Honorable Mention / 2017 / Advertising / Fashion

The Elegance of Melancholy

  • Photographer
    Lucian Hunziker, Switzerland

«Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.» (Victor Hugo)

My fashion story is a tribute to the beautiful aspects of melancholy.

Lucian Hunziker (born in 1981) graduated with a Masters Degree in history from the University of Basel in 2008. He worked as an assistant to well-known photographers in Paris and Zürich and taught himself how to photograph. He portrays celebrities for newspapers and magazines. In 2010, he was awarded the Prix de la Photographie Paris. In 2014 he publishes his first book «Basel in Portraits».

Awards Lucian Hunziker (born in 1981) graduated with a Masters Degree in history from the University of Basel in 2008. He worked as an assistant to well-known photographers in Paris and Zürich and taught himself how to photograph. He portrays celebrities for newspapers and magazines. In 2010, he was awarded the Prix de la Photographie Paris.