Driven by Love and Fury Added by MOA2006

Photo: Marco Melander

Conversations between J?rn Donner and the Artist Stefan Lindfors, picture editing

This diploma work presents photographs that I have shot during 15 years of designer and artist Stefan Lindfors and his works. I have shed light on the working conditions and methods behind the images at the same time analyzing the content of my photographs through representation. Representation means presenting and describing things in a new way. My photographs don?t only present an object, but they are also mental representations of Lindfors works. Lindfors himself as a person is also presented in my photographs as this same kind of object. In my images I have aimed for a strong interpretation and tried to set them as dramatically as possible.

Marco Melander is best known for photographs taken for the designer and artist Stefan Lindfors. He has also worked with other Finnish designers, including Yrjo Kukkapuro, Yrjo Wiherheimo and Harri Koskinen.
Since the start of his career, Melander has worked in close co-operation with the business sector and marketing. He has won several advertising awards. In 1999 he received the second and in 2002 the first Best of the Year award from Grafia, the Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland.
Melander's photos have appeared in several international newspapers and magazines, including The Times, Blueprint, MD, Domus and Washington Post.

Contact:
marco.melander(at)saunalahti.fi
+358 50 556 6680