variety of content, content with which to experience the widest variety of emotions. We proposed taking this discovery to the next level by creating…

STX-GROUP

STX-Group office atmospheric overview images to be used for there new website.

Sumatrastraat

For a while now I have been responsible for visualising the interior architecture photography for Blaha’s finished projects.

Drenthe College

For the secondary vocational education school “Drenthe College” I was asked to portrait their interns at several locations that are provided to their students.

TEDx: How do tears turn into art?

Tears look like little planets with beautiful landscapes of patterns and shapes. There are three tear types, one of which is Emotional. And each tear tells a story. Each tear…

Ketenzorg

A reportage made for Ketenzorg, showing different parts of the healthcare system.

Tools 4 Ever – Desk Shots

Some creative shots made for Tools4Ever to be used on the website to show different parts of their services.

Tools 4 Ever

For this collaboration with Tools 4 Ever I was asked to take images for there new website, showing there warm, open and lovely office.

Noctiluca scintillans

On Monday the 3rd of August 2015, on the Dutch coast Noctiluca scintillans hit Scheveningen beach. Due to the news I went to capture some of the sea water to…

Telindus

For this collaboration with Telindus, I was asked to take images for there new website, showing there dynamic and modern office.

PostNL – Het effect van direct

Ontwikkel een B2B-campagne waarmee we PostNL positioneren als logische partner in direct marketing.Het effect van direct. Het re-framen en claimen van het ‘nieuwe direct’. Echte PostNL-ondernemersportretten (video) vormen de dragers…

Tartaric Acid

Experiment after experiment, weighing, measuring, diluting, heating & making drops on slides, finally I got the microscopic result I was looking for, a new way of visualizing my microscopic worlds.…

De beste kennis in uw wijk

“De beste kennis in uw wijk ” The new campaign slogan of “Haagse Wijk- en Woonzorg”. For their new campaign I was asked to create several new images that would…

Quipment

Product photo shoot for Flex and their developed / designed Quipment Board-Computer-Taxi (BTC) The introduction in the Netherlands of a new law, making taxi drivers use a so called Board-Computer-Taxi…

Onderwijspark Ezinge

For the grand opening by the King Willem Alexander of the new Education park Enzige in Mepple, pictures where needed for the presentation of there new building.

Bladcadeau

In 2014 I was asked to shoot the new print campaign for “Bladcadeua”. The concept of this print campaign was to make 5 topshots in 5 different settings that related…

The Plastic Soup Surfer

Merijn Tinga build a surfboard from common plastic found long the Dutch coast (plastic soup). With this specially made surfboard he will kite along the dutch coast line. This to…

Kitesurfing spot “The slufter”

One of the great kitesurfing spots available in The Netherlands. A spot “specially” Created for water sports and water recreation. Positioned along the North sea at the “tweede maasvlakte”. A…

Breach & Clear

A series of photographs taken in a firefighters training center, showing you the breaching and clearing of a; “drug lab”, garage and a room full of fire created by a…

Polyphemus Pediculus

Polyphemus Pediculus Water Flea observed under the Dark field microscope with a variety of lenses. – LENS USE - PL4x /0.10 160/- || 100X ENLARGEMENT ON 35MM EQUIVALENT. PL10x /0.25…

Stellalab -Asbest Analysten

For the corporate identity of stellalab, I was asked to make a small reportage of the process of analysing (Certified SC540 asbestos surveys) Asbestos in there lab.

Stellalab – Portrait

For the corporate identity of stellalab, I was asked to make a small reportage of the process of analysing (Certified SC540 asbestos surveys) Asbestos in there lab.

Alpe D’Huez – Purmer Power

A photo shoot where the team of 11 cyclists of PurmerPower, went to their “physical max, until the lights went out!” “Never, ever quit!” Showing sweat, tears and emotional effort.…

AS: Een Anti boy meets girl Verhaal

A “Surrealistic” photo shoot for the campaign of the theatre show AS. AS is an anti-boy-meets-girl story about two lost souls who find each other in ‘Deze Stadje’, a mysterious…

FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB

A photo reportage Inside FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB. FLEX is an award winning international design team where individual capabilities and the creative environment determine the end result. For more information about Flex:

MID Tandartsen

With this photo reportage the MID dental practice wanted to give insight in their services variating from dentistry to dental technology. Key to this services are the interaction and transparency…

MID Tandartsen – Portraits

Because transparency to the patient is important, MID hereby provides insights about their employees. All the (40) employees of the 4 affiliates were therefore portrayed without their dental scrubs in…

Architectural: Avioport Schiphol Real Estate

Architectural images of the Avioport, taken on a bright winter day in November. Agency: Hollandse Hoogte In Opdracht

Aerial-photography: Papendorp

Aerial-photography of Papendorp (Utrecht). Showing the diversity of the area it is propositioned in, an area lying between the biggest highways(A2 and A12) in The Netherlands

Architecture: Papendorp

Architectural images shouldn’t just be aesthetic and graphic; they should also provide dynamism and movement. With this thought I started to take pictures for my clients in Papendorp (Utrecht). 68…

Papendorp

A small selection of photographs taken in and around the business park Papendorp, showing the diversity, dynamic and interaction between humans, nature and architecture.

JAM – Visual Thinking

The creative team of visual visionairs working at JAM Visual thinking. JAM visual thinking is a company that uses visual thinking: \vis·u·al thin·king\ adj. the practice of using pictures to…

Adidas – Are you ready for van der Sar?

On the 18th of April you’ll get the chance to score against Edwin van der Sar. But only if you run for it. Run, score and win adidas prizes. You’ve…

Ernst & Young Magazine Editie 1 – 2009

With this Magazine Ernst & Young literally speaks to her clients and relationships in the highest segment. This company, a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services for…

Kink FM

Photography for a small booklet created by Marcel Kampman with statements of influentials such as; Jan Douwe Kroeske, Marco Roelofs, Arjen Grolleman, giving their reasons why KinkFM should get more…

The Butcher

What’s a hamburger without meat? I hope that I don’t spoil your appetite with this showcase, at least mine did.

Twenty Four

A project about the 24 hours in a day. “Even the buildings in a city seem to be dynamic in this way” A selection of 4, from a total of…

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