Melissa Scholten (1985, The Netherlands) makes photos.
She documents special moments in life and with her series
she tries to give an image to certain subcultures. She
documented historical Amsterdam graffitiwriters in 'Alter Ego'.
She is self-taught, but followed workshops from Yamandu
Roos (2009), Eddy van Wessel (2009) and FOAM (2009).
Melissa photographs most of the time with analogue
cameras because she likes the effect and rawness
of film. There is something magical about the process
of analogue pictures and it is always a surprise when
the film is developed. She also makes photographs
with digital cameras, but she just prefers
analogue better.
PUBLICATIONS
Hitkrant, nr 15, 2010
Calligraffiti, Niels 'Shoe' Meulman, 2010
+81 Magazine, Vol. 47, Japan, 2010
Are You Reading Me?, Laser 3.14, 2009
Blaadje 4, 2008
TED magazine, 2006, 2007
EXHIBITIONS
GRID2010, 4th International Photography Biennial Amsterdam, 'Multiculti',
ABC Treehouse, Amsterdam - October 3 till October 31, 2010
Alter Ego, Trouw/De Verdieping, Amsterdam - August 26 till September 5, 2010
Crêpe Magazine Launch, Lev Kaupas, Amsterdam - July 2, 2010
Project ASA New Stars, De Duivel, Amsterdam - June 10, 2010
CAMERAS
Nikon F50
Lomography Holga 120CFN
Lomography ActionSampler
Polaroid 600
Fuji FZ-3000 Zoom
Yashica AF-M II
Nikon D5000
Single use camera
And others...