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Job Titles:
- Illustrator
- Artist
- Illustrator / UK
Esther Lalanne is a visual artist living in London. She takes on illustration works as a freelancer, and directs animated short films and commercials.
Focusing on the representation of bodies and identities, her playful and whimsical world takes inspiration in everyday life and relationships. Her love for animation brings her to create highly lively characters and a strong sense of movement and narration.
We took the time to get to know Esther and this is what she had to say:
Esther Lalanne: " HEY FABRIK! Thanks so much for the feature. I am Esther Lalanne and I am a French illustrator based in London. I work as an illustrator for magazines and brands, and as a character designer and director for the animation industry. My work is mainly focused on characters, relationships and inclusivity."
Esther Lalanne: "I can say I have an upcoming collaboration with an ethical and conscious clothing brand, which is exciting! I am going to focus on my shop as well this year and produce more prints and ceramics vases (cheeky with pointy tits) - You can shop my products here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EstherLalanne"
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director of Photography
- Director of Photography / Netherlands
- Dutch Director of Photography
Ezra Reverda is a Dutch Director of Photography based in Amsterdam specialising in commercials, fashion, beauty, lifestyle and fiction. Represented by Aim Creative Management, Ezra travels the world collaborating with brands such as Asics and IKEA.
Job Titles:
- Fashion Photographer / UK
- Photographer
Kirstie McNulty is a freelance Fashion Photographer working across the UK specialising in photography for fashion brands, TV advertising alongside portraits and personal projects. We got in touch with Kirstie to find out more about her editorial and fashion work. Read what she had to say:
Lauren Sick is a writer and director, known for her music video work with artists such as Chromeo, MØ, Foster the People, A-Trak, American Authors, El-P, Vampire Weekend, A$AP Ferg, Anderson East, and Pentatonix. She recently directed the first teaser trailer for MGM Studios' biopic RESPECT, starring Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin. Lauren grew up in the dark woods of suburbia, screening inappropriate horror movies at slumber parties. A lover of horror and genre filmmaking, she was a creative collaborator on the feature film SCARE ME, starring Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.
A multifaceted director, Lauren's work spans both the narrative and branded space, having grabbed the attention of clients such as New Balance, Nike, Garmin, Fendi, FADER, Nasdaq, Soulcycle, and Beats By Dre. The spot she directed for Zola.com provoked international attention when the Hallmark Channel removed the ad for its depiction of a lesbian wedding. The piece (since re-instated on the network) was written about in the New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Rolling Stone, and Deadline, and was parodied on Saturday Night Live.
Malte Rosenfeld is an award wining cinematographer. Born in Hamburg, he grew up in Ireland, before moving to Berlin and later Lodz to study cinematography at the Polish National Film School before settling in London.
He shot his first feature film ‘Little Wires' in the last year at Lodz which was awarded among many awards the Jantar for ‘best cinematography' at Koszalin FF.
In London he established himself in commercials and winning a Kinsale Shark for the cinematography of ‘Malle - Prepared to get Lost' He continues to work on selected features films with strong director collaborations. The film ‘Papagajka' directed by Emma Rozanski premiered at SXSW and the Netflix Original ‘Close' was the third feature film with director Vicky Jewson. He recently completed the film ‘It will be fine' ( ‘Jakos to Bedzie' ) with long time collaborator director Sylwester Jakimow.
With roots in photography, lighting and documentary films the emphasis in all his work is character portraiture and visual story arch to support and carry the story. We reached out to get to know Malte and find out what he's been working on.
Fabrik: Hi Malte and thanks for your time. Would you like to share a little bit more about you?
Malte Rosenfeld: "Very glad to be here. I am a cinematographer living in London - born in Germany, brought up in Ireland, studied cinematography a the Polish National Film School in Lodz, before moving to London 10 years ago. My parents were photographers so I kind of grew up in the studio. On the way to being a DP I worked my way up through the lighting department and documentary films, before going to film school."
Job Titles:
- Architect
- Architect / USA
Max Boerman took a calculated leap of faith: While fresh out of university he packed his bags and decided to jump across the pond and follow his dreams in the city that never sleeps - New York City. Having graduated with his master's in Architectural Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Max took a job at architecture and design firm Archi-Tectonics in Manhattan, New York. Exposure in an international setting and the scalability of projects gave him the opportunity to conceptualize and draw winning architectural designs across the globe.
Job Titles:
- Illustrator
- Illustrator / Serbia
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Her work has been covered in a variety of press outlets, including Fubiz, DesignSponge and IllustrationAge among others and she is the recipient of multiple international awards.
Milica Golubović is a visual artist and illustrator. She creates poetic digital imagery with focus on atmosphere, color and texture, and draws inspiration from nature, the Mediterranean seaside and everyday life in general. She has exhibited solo and participated in over 70 group exhibitions, both local and international, and has received multiple awards for her illustration work.
Raquel Villa is a London-based 3D Artist with a deep curiosity about the mixture between strange behaviours and physics. Whilst viewing her portfolio, you will find experiments and learning processes through movement and simulation. We got in touch to find out more about Raquel's work:
Raquel Villa: "Hey! I am Raquel Villa, a 3D artist with a deep curiosity about the intersection of strange behaviours and physics. What has always drawn me to art is probably the playful aspect of it and the learning by doing. At school, I was fascinated with a subject called technical drawing, which blended artistic freedom with technical constraints. To me, that was the perfect balance - the ability to play and learn freely, but with rules to make it work.
Job Titles:
- Illustrator
- Brokeback Mountain
- Illustrator / UK
Scott is an illustrator who is currently based up in Scotland, United Kingdom. He sees himself as a person who solves problems of the visual nature and has being doing so since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art & Design. Whether it be towering monoliths or conceptual spot illustrations, no illustrative design problem is too small.
He has produced artwork for numerous clients and galleries from around the world, from Magazines to Newspapers, Conceptual works to Books. Whether it is vectors or stylised drawn illustrations, Scott has made artwork for many different uses.
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Scott is using Fabrik's Calico theme - a magazine format theme with unique homepage layouts and several project layout options geared towards presenting longer-form projects and blog posts.
Job Titles:
- Professional
- Professional Colourist / USA
Vincent is a Los Angeles based professional colourist for film and television. He has an award winning background as a cinematographer working in music videos, commercials, documentaries and film, so we got in touch to find out why he chose to work in colour: