Contact

Email: theo@theostroomer.com (Theo uses he/him/his pronouns)
Tel: 303.350.7870
Location: Denver, Colorado
Instagram: @theostroomer

For editorial and commercial commissions, please contact Theo directly. Redux Pictures represents Theo's stock imagery.

 

About

  • Works as a photographer and director.
  • Lives in Denver, Colorado.
  • Pronounces his name "Tay-oh".
  • Is constructing a deck in his backyard.
  • Learned bikebuilding after a thief stole his treasured purple aluminum Cannondale.
  • Lived in Bangladesh (RPCV) and Bolivia.
  • Has nightmares after he eats cherries.
  • Once interviewed Terry Gross.
  • Was born with perfect pitch. Played the oboe.
  • Studied at Carleton College.
  • Owns an original Nintendo system. Loves Battletoads.
  • Reached 400,000 miles driving his 1985 Mercedes.
  • Would be happy to bake something for you!

Stroomer's photography is focused on American communities, combining research with long-form journalism to explore history, symbols, and subcultures.

 

 

Clients

AARP
ALA
American Heart Association
Bloomberg Businessweek
BuzzFeed
Centura Health
Chronicle of Higher Ed
City of Boulder
CNN
Der Spiegel
Diageo
Forbes
Fortune
Gaiam
Intuit
Mashable
McGowan Fund
Mother Jones
New York Times
NPR
Open Society Foundations
Oracle
Personal Capital
Politico
Popular Mechanics
Rolling Stone
Swedish Hospitals
TIME
Trust for Public Land
University of Colorado
Vacasa
Vox
Wall Street Journal
The Y / YMCA
5280 Magazine

 

Recognition

American Photography 38
American Photography 37
NYT LENS Portfolio Review 2021
American Photography 36
PDN's 30, Nominee 2018-19
Magenta Flash Forward 2017
Review Santa Fe 2017
American Photography 33
American Photography 32
Photolucida Critical Mass 2015
Documentary Project Fund Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant
Luminous Endowment Grant

 

 

Wait, how do you pronounce your name?

"Tay-oh", which sounds like "Day-o" and "Hey-o!" I am part Dutch and that's my nickname, short for Theodore. My last name rhymes with Homer, like the Simpsons character (not Boomer, like the football analyst).

 


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