Jan Buus is a Danish photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. He is primarily known for his portrait, advertising, and fashion photography.He has worked for clients, such as, Dentsu, Uniqlo, POLA, JT roots, Cut magazine, rockin'on magazine,Forbes Japan,GQ Japan, Esquire Japan, Elle Japon, Vogue Japan, Pen, Tugboat, The Danish Film Institute, Zentropa, and The Kennedy Center (US).
Jan was born and raised in Denmark. Before moving to Japan, he primarily worked in Denmark shooting portraits for the Danish film industry . His pictures of Danish film directors and actors have appeared in magazines, such as, Sight and Sound (UK), Time magazine (US), Ekkofilm (DK), and FILM (DK).
In Japan, he has held the exhibition FILM PORTRAITS at Laune galerie at Omotesando, Tokyo. His pictures are strongly influenced by the Scandinavian cold light and clear colors. His greatest inspiration is people, whose individual beauty he sees and captures in a clear cinematic style. In 2017,'magniflex' visual received JR East Japan Transit Advertising Awards.
MAGAZINES CUT / rockin'on / rockin'on JAPAN /Forbes Japan/ GQ japan / pen / Anan / VOGUE JAPAN / ELLE japon / Esquire / 婦人画報 / 家庭画報 etc..
ADVERTISEMENT OLYMPUS[PEN] / マンダム / 東京手仕事 / AEON / magniflex /ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ[Xperia] /大和証券 / POLA / リクルートエージェンシー / KIRIN [FIRE] / NIKON (China) [Nikon1] / RUDY PROJECT / UNIQLO etc.