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purified

2012-02-15T18:03:00.002+01:00

Had a walk in the storm up in Wales.

Black Mountain - Purified footwear from Jonny Kight on Vimeo.

updated

2012-01-07T04:28:00.002+01:00

www.mariellamelie.com is updated.

cross-stitch

2012-01-06T18:00:00.002+01:00

This is some of the things ive done during christmas. Cross stitched and sewn Ole Elias a leather tote for his birthday. Time well spent!

Hyttetur

2012-01-04T18:26:00.002+01:00

A night at the cabin. Ended the eve with a dip in that icy water.

xmas pics

2012-01-02T15:33:00.001+01:00

Two nice christmas pictures shot by Ole Elias.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2012-01-01T00:31:00.003+01:00

I wish you all the very best for the new year, and thanks to all supportive words in 2011. Love from Norway

thursday

2011-12-30T01:47:00.000+01:00

this is what is left

2011-12-29T14:20:00.001+01:00

dress

2011-12-24T19:03:00.003+01:00

Made myself another new dress last night as i figured i didnt pack any dresses i wanted to wear for christmas day. Had this fabric laying around that ive wanted to make a dress from for ages, and after wanting to buy this Carven dress for ages; there was only one thing to do. I love having my sewing-machine here. Might have to get one in London as well..
Merry Christmas everyone!

merry christmas

2011-12-24T13:32:00.000+01:00

Here's my christmas-weather.

Untitled from Mariell Amelie on Vimeo.

details

2011-12-23T01:43:00.001+01:00

babe

2011-12-23T01:41:00.000+01:00

separating day and night

2011-12-20T18:38:00.001+01:00

velour

2011-12-20T03:31:00.003+01:00

Been missing my sewing-machine really bad. 2 x velour and collar.

never tired

2011-12-20T02:33:00.000+01:00

in the room i grew up

2011-12-17T16:24:00.002+01:00

I keep all my favorite things.

The Milky Way

2011-12-17T01:16:00.003+01:00

Finally, another holiday up north in my beautiful island. This time for three weeks.. Three weeks in complete darkness. Had to do a 30sec exposure to get any light at all in this picture, as I couldnt even see what I was framing.
Here's the stars and the everlasting Norwegian sea outside my window. Love from Norway

finding home

2011-12-09T14:14:00.000+01:00

andøya

2011-12-03T02:50:00.003+01:00

Appreciate having this wonderful island to come back to when i miss my parents food and my cats cuddles. Falling asleep to the sound of ocean, waking up in the mornings and not knowing whether its your eyes that are still covered in sleep or if its the windows covered in sea-salt. Not being able to leave the house as the resistance of the wind is keeping the doors shut. Staying up after the street-lights are shut and all I can see is the stars and northern lights. This is what I will do for 3 full weeks during christmas/new years.

family portrait

2011-11-21T21:27:00.002+01:00

Preparing for christmas now

christmas

2011-11-16T13:33:00.003+01:00

Christmas soon. And im going home for 3 weeks!
I have decided to not push myself towards the fashion industry, I will just continue doing my thing and I am sure if its meant to be I will get work anyways. I just really wanna do what I love doing. Got an exciting project going on that I will tell you about in a bit. Life is the best thing that happened to me.

black

2011-11-13T04:16:00.001+01:00

she had just left for heaven, they said

2011-11-01T20:36:00.001+01:00

friday

2011-10-21T21:53:00.002+02:00

in the park where we live

2011-10-20T19:09:00.002+02:00

there was some pretty nice shadows going on yesterday. went for an afternoon stroll with ants.

back in uk

2011-10-09T19:22:00.003+02:00

this is from my last day home, northern norway.

noctis

2011-10-03T23:37:00.001+02:00

Im featured in Noctis Magazine. Interview starts at page 49.

north

2011-10-03T22:50:00.002+02:00

Being home is so refreshing. Total relaxation. Going back to London on Friday.

running

2011-10-03T11:15:00.001+02:00

About running.

migrants

2011-10-01T18:46:00.000+02:00

preview

2011-09-28T21:25:00.001+02:00

A little preview of my latest series for Base Magazine with Olivia and Ole Elias as usual. Stay tuned.

what i talk about when i talk about home

2011-09-28T16:12:00.002+02:00

from a sunday

2011-09-27T18:20:00.006+02:00

daniel lismore

2011-09-22T22:39:00.003+02:00

Photographed Daniel Lismore for Platinum Love magazine. Check out all the pictures at www.mariellamelie.com / daniel lismore.

days

2011-09-22T22:18:00.001+02:00

Went to Paris yesterday, did a little lookbook for Reko today, shooting for Base mag tomorrow and then finally on saturday im off to Norway for 12 days! Happy!

Shop of horror

2011-09-14T23:28:00.001+02:00

One of my favorite shops here in east London. Visit the Last Tuesday Society.

Stamp Magazine

2011-09-12T23:04:00.001+02:00

Check out my work for Stamp Magazine!

My first commissioned selfportraits.

Out of step

2011-09-12T22:03:00.002+02:00

Check out Christin's last issue of Out of Step. How wonderful is this? Ive got a couple of shoots in here as well. Enjoy!

On/off

2011-09-07T00:49:00.003+02:00

Im a part of an exhibition ('Dig the new breed') arranged by Rankin and Tuuli during LFW at On/Off Gallery. If you are in London you should pop by the gallery after the 16th of september.

nordic knit

2011-08-25T19:19:00.001+02:00

tuesday

2011-08-24T17:43:00.001+02:00

just another day

2011-08-09T23:03:00.002+02:00

So London has been pretty wild the last days. We have spent every day indoors taking photos, applying crazy makeups, baking cakes and drawing. My attempt on a self-portrait. Im not impressed. Although, if you'd like to see some stunning illustration/drawings, check out Esra Roise!

sunday

2011-08-08T01:57:00.001+02:00

More crazy makeup-days in the forest family.

saturday

2011-08-07T15:51:00.002+02:00

So, we've given up being social. Spent friday and saturday doing makeup and taking stupid pictures. Here is Antony again. Makeup by Ole Elias.

antsypants

2011-08-06T02:28:00.001+02:00

Ole Elias trying out some new makeup. Antony is the model, as always.

Friday

2011-07-30T05:05:00.001+02:00

June/July

2011-07-19T18:27:00.002+02:00

June and July has been treating me very very good. First a few photos of our home, rest is from Croatia, London and Brighton.

Louise Korner

2011-07-14T20:49:00.001+02:00

Did a little shoot for Louise Korner today. Her design is so beautiful! Here is a little preview from the filmroll. I'll upload the rest + digital ones when they are finished.

croatia

2011-07-03T18:54:00.003+02:00

Croatia is absolutely stunning. Im back home on friday. Wish I could stay here for ever.

holiday

2011-06-20T22:13:00.007+02:00

Ive had a busy period but now its time for some relaxation. On friday I'm going to Croatia and I'm gonna stay there for two weeks which is gonna be absolutely faboloux.. and with this trip I have only one mission; get a darker shade of white to my skin so i dont blend in with the 'moonlight white' paint on my bedroom walls!
I have some shoots in my head for when I'm back, and I've promised myself I better start working harder if I'm gonna get anywhere with this photography. Its not easy trying to become someone in such a big city as London. Au revoir!
ps. feel free to drop some tips about Split/Croatia in the comment field.

hangout in my bed with antsypants.

going down

2011-06-05T00:52:00.002+02:00

Tomorrow morning Im having a selfportrait-shoot for an online magazine. Im feeling a bit weird about it as I have never been told to do selfportraits before, its gonna be my first "planned" one.

May

2011-05-23T21:21:00.002+02:00

May is a good month.

todays shoot

2011-05-20T02:24:00.000+02:00

Just a quick preview of what ive done today.

Recently

2011-05-20T00:49:00.003+02:00

Finally we have got internet in our new place. That took about a month. Ive been so busy lately and I enjoy it. Its my birthday on saturday so Im off to Rome for some relaxation. Excited. Here are two of my latest shoot. First photo is from a Gustav Klimt inspired shoot I did with Verity Cumming, Olivia Wright and with clothes from Nova Chiu.

This other one is preview of a lookbook I did for the wonderful Holly Luckwell.

Emesha

2011-05-12T14:15:00.000+02:00

Lookbook for Emesha. More on www.mariellamelie.com.
Ive got so many exciting projects coming up the next two week, cant wait to show you!

People you never knew

2011-04-28T16:36:00.002+02:00

lost and found

Selfportraits, updated

2011-04-22T02:19:00.003+02:00

I couldn't wait to finish the photos I did today, so here they are. I've updated my website with some new selfportraits. The nine first ones are shot in Alveland, that I talked about in my previous post. A massive thanks to Svein, Nikoline and Rita for letting me use their house and costumes/ clothes.

The best place on earth

2011-04-21T21:29:00.006+02:00

I am still home in my birthplace up north in Norway, and I spent today at Alveland. Just have to write a little text about this, as it is too good to miss out on.
This little house, driven by a lovely family, sell hand-made soap, massage oils, bath bombs etc. The house brings you back to old times, and you can either sit down and enjoy the homemade pastries in the café in ground floor, or, if you are looking for a place to stay they rent out rooms in 1st floor.
If you still don't know what to do this summer, Dverberg (and Vesterålen in general) is absolutely a place worth visiting.

The soaps are all with natural ingredients, even handpicked berries! Some of the different soaps you can choose from are: blueberry, cloud-berry, chocolate, olive/goats milk, honey/cinnamon and coffee. They also do shampoo and dog-soaps.
I started using these soaps a year ago, and I have never had as good skin as I do now. I use them both in my face and on my body.. and no, even if you've heard you shouldn't use soap in your face; this is something completely different. Better than all those skin products I've used that only irritates my skin. I don't even have to use body lotion any longer as these soaps are packed with oils and other caring ingredients. True story!

If you want to try out a little test of these block of soaps to see yourself, just send me an email to info@mariellamelie.com, and I'll send you a little test (2 inch) block of soap.

Or, if you want to order online, you can go to their website, or if you are english go to google's translated version.
Just so its clear, this post is not an advert even though it might look like it is. Its all from my heart and I want everybody in the world to know of this unique little factory in the middle of nowhere.

Here are some shots from the house. I also did a little selfportrait-series here that I will finish within a few days.

Ingredients used:

All cut by hand:

desert without mirage

2011-04-20T14:35:00.001+02:00

Sacrificial site

2011-04-20T00:31:00.004+02:00

An ancient sacrificial site used by the Sami people, called Bukkekirka.

Andøya

2011-04-19T23:28:00.002+02:00

This is where I grew up.

Ocean breathes salty #2

2011-04-18T23:12:00.001+02:00

North

2011-04-18T01:21:00.003+02:00

Having some sweet days in Northern Norway. Making shoes, dresses and photos will be taken during the week. Happy Easter!

Follow Rivers

2011-04-15T23:37:00.002+02:00

The series I did the other week is up on www.mariellamelie.com.
Model Zazoe (from M and P models), Makeup: Ole Elias, Styling: Olivia Wright. And a massive thanks to Mari Rustan and Antony Burger who helped out the whole day getting all muddy and sunburned.

Lookbook

2011-04-15T23:01:00.002+02:00

Did a lookbook with Olivia Wright and Ole Elias for a Stephanie Grace Foy.

Profondo Rosso

2011-04-15T00:09:00.004+02:00

Here is a little preview on my latest shoot. A cinematic one, inspired by Profondo Rosso / Deep Red (1975). As always: Ole Elias/Makeup, Olivia Wright/styling. Diana R from FM Models and Antony Burger did some filming.
And, I just got home to Northern Norway today. Gonna be here for 10 days, excited!

Zazoe

2011-04-05T00:37:00.002+02:00

A quick preview on my last shoot with Zazoe (model), Ole Elias (makeup), Olivia Wright (styling), Anotny Burger and Mari Rustan (assistants). We moved to the new flat two days ago btw! yayss

Lucy's wedding

2011-04-01T01:32:00.002+02:00

This weeks theme for Lucy in disguise was summer weddings. Model was the blogger Frou Frouu and on makeup Emma D. More on my website.

VOLT Café

2011-04-01T01:30:00.001+02:00

A preview on a shoot I did for Volt Café. Ole Elias Hove on makeup.

Pentax weekend

2011-03-28T20:40:00.003+02:00

New home

2011-03-25T14:59:00.005+01:00

We are moving in to this furnished flat in only 10 days. Im so excited!
Im doing a beauty shoot for Volt Café tomorrow, another shoot for Lucy In Disguise next week, two lookbooks and a story for Ligature magazine the week after that.
Im also planning to start using film alot more. Just got a Pentax, and some film for my polaroid 430, aaand planning a shoot with the Bronica. So much to look forward too.

The Navajo

2011-03-19T00:50:00.003+01:00

The Navajo is up at www.mariellamelie.com. Makeup: Ole Elias Høve, Styling: Olivia Wright, Set: Charli Dugdale.

Lucy In Disguise

2011-03-18T01:36:00.003+01:00

I am doing a collaboration with the vintage store Lucy In Disguise and the wonderful girl behind the blog Constance Victoria.
Lucy In Disguise is the prettiest vintage store I've visited, and if you havent been there yet, it is defiantly worth the trip to Covent Garden.
This first shot is showing their very cool-looking tailor, using a proper old sewing-machine. The rest of the photos are showing the treasures you can find in store.

More at www.mariellamelie.com

Hymn

2011-03-07T21:43:00.003+01:00

Updated my website with this main fashion spread I did for this months Fashion156.

Valhalla

2011-03-05T17:45:00.002+01:00

Minolta

2011-03-02T00:56:00.002+01:00

Some old, some new. Just scanned some negatives with my new negative-scanner that doesnt really seem to do its work.
Kirsty Ward on last season's LFW.

an old one

behind

2011-02-26T20:48:00.002+01:00

Here are some of Olivia's behind the scene shots. + two final photos.

Navajo

2011-02-25T16:53:00.003+01:00

Did a shoot yesterday with Ole Elias (makeup), Olivia (styling) and Charli (set) based on navajo's and some other tribe-things. Haven't really edited them yet or decided if I should do colours or actually do a b/w series for ones. Any suggestions?
Anyways, here is a little preview. Tonight we're having a 90s party. Its all about spice girls, buffalo shoes, middle partings and jersey trousers with skirt on top.

EDIT: here is a slightly coloured version as well. not exactly the same photo though and not really too much colour either as blogspot desaturates my photos.

summer

2011-02-20T02:23:00.003+01:00

Found these two photos while tidying up my hard-drive. Really do miss northern Norwegian summer-days more than ever after seeing these again.
Other than that, I am shooting on thursday, and the whole team and moodboard is perfect so hopefully the shoot will be as well. Ps, image-search Navajo for some sunday inspiration.

Lookbook for Reko

2011-02-11T23:12:00.002+01:00

Today I've been shooting a lookbook for Reko, the designer I work for in Top Shop. Makeup, as always: Ole Elias, My favorite stylist: Olivia Wright.

feed me

2011-02-06T18:12:00.003+01:00

Im trying to build up some money to cover my bills, food and stuff. Buy something here. And feel free to request prints from me for a small amount of money. Contact me at info@mariellamelie.com for a request or maybe just a few words, I appreciate that as well.

Antony

2011-02-03T02:53:00.002+01:00

A wednesday-night in our home. Ole Elias/Makeup, Antony/Model. More to come.

diy

2011-01-30T21:57:00.002+01:00

when you dont have any necklaces you like, make your own.

evil house, evil day

2011-01-17T23:02:00.001+01:00

Ole Elias, as always, doing a loco-makeup.

Bardot

2011-01-13T18:01:00.001+01:00

One of the series I did before christmas is now up on mariellamelie.com. Makeup: Ole Elias

Blue

2011-01-11T01:50:00.003+01:00

I though it would be nice with a little post with photos from my "like"-folder. I have tried to credit all the pics I have the credits for.
And, is inspo posts yay or nay?

pic1 pic2 pic3 pic4 pic5 pic6 pic8 pic10 pic11 pic12 pic13 pic14

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T03:21:00.003+01:00

Thank you everyone for following me in 2010, hope i'll see you again in 2011. It feels like 2011 is going to be a pretty nice year. I wish all of you lots of luck this coming year.

And over to what I've been doing during my xmas holiday up north. Been making three dresses with some authentic vintage fabrics from the coolest shop in Norway (and it is in my island!): Adlys Eventyrsalong.

I'm back in London on Sunday. Mixed feelings. Gonna be good to be back, but I'll miss my mom and dad.. and of course Luna.

Merry xmas

2010-12-24T17:20:00.001+01:00

Merry xmas from me and Luna. Now we are off to some family dinner.

Eliot Lee Hazel

2010-12-23T22:40:00.002+01:00

While doing my daily nerding on the internet I stumbled upon this photographer. Some of his images are truly amazing. Here are four of my favorites, check out eliotleehazel.com.

Old stuff

2010-12-23T13:31:00.004+01:00

I can't remember if I have shown you this little series me and Ole Elias did a year ago. As you can see, we used stuff from our living-room. Lamp shade, plastic-bags, plants, cleaning brushes etc.
Still enjoying Northern Norway, doing nothing for two weeks. Merry Christmas everyone!

Moon-light

2010-12-22T16:31:00.005+01:00

I am in Northern Norway now, where I grew up. I love this place, its so inspiring. I've only been here for two days, so all Ive seen is the moon. That is pretty much all the light we get up here during mid-winter. The sun doesn't even rise above the horizon.
Here are some crap photos taken with way too high ISO while driving a car.

Grey Gardens

2010-12-14T02:48:00.003+01:00

I've updated my website. Here is the editorial I shot today with Kimmie Endresen on styling, Ole Elias on makeup, Elliot Gretch on hair and models from D1. The shoot was inspired by the documentary Grey Gardens (1975).

Caitlin

2010-12-10T00:59:00.002+01:00

Me and Ole Elias did a testshoot today with beautiful Caitlin who I scouted in Top Shop. I love her face. See more at www.mariellamelie.com.

Preview on the Brigitte Bardot shoot

2010-12-10T00:58:00.001+01:00

Here is a preview on the underwear shoot I did with inspiration in Brigitte Bardot.
I will post the rest when it is finished.

Preview on the "spaceship" shoot

2010-12-10T00:57:00.002+01:00

Here is a preview on the shoot I did with a spaceship-theme. I'll post the whole series when its finished.

Preview on OOS shoot

2010-12-10T00:55:00.001+01:00

Here is a little preview of the Out Of Step shoot I did some days ago. See the rest of it in spring 2011. I'll let you know when its out.

Ten Bells

2010-12-03T02:01:00.004+01:00

Did a shoot today/ tonight for stylist Olivia Wright. Ole Elias on makeup and masks. Model from Select Models. It was so freezing doing this shoot, all cred to the model who didn't complain once about the cold.
Stay tuned, I've got 4 more shoots this week; 5th, 6th and 7th x 2. One inspired by the movie/documentary "Grey Gardens", one about lost love for Out of step magazine, one with "people from outer space" and one inspired by Brigitte Bardot. The two last ones are being shot in the amazing Deerhurst Road location.

Preview

2010-11-26T00:51:00.003+01:00

Shot the main fashion story for Fashion 156 today. You'll find it on www.fashion156.com in January. Meanwhile, enjoy this little preview:
(Photo: me, makeup: Ole elias, styling: Guy Hipwell, models from premier and select)

123

2010-11-15T02:56:00.002+01:00

Just some testing / helping someone out with a UNI project.

Movie

2010-11-14T20:51:00.002+01:00

Antony's little movie from the shoot we did for Fashion156.