Amuse-Bouche

• Prize
  Bronze in Book/Fine Art
• Photographer
  Melanie Dunea , United States
• Studio
  Melanie Dunea Photography
• Website
  https://www.melaniedunea.com/photography
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/melaniedunea/

To create Amuse-Bouche, I was driven by the challenge of mixing fashion + food + photography + art — fields that don’t overlap.

I spent 3 years with the myths, rules, realities of these disciplines and their strict boundaries. I forced no preconceived rules or compromises, which is why I self-published this work.

AB looks like a Michelin-starred restaurant menu. Look closer — this isn’t a menu, it isn’t a fashion shoot or a food shoot.
I used no AI rather I painted, photographed, and wrote the entire collection by hand.

This is my invitation to look twice, closer, laugh and dream.

Melanie Dunea is a photographer, artist, and author whose work, always rooted in photography, explores the intersection of portraiture, interactive art, and literary projects.

A classically trained photographer who learned by working in the studios of Richard Avedon, the Gamma Agency in Paris, and NYCs Industria Superstudio.

Her 5 books, including the My Last Supper books, have been translated into several languages.

Beyond her portrait photography, Dunea’s Atelier Dunea crafts and creates immersive artistic photography and supports supports several international charities with her photos.

Awards Dunea has received photographic awards from American Photography, PDN, Communication Arts, Graphis, the Society of Publication Designers, International Photography Awards, and the Lucie Foundation over her 30 year career.