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Anna

Black and White portrait of Anna Sviridova, shot in my studio in february 2020.

Awards

Black & White Photo Contest

2023

Nominee

Portrait

Professional

Anna

Black and White portrait of Anna Sviridova, shot in my studio in february 2020.

About Artist

Seb Michel

Seb Michel is a Swiss photographer born in Brussels, Belgium in 1976.  An artist mother and film director father, Seb Michel was introduced early on to the world of photography. After spending his teenage years skipping class to experiment with his first camera - a Nikon FM2, a gift from his father at the age of 12 - Seb starts a photography apprenticeship in dual training in a photo studio in Geneva and enters the Vevey Photography School in Switzerland. Upon graduating, he joins an advertising studio in Geneva where he earns his stripes as a young fashion and beauty photographer. After a decade of collaborations with global agencies, Publicis, Havas and Saatchi & Saatchi, Seb established his own studio with a focus on luxury fashion, still life, motion and art direction. In 2012, Seb Michel launched his studio in Lausanne, where he works with a close-knit team. Over the years, Seb has worked with some of the worlds most recognised luxury brands : Adler, Baume & Mercier, Chopard, Jaeger LeCoultre, Longines, L’Oréal, Parmigiani Fleurier, Pierre Deroche, Vacheron Constantin, Wella. Meanwhile, his interest to develop a personal art work becomes stronger and he started to create personal series, characterized by his minimalist approach. Seb's aesthetics effortlessly reflects his love of the light and hisrelentless hunt for emotional visuals, be it in still, beauty or art projects. Seb Michel is represented for artwork by MONIKA WERTHEIMER GALLERY Seb Michel is represented for commercial assignments by SOW WORLDWIDE COLLECTION F. Hoffmann-La Roche art collection AG, Basel EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS 2023 PHOTO BASEL 2023, Collective exhibition with Monika Wertheimer Gallery, BASEL 100 AUSTELLUNGEN, Collective exhibition at Monika Wertheimer Gallery, Oberwil, BASEL VIVID HERBARIUM #1_3_C, Nominated in Still Life category at 16TH Annual International Color Awards 2022 TEXTURE_#20, exhibited at Gallery Monika Wertheimer Gallery, Oberwil, BASEL ELMNTS • WATER ICE #17, nominated in still life category at 15TH Annual International Color Awards 2021 ELMNTS • WATER ICE, exhibited at Photoschweiz, Zürich SARAH, honorable mention in nude category at 14TH Annual International Color Awards 2020 BEAUTY IS A POINT OF VIEW • exhibited at Photoschweiz, Zürich BODYCOLOR 01, nominee in nude category at 13TH Annual International Color Awards 2019 RED, honorable mention in fashion category at 12TH Annual International Color Awards 2018 AQUASPLASH, nominee in fashion category at 11TH Annual International Color Awards BLACK SWAN, nominee in fashion category at 11TH Annual International Color Awards 2017 ALREADY GONE, honorable mention in fashion category at 12TH Annual Black & White Spider Awards. ANOUK, nominee in fashion category at 12TH Annual Black & White Spider Awards. 2016 RE-BIRTH SERIES, Silver in Fine Art – Nudes category at One Eyeland Photography Awards RE-BIRTH SERIES, Silver in Conceptual category at One Eyeland Photography Awards PRINT SALES All images are available as fineart prints. Prices depending on format and edition. All prints are high quality certified inkjet or lambda prints on fineArt Hahnemühle paper, mounted and framed. Worldwide shipping.

Seb Michel

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Advertising & Commercial, Fashion & Beauty, Fine Art, Nude, Portrait, Still Life

Location

Switzerland

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