Melissa Schriek

Name: FOTOFORM
Price range: $

The City is a Choreography

Feature

Melissa Schriek

The City is a Choreography

'The City is a Choreography' explores the contemporary city. The project exists of street scenes and portraits in public spaces that probes the disconnection between the city and the youth that reside within. With special attention to the sculptural qualities of the body and the relationship between space and individual, and between each other, the city always hums in the background of the images. 'The City is a Choreography’ explores the escape from daily routine of everyday life and how the urban environment can be perceived with both eyes and body.

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography2

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography3

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography5

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography7

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography8

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography9

Melissa schriek the city is a choreography11

Melissa Schriek

Melissa Schriek (1992) is a Dutch photographer who studied documentary photography at The Royal Academy of Arts in The Netherlands. The last year she has worked on several projects like ‘The City is a Choreography’ and ‘ODE: an exploration of the dynamics of female friendship'. Schriek explores relationships between individuals and their environment through both observation and staging. Her work is often created with a performative approach, aesthetically and conceptually exploring the border between staged and documentary photography. With her sensibility for the body as a sculpture, she aims to create images that challenge our perception of human connection.

@melissaschriek

melissaschriek.com