MEL KARCH
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LEGLE TRIBVUTAITE FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

Mel Karch was born and raised in Germany and studied art and graphic design in Paris. Her first steps into photography were, with a black and white reportage on the Kings of the Ivory Coast in Africa.

VLADA ROSLYAKOVA FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

BAMBI FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

MARIE-CLAIRE UK

ANDREW NICOL & AVA, LOS ANGELES

ANNE V. FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA SPECIAL ISSUE

In Paris, Mel went on to assist internationally reknown photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger before beginning her own career in fashion photography.

MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA SPECIAL ISSUE

NASTASA VOJNOVIC FOR BEAUTY SPECIAL

IGUNA BUTANE  FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

BIANCA BALTI  FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

IGUNA BUTANE  FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

After winning the Fuji Prize for Young Photographers in Paris, followed by a prize of the Canon Award in Germany, she gained exposure with the success of two exhibitions of her private work.

RAFFAELLA FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

GIEDRE DUKAUSKAITE

KIM NOORDA FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

ANNE V. FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA SPECIAL ISSUE

 

No stranger to fashion photography, her images are more than just editorial; they tell stories with underlying narratives rooted in the cinematic landscapes of her shoots. "Each image is a captured moment in life which helps constitute my universe”.

VLADA ROSLYAKOVA FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

 

ANABELLE FOR VOGUE JAPAN

ALISSON NIX FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA

 

“I think that the minimalistic composition of my images, underlined by a cinematographic lighting, gives them a dream-like surrealism. Each image is a captured moment in life which helps constitute my universe”.

PORTRAITS PROJECT

  KIM NOORDA 1 BARTOLOME CHAPEL FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA CAROLINE WINBER FOR MARIE-CLAIRE ITALIA SPECIAL ISSUE YSAUNNY FOR AIR FRANCE MADAME KIM VAN DER LAAN FOR VOGUE SPAIN

Mel’s spirit of adventure and travel has taken her to spectacular locations around the world on assignment for publications such as The New York Times, Marie-Claire Italia, Vogue Nippon, Vogue US, D la Repubblica, Common and Sense, Stern, and brands invluding Lufthansa, BCBG, Diesel, Panasonic, Nike, S. Oliver and Kenzo.

BCBG, CAMPAIGN FW19

VOGUE SPAIN & DIOR COUTURE

ADELA STENBERG FOR VOGUE SPAIN CARMEN KASS 'GENERAZIONE TOP' DIESEL KIM VAN DER LAAN FOR VOGUE SPAIN ARIZONA MUSE FOR AIR FRANCE MADAME

Her body of work, MOMENTS, is a glamourised ode to the American landscape, be it in the form of solitary suburbia or Hollywood iconography.

 

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