Dark Sides

• Photographer
  Melanie Haberkorn
• Agency / Studio
  Melanie Haberkorn
• Technical Info
  Pictures were captured with a Hasselblad x1d and composed in Photoshop.
• Photo Date
  From March 2020 till October 2020
• Website
  http://www.haberkorn.name

The series „Dark Sides“ deals with bad experiences and - unsuccessful - coping mechanisms. The pictures of this project are deliberately kept minimalistic with a deep black background. The depicted people are anonymous: they are covered, turned upside down or shown from behind while their "dark Sides" are exposed.

• Biography
  Melanie Haberkorn wants her photography to be artistically expressive. She quotes: 'Unlike linear art like prose, poetry or music, a photograph displays everything „at once“ but can still send the viewer on a little journey to gradually discover what the picture is really about." Melanie Haberkorn is a graduate of the Photo Academy Cologne. After working as a criminal defense attorney she decided to study photography in 2013. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Cologne.
• Awards
  - OneEyeland "Top 10 Fine Art Photographers 2021": Titlewinner (Golden X Trophy) - Moscow International Foto Awards 2021: Bronze - 1x.com-Contest: Conceptual Art: First Place - IPA - Int'l Photography Awards 2021: Honorable Mention - FineArt Photography Awards 2021: Honorable Mention - Minimalist Photography Awards' Annual Book 2020: Publication - Annual Photography Awards 2020: Honorable Mention - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020: Honorable Mention - Chromatic Award 2020: Honorable Mention - ND-Awards 2020: Honorable Mention - Contemporary Art Ruhr (October 2020): "C.A.R."- Talent - Fotoforum-Award 5/2020: Publication - Minimalist Photography Awards 2020: Honorable Mention - Contemporary Art Ruhr (March 2020): "C.A.R."- Talent - Prix du Livre 2020 (Rendez-vous Image, Strasbourg): Nomination - German Photo Book Award 2019: Bronze - Docma Award 2019: Publication in the Book "Remix Culture“ - Cover and Editorial in the Trade Magazine "ProfiFoto" - New Talent Award 19/1: Winner