by Violetta Markelou | Sep 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m very excited to present my latest series, WOMEN OF COLOUR on October 1rst at the Monroe Trust Artist Collective. I haven’t exhibited in over 3 years and it feels good to put out a photographic series where the message is very dear to my heart. It’s been a lot of...
by Violetta Markelou | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am still on a high from this past weekend’s AfroPunk Festivities in Brooklyn ! It was everything and more than I could’ve imagined. For a fashion and portrait photographer, the eye candy was everywhere! The people, the fashion, makeup, hair and overall styles were...
by Violetta Markelou | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am obsessed with capturing light. But you could say that about any photographer right? For me though, sometimes it is the light itself. It’s quality or the way it will hit a certain place creating a shape that will make me stop and want to photograph it. But most of...
by Violetta Markelou | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
My sisters were my first models. Ever since I picked up the camera in high school, they have been there for me to photograph and to experiment. The days of us just shooting for fun and experimentation seem long gone though. With all of us busy and getting older with...
by Violetta Markelou | Apr 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Carlo. What could I say to you that wouldn’t state the obvious? Well first, I’d want to tell you how apprehensive he was to doing a photo shoot. I didn’t take it personally. I knew it wasn’t me. He just was more than slightly uncomfortable to having his portraits...
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