ABOUT

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

• 24 Hours Queensday, BEP Gallery, Amsterdam, April 14 till May 31 2011
• Van A tot Z, D.O. Gallery, Almere, December 3 till December 31, 2010
• 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...

CLIENTS

• Funkimag.nl
• Buma/Stemra
• TED