Lara Verheijden (1990) is a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in a small city in the Netherlands called Deventer. After highschool (Waldorf) she moved to Amsterdam to study Dutch literature and linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. After graduating she did one year of photography at the Royal Art Academy of the Hague (KABK). Starting out she focused mainly on fashion photography, however she mainly gained recognition within the art world because of her instagram page where she posted her autonomous work.

In the summer of 2018 she got the idea of making the first Amsterdam Nude Calendar together with Mark Stadman. Through a casting call on instagram and sometimes via friends and acquaintances the models are found and portrayed all over the city in iconic places.

In the Dutch tradition of Paul Verhoeven's movie Turkish Delight Lara photographs her subjects in a calm and open manner. With a sense of humour and subtle feeling for sensuality she investigates the tension between nudity and the public domain. An excellent example of this, is the infamous portrait of Sofie, her muse, called: 'Sofie on the ferry'.

After three editions of the Amsterdam Nude calendar, the project made in 2021 a Berlin edition as well, called: Der Berliner Nacktkalender. The idea is to add various other cities and places in the coming years. Currently Verheijden is living and working in Amsterdam.