Felix Schoeller Photo Award
Shortlisted in the Category Fashion Photography
About The Award
The Felix Schoeller Photo Award is one of the highest prize-value photographic competitions in the German-language regions. The award honors works that clearly illustrate a love of photography and exceptionally stringent demands on picture quality. As a manufacturer of special papers for high-quality photographic reproductions, the aim of our award is to honor and lend support to photographers who share our passion for uncompromisingly good photography. The Felix Schoeller Photo Award is presented every two years.
Fashion Photography:
Fashion is a mirror of our zeitgeist. In the dynamic interplay between art and commerce, design and the mundane, fashion draws on the most diverse trends. Fashion photography has been documenting people’s attitude to life since photography was first invented. The category Fashion Photography embraces the entire spectrum of fashion and fashion accessories and the visualization of their numerous facets.
Press Release
Shortlisted / 2019 / Fashion Photography
"Old Worlds Looking At New"
Felix Schoeller Jury:
Michael Dannenmann - Portrait photographer (DGPh), Düsseldorf; Clare Freestone - National Portrait Gallery, London; Gérard A. Goodrow - Curator and author, Cologne; Clara Maria Sels - gallery owner and head of the Düsseldorf Photo Weekend; Julia Sörgel - chief photo editor, ICON Magazine; Andrea Vollmer-Hess, Photo Editor, Vogue Germany
The Concept
Old, dated worlds get a view of a woman in modern couture... reactions ensue. In the end, they ended up always admiring her from afar.
Photographer: 2b+photo
Production, Concept and Art Direction: 2b+photo
Stylist: Carla Vanderhorst
Couture Designer: Narces
Jewelry: Lao Feng Xiang
Model Agency: John Casablancas International Model Management,
Vancouver B.C.