The work here comprises an ongoing project of photography on the sly. I’m endlessly intrigued by the beautiful mash-up of nonfiction and fiction that candid photography has to offer; the non-fiction in the fraction of a second that the photo was taken, the fiction that follows as each viewer sees the photo and creates their own story.
Photography allows me to pluck out strange fleeting moments amongst the mad whorl of urban life and put them in my pocket. The images become a document of the city and a way to share how I see things, but also personal souvenirs of my journey through this curious world.
To order my photo book, Metropolis, visit Peanut Press.
SELECTED FEATURES, AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS
Feature Shoot Street Photography Awards Grand Prize (2020)
14th Pollux Awards, 1st Place, street photography (2020)
The Street Photographer’s Manual (Thames & Hudson)
Masters of Street Photography (Ammonite Press)
PHOS Festival Sofia 2019: PhotoSynthesis Gallery
LACP: Street Shooting Around the World Exhibition 3rd place (2019)
El Barrio’s Artspace, NYC: Women Street Photographers (2018)
Black & White Photography Print feature
PDN Magazine Featured photographer (July 2018)
Humane Society + Aperture auction (2018)
San Francisco Camerawork, SF: Home exhibit
Panopticon Gallery, Boston: First Look Showcase (2018)
PDN Perspectives Award Grand Prize (2017)
The New York Times Print feature (2017)
Harvey Milk Photo Center San Francisco (2017)
Pulitzer Center finalist: Strong Women (2016)
Feature Shoot: Solo feature (2016)
Street Sans Frontières Exhibit Paris (2016)
Fisheye Magazine
Miami Street Photography Festival finalist (2016, 2017)
Women in Photography
National Geographic: Our World in Motion (2016)
LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2016 Top 100
Inspired Eye Magazine 18
Simply: Center for Fine Art Photography
21st Century Street Photography: New Examples
READ MY CLIPS
Feature Shoot | New York Times Magazine | TreeHugger | Amazon | Mother Nature Network
WRITE ME (for photography): melbreyer@mac.com
VISIT ME: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Photography allows me to pluck out strange fleeting moments amongst the mad whorl of urban life and put them in my pocket. The images become a document of the city and a way to share how I see things, but also personal souvenirs of my journey through this curious world.
To order my photo book, Metropolis, visit Peanut Press.
SELECTED FEATURES, AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS
Feature Shoot Street Photography Awards Grand Prize (2020)
14th Pollux Awards, 1st Place, street photography (2020)
The Street Photographer’s Manual (Thames & Hudson)
Masters of Street Photography (Ammonite Press)
PHOS Festival Sofia 2019: PhotoSynthesis Gallery
LACP: Street Shooting Around the World Exhibition 3rd place (2019)
El Barrio’s Artspace, NYC: Women Street Photographers (2018)
Black & White Photography Print feature
PDN Magazine Featured photographer (July 2018)
Humane Society + Aperture auction (2018)
San Francisco Camerawork, SF: Home exhibit
Panopticon Gallery, Boston: First Look Showcase (2018)
PDN Perspectives Award Grand Prize (2017)
The New York Times Print feature (2017)
Harvey Milk Photo Center San Francisco (2017)
Pulitzer Center finalist: Strong Women (2016)
Feature Shoot: Solo feature (2016)
Street Sans Frontières Exhibit Paris (2016)
Fisheye Magazine
Miami Street Photography Festival finalist (2016, 2017)
Women in Photography
National Geographic: Our World in Motion (2016)
LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2016 Top 100
Inspired Eye Magazine 18
Simply: Center for Fine Art Photography
21st Century Street Photography: New Examples
READ MY CLIPS
Feature Shoot | New York Times Magazine | TreeHugger | Amazon | Mother Nature Network
WRITE ME (for photography): melbreyer@mac.com
VISIT ME: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter