Katja Rahlwes
Katja Rahlwes is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris.
Biography
Katja Rahlwes born in Frankfurt Germany is a fine-Art and fashion photographer, moved to Paris in 1987 to study fashion design at Studio Berçot, Paris.In 1995-2004, Rahlwes set out for a career as a freelance fashion stylist. She met Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm, co-founders and publishers of Purple Prose, later called Purple fashion, in 1996. Rahlwes has been collaborating with Purple ever since and took part of a new movement of visual language in the publication world. In 1998-2001, Rahlwes became chief-fashion editor and photo-editor at BIBA, a major market fashion magazine in Paris.
Throughout those years she would live a parallel life as a professional stylist and photographer. 2003 she chose photography over her styling career.
Commercial work
Her work can be seen in the magazines Vogue Paris, Vogue Nippon, Vogue US, Self Service, Interview, Purple fashion, i-D, Pin Up, BUTT Magazine, New York (magazine).She has produced photographs for brands such as Gucci, Céline, Miu Miu, Chloé, A.P.C., Maison Martin Margiela, Levi's and others.
Exhibitions
- "Unknown Female Photographer", solo show at Galerie fuer Moderne Fotografie Berlin, Germany, September 2015UltraMegalore, Group exhibition curated by Hannelore Knuts at Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium, 2010Black Beauty, curated by Vogue Paris at Le Printemps, Paris, France, 2008RxART, Benefit Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, USA, 2007Maison Martin Margiela, Group exhibition, Paris, France, 2007Concrete Castle, Group Exhibition at Confort Moderne, Poitier, France, 20072001/2010:les années fatales, Group Exhibition for Céline & Libération Style, Paris, France, 2004Indigestible Correctness, Group Exhibition at Participant Inc, New York, USA, 2004Violence the True Way, Group Exhibition at Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003
Books
- "Full Moon", Supplement Book edition by PurpleFashionMagazine Issue 16 F:W 2011/2012Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller: Selected Works, Subjective Inventory, JRP|Ringier, 2008, Purple Anthology, Rizzoli, 2008, Butt Book, Taschen, 2006,