#22 Between Fiction and Documentary

“When I was a child, I wanted to be a detective so I could satisfy the enormous curiosity I carried for the world and people around me. Instead of becoming a detective, I began making use of the camera to investigate. I still carry this curiosity with me when I make work and this often results in noticing simple, small details, that may seem unimportant.” —Melissa Schriek

Dutch photographer Melissa Schriek talks in great detail about her journey from photojournalism to art photography. This is a story about a supremely talented photographer who faced a fork in the road at the start of her career. We dive into how documentary work shaped her vision, the tensions she felt as she was finding her voice, and how she's making art now, during the pandemic.

Her body of work The City is a Choreography has earned her commissions with fashion labels and features in It's Nice That, Ignant, and The Daring Media among other publications.

Inside the Episode

Find Melissa Schriek at https://melissaschriek.cargo.site/

Our theme music is by Ben Tyree, and he tweets at https://twitter.com/BenTyree

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