Pieter Henket

Pieter Henket (born January 21, 1979) is a Dutch photographer living and working in New York City.

In 1999, he worked on the set of the film Flawless, starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

He has worked with celebrities such as Anjelica Huston, Mary-Kate Olsen, Sir Ben Kingsley, Kristen Stewart and Lady Gaga for whose debut album The Fame Henket shot.

In 2010, the iconic image was presented at the American Woman exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

In 2015 Henket was commissioned by Tales of Us in Berlin [3] to photograph Congolese from the Mbomo District acting out their mythologies in the Odzala Kokoua National Park.

Pieter Henket's cover shot of Lady Gaga’s debut album The Fame
Photograph taken in the Odzala Kokoua National Park by Pieter Henket, and published in the book Congo Tales
Photograph taken in the Odzala Kokoua National Park by Pieter Henket, and published in the book Congo Tales