The hunger for validation has many guises.
Body image disorders have reached epidemic proportions in modern societies where a distorted ideal of the female body prevails. Unchanged, it seems to be nothing more than raw material that needs to be shaped in order to be socially accepted.
professional category
Shapeable (Series)
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
Melanie Haberkorn is a freelance artist living in Cologne, Germany. After working as a criminal defense attorney she decided to study photography and graduated from the Photo Academy Cologne in 2018.
Her works have been awarded numerous prizes in competitions, published in professional journals and exhibited internationally.
Exhibitions and publications during the last two years:
„Alternative Film Stills“, Art Gallery Regensburg, Germany, 20.11.25-1.02.26
„Perfect Fit “, Art Icon Exhibition, Arles/France, 7.-15. July 2025
„Shapeable”, Art Icon Exhibition, Paris/France, 8.-10. Nov. 2024
„Shapeable”, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona/Spain, 2024
„Behind The Scenes”, Hartlauer Photo Gallery, Austria, 2024
"Alternative Film Stills 2.0", Article, Art Market Magazine, Dez. 2025
"Mommie Dearest", "(Role-)Models" and "Modern Tales, Article and Backcover, Lens Magzine, 05/2025
„Rapunzel”, Life Framer Journal „Beauty and Strength”, Editors’ Pick 07/2024
„Shades Of Midlife” and „Shapeable”, Cover and Article, Lens Magazine, 05/2024
Various pictures in MOTIVA Photo Art Festival, Luxury Edition, 2024
Her works have been awarded numerous prizes in competitions, published in professional journals and exhibited internationally.
Exhibitions and publications during the last two years:
„Alternative Film Stills“, Art Gallery Regensburg, Germany, 20.11.25-1.02.26
„Perfect Fit “, Art Icon Exhibition, Arles/France, 7.-15. July 2025
„Shapeable”, Art Icon Exhibition, Paris/France, 8.-10. Nov. 2024
„Shapeable”, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona/Spain, 2024
„Behind The Scenes”, Hartlauer Photo Gallery, Austria, 2024
"Alternative Film Stills 2.0", Article, Art Market Magazine, Dez. 2025
"Mommie Dearest", "(Role-)Models" and "Modern Tales, Article and Backcover, Lens Magzine, 05/2025
„Rapunzel”, Life Framer Journal „Beauty and Strength”, Editors’ Pick 07/2024
„Shades Of Midlife” and „Shapeable”, Cover and Article, Lens Magazine, 05/2024
Various pictures in MOTIVA Photo Art Festival, Luxury Edition, 2024
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