Mario Schmolka
Mario Schmolka (born 1975 in Vienna ) is an Austrian fashion and portrait photographer .
life and work
Schmolka graduated from the college for photography at the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna and took on an assistant to Andreas Bitesnich . This was followed by a two-year stay in Milan , where he worked for the fashion photographers Aldo Fallai , Thomas Schenk , Liz Collins and Michael Wooley . a. assisted in productions for Versace , Moschino , Prada , Etro and Trussardi .
Back in Vienna he started his own business and quickly took photos for international brands and fashion magazines such as the German Vogue and the Italian Vanity Fair , for Glamor , Amica , Issue One , GQ or the Austrian Magazine for Fashion and Photograph, Peng! . His clients include Astor, Cartier , Estée Lauder , H&M , Luisa Cerano , Olymp, Palmers , Pantene , Peek & Cloppenburg , Procter & Gamble , Panasonic , Rimmel London , Silhouette , D. Swarovski and Wella .
He published his personal view of the world in 2005 in the illustrated book Intense - he calls these works "intimate portraits" - and then shown them in two solo exhibitions. In addition to his fashion and beauty work, he portrays personalities, especially from the fashion world, such as Tommy Hilfiger , Aerin Lauder , Karim Rashid , Manolo Blahnik or Bar Refaeli . He is also a visiting lecturer at the Art Institute of New York City .
Schmolka, his wife Katja and their two sons Nils and Marvin lived in New York City from 2008 to 2014 and then moved to Malibu (California) . He himself divides his working hours between Europe and the United States.
Exhibitions
- UFO space Frankfurt
- 2006 WestLicht , Vienna
Book publication
- Intense . With prefaces by Andreas Bitesnich and Christian Satek . Edited by Karsten Thormaehlen . DAAB-Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-937718-45-1 .
Award
- 2012 Vienna Fashion Award in the Best Photographer category
Web links
- Literature by and about Mario Schmolka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mario Schmolka , website
- Klein Photographen , short biography
- WestLicht , text accompanying the exhibition with five illustrations
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmolka, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian fashion and portrait photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |