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MÉLO is a franco-british photographer and film director, with a practice rooted in a poetic, exploratory, and inclusive approach. Her work spans various genres, including documentary, portraiture, fashion, beauty, and commercial projects. She challenges traditional creative processes by breaking down the usual divide between author and subject, emphasizing co-creation and experimental methods. Her focus is on exploring how representation works, highlighting the unseen forces and intangible elements that shape bodies, experiences, and the natural world.

MÉLO is also an associate lecturer on the Creative Direction For Fashion BA (Hon) at the London College of Fashion.

Selected publications and accolades:

2024 - Taylor Wessing shortlist 2024 - Portrait photography

2024 - THIIIRD Magazine - Fashion story (still) - Softness

2024 - A Shaded View of Fashion Film Festival - Dover Street Market Paris - Official selection - Fragments Ep. 1 & 2

2024 - New York Super Short Film Festival - Winner, Best Super Short Film - Fragments Ep. 1

2024 - Doc. London Documentary Film Festival - Official selection - Fragments Ep. 1

2024 - Raw Canvas Summer Exhibition 2024 - Photography

2024 - Fragments Ep. 1, official selections:  Venice Film Week, Doc. Sydney Film Documentary Film Festival, Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Jersey Independent Film Festival, Doc. Boston Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam Independent Film Festival

2023 - Doc. Berlin Documentary Film Festival - Winner, Best Super Short Film - Fragments Ep. 1

2023 - Nowness Pick of the Day  - Fragments Ep. 1

2023 - Half the Sky - Ephemere - Women street photography

2016 - A Shaded View of Fashion Film - Fashion Documentary - Finalist - SKin

​2016 - Grand Indie Wise Convention - Finalist - Solomon Grey - Choir to the Wild

2016 - Skin, official selections: International Fashion Film Festival Brussels, Walthamstow International Film Festival, Grand Rapid Feminist Film Fest.

2015 - VOTD - Winner - Solomon Grey - Choir to the Wild

2013 - Aesthettica Short Film Festival - Official selection  for experimental film -- Impossible Shoes

2013 - La Jolla Fashion Film Festival - Official selection for best picture and best director - Impossible Shoes

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