I am a photographer currently based in Montpellier (south of France) working on various personal projects. I am available for freelance commissions (France and Europe) and am a member of Getty's Global Assignment team.
http://globalassignment.gettyimages.com/cecile-mella
Born in Montpellier, France, in 1983.
Philosophy, History and Film studies in France.
MA Photographic Journalism, University of Westminster.
Assistant for Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Seamus Murphy and Per-Anders Pettersson.
Photos and text in the press:
The New York Times, SHOTS, Polka, Monocle, You, The Guardian Monthly, The Times Travel, Time Out, TNT, Wanderlust, The Sunday Times (South-Africa), The Big Issue (South-Africa), Horizons, Wordstec, Cape Times, Khuluma, The Callsheet, LIP, Blackpool, New Consumer, WOUND, Insurance Times, Mayfair Times…
Commercial clients:
Velocity Films, The Red Dot agency, Le Douze, Nameless Films, British Fashion Council, Africa Centre.
Exhibitions:
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2007 recipients and short listed, Getty Gallery, London, U.K. (August 2007)
Bonani Africa Photographic Festival, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town and Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South-Africa (August-November 2010)
Festival des Boutographies, Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier, France (May 2011)
Festival OffSete, La Décoratrice, Sète, France (June 2011)
Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Noorderlicht (September-October 2011)