MEL KARCH [DE FACTO:] | Artist profiles
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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