Contact

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

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

 

About

Theo Stroomer is a commercial and editorial photographer in Denver, specializing in portraits, advertising, and corporate photography.

His personal projects chronicle American communities, combining research with long-form journalism to explore history, symbols, and subcultures.

His favorite photographs are curious, quirky, joyous, and empathetic.

  • 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.
  • Raised his 3-point average to 17% last season.
  • Once interviewed Terry Gross.
  • Was born with perfect pitch. Played the oboe.
  • Studied at Carleton College.
  • Owns an original Nintendo system. Loves Battletoads.
  • Worked as a paid tumbleweed consultant for a PBS documentary.
  • Reached 400,000 miles driving his 1985 Mercedes.
  • Would be happy to bake something for you!

 

 

Clients

  • AARP
  • AirBnb
  • ALA
  • American Heart Association
  • Bloomberg Businessweek
  • Buzzfeed
  • Chronicle of Higher Ed
  • City of Boulder
  • CNN
  • Common Spirit
  • Der Spiegel
  • Diageo
  • Empower
  • Forbes
  • Fortune
  • Gaiam
  • HCN
  • Intuit
  • Mother Jones
  • New York Times
  • NPR
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Oracle
  • Outside
  • Politico
  • Popular Mechanics
  • Popular Science
  • ProPublica
  • Rolling Stone
  • Swedish Hospitals
  • TIME
  • Trust for Public Land
  • University of Colorado
  • Vacasa
  • 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 2018-2019
  • 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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