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Amsterdam Fashion Week Photographer — A Visual Diary for METAL Magazine

Writer: Nico Quinteros Photography Official
Nico Quinteros Photography Official
Sep 10
1 min read

During Amsterdam Fashion Week 2026, I documented the city through a series of images created for METAL Magazine — moving between backstage, front row and the streets of Amsterdam.


From the intimate moments behind the scenes at Tess van Zalinge, Fortanier and Lichting, to the people arriving at the shows and the energy surrounding Fashion Week, the project became a visual diary of the week as I experienced it.


Rather than focusing only on the runway, I wanted to look at everything happening around it: the waiting, the preparation, bodies in motion, clothes being adjusted seconds before a show, quiet moments backstage, unexpected encounters and the very personal way Amsterdam approaches style.



There is something about this city that feels instinctive rather than overly constructed. Fashion exists here with a certain ease — individual, diverse and often slightly imperfect — and that was what I wanted to preserve in the photographs.


This edition also marked METAL Magazine’s first participation in the official Amsterdam Fashion Week programme, making the collaboration particularly special.


The complete story has now been published by METAL as:

“Amsterdam Fashion Week 2026 by Nico Quinteros — A Visual Diary.”

Photography — Nico Quinteros

Words — David Alarcón

Photo Assistant — Nerea Lerín



Smiling blonde woman in black holds a clutch and phone outdoors, with blurred people in dark clothing behind her.
Man in sunglasses wears a colorful abstract sleeveless dress at a street fashion event, with a blurred crowd behind him.
Smiling curly-haired person in sunglasses and a Nirvana shirt at a crowded outdoor event, with tattoos and a denim jacket draped over arm
Crowd gathers outside a stone building with an open black door and yellow frame; vertical banner reads FORTANTI.
Woman in sunglasses and black leather jacket stands in a crowded street, wearing a patterned pink top and a serious expression.
Older blonde woman in a cream dress and tan handbag walks through a busy outdoor crowd, looking focused and elegant.
Profile of a woman with a sleek ponytail, gold earrings, and a white high-collar shirt, standing on a city street.
Young man in white shirt and gray trousers films with a smartphone on a sunny city street, with two men nearby and a relaxed crowd behind.
Model in a white dress and black boots walks a runway in an ornate church-like hall, with blurred spectators in foreground.
Blonde woman in profile backstage among blurred people, in a warm wood-paneled room, calm and focused.
Woman in gray hoodie with FORLATER on back talks in a mirror at a backstage gathering, with stained-glass windows behind.
Three models walk a runway in a grand hall; one in black, two in pale outfits, including a gray hoodie reading Fortanie.
Fashion models with slicked-back hair stand in a dim runway backstage, wearing black and patterned outfits, faces serious.
Man in a plaid coat and headphones checks his phone backstage, with blurred people and mirrors in a dim studio.
Two serious-faced models in pastel pink and blue layered fashion, standing against a plain teal backdrop with ornate necklaces.
Two women backstage, one tying a white corset on the other; dim, cool-lit fitting room with focused, calm mood.
Backstage fashion model in pale blue hat and corseted white dress, surrounded by other models in a dim dressing area.
Fashion model in white sculptural headpiece and lace dress backstage, with a serious expression.
Fashion model in a blue hat and white blouse is surrounded by people and phones in a dim backstage room.
Avant-garde model in a feathered black hat and layered dark outfit on a runway, with an attentive audience in a dim venue
Bald model in glossy black runway outfit with jeweled earrings, side profile, as blurred audience watches in a dark fashion show
Seated audience at a nighttime fashion show, people in stylish clothes holding programs, with 20 YEARS OF FIGHTING visible on papers.
Runway model in mint green layered coat and skirt walks past spectators filming at a fashion show, looking serious.
Fashion model with spiky blond hair and oversized glasses walks runway in blue shirt and tan pants, audience watching in dim light.
Fashion runway model in pink shutter shades, fur jacket, and patchwork pink skirt, walking past seated audience in dim venue
Male model in a white coat with blue accents walks a runway, with blurred audience seated behind him.
Runway model in a white beaded mesh outfit and face veil walks past seated audience at a dim fashion show.

 
 
 

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