DESCRIPTION
What is missing sometimes shapes our thoughts, feelings, and actions more strongly than what is physically present. It creates meaning through “negative space” and highlights that absence is not just nothingness, but a dynamic force that defines our experience.
The staged images of this series should not be too concrete in their message, but rather have a slightly whimsical touch and, through the deliberate use of coordinated colors, light, and shadow, encourage the viewer to interpret them in their own way or trigger a feeling of present absence in them.
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
