Marco Kesseler is a British photographer with an interest in portraits and contemporary social stories, working with communities over an extended period of time.
Past works have been recognized by The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, The Sony World Photography Awards and The Renaissance photography Prize and exhibited at Paris Photo, PhotoIreland Festival and The New York Photo Festival. Clients include The FT Weekend Magazine, The New York Times, TIME and The Guardian Weekend Magazine.
When he’s not out taking pictures, Marco is usually foraging for wild mushrooms, cycling in the rain or eating his way across London.
Projects
- Greek Rocket War - TIMEEvery Easter on the Greek island of Chios the two church parishes of a small mountain town come together to celebrate an Easter tradition, which started during the Ottoman occupation. The locals spend the year collecting materials, hand making the illegal rockets and hiding their supplies on mountainsides before the annual festival takes place, where 100,000's of rockets are fired at the opposing church. Published by TIME.
Projects credited in
- The Dots' Culture Pick: Carnival PhotographyIn the warm up to this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival, we dived into The Dots' pool of projects to get those Bank Holiday vibrations ringing in our bones. Here are some images that we think encapsulate the notion of Carnival, take a look whilst your Red Stripes are still cooling down in the fridge.23
Work history
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PhotographerN/A
London, United KingdomFreelance
Freelance Photographer
Skills
- Commercial Photography
- Photojournalism
- Lifestyle
- Travel
- Documentary
- Editorial
- Portrait Photography
Education
BA(Hons) PhotographyFalmouth University
- Falmouth, United Kingdom
Awards
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Magenta Flash Forward AwardThe Magenta Foundation
Magnum Graduate Award NomineeMagnum Photos
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