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Coda is a photography and creative agency built for live culture. Since 2022 we've shot 600+ artists across Europe, alongside brand, fashion, and sport work, and helped get it seen, from festival crowds to British Vogue and Getty. We're led by two working professionals who treat every shoot the same way: shot with intent, credited to the photographer who made it, and built to reach an audience. Whatever lives in culture, we capture it and make sure it lands.
The disruption
Photographers under-credited or not credited. "Exposure" as payment. Rights grabs in small print. Closed rosters. Editorial that flatters the brand, not the room.
Coda is built on the opposite. Open Briefs for working photographers. Mentored Collective for those coming up. Real rates published. Bylines on every credit line. A publication that shows the receipts. Tools given away free.
“If the photo doesn't have a name next to it, it's stock. Coda exists so working photographers stop being stock.”
Leeds-born, Amsterdam-based. Contracted to Getty for music and film coverage across the Netherlands, with editorial pickups for British Vogue, Rolling Stone, Radio X and Rock Sound. Runs the Coda Briefs platform on the days he isn't shooting a festival.
“The best images come out of the room you weren't supposed to be in. Half our job is being trusted in those rooms.”
Amsterdam-born, festival-shaped. Leads the editorial side of Coda: Sziget, Roskilde, Pinkpop, Lollapalooza on the festival circuit; Adidas, Equals and Metal Hammer on the brand and editorial side. Also runs the Coda Collective mentorship, edits The Front Row, and runs yllwmrktng on the side.
02 · Principles · Five rules, zero exceptions
The five lines we hold to, in the language we use with clients, with the contract clause, rate page or template each one points to in production.
Holds the room · same hairline grid as the table above
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