Photographer • Filmmaker • Visual Artist
Thrilled to announce that ‘Florence Lightingale’ received The FOCUS ON THE FEMALE Art Created During Lockdown Award. “Away from the worn-out out-of-date academic portrait of the female muse, Cristina Schek’s attention-grabbing images are inspired by literature and history. I marvel at her unique quirky portraits of modern life, in interiors brimming with warm comfy chintz and…
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Delighted to announce that my work ‘Florence Lightingale’ received The FOCUS ON THE FEMALE Art Created During Lockdown Award! “Away from the worn-out out-of-date academic portrait of the female muse, Cristina Schek’s attention-grabbing images are inspired by literature and history. I marvel at her unique quirky portraits of modern life, in interiors brimming with warm comfy…
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Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday. No wonder that’s what we find. Dare to meet your Surreal self? Drop me a line.
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Emotions that if cut, would bleed.
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Bask Magazine. Editorial work from our Hampton shoot back in the fall with divine actress Carmela Corbett, who is playing ‘Viola’ in the popular play ‘Shakespeare in Love ‘ based on the screenplay by the American Award-winning film (Jan. 13-Feb. 10). Read article. Make-up by the talented Lindsey Gibbins. Jewellery by Lukie Lowe Jewellery of London-based jeweller and…
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You’ve reached another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. A land of both shadow and substance. Of things and ideas. It is the middle-ground between light and shadow. It lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. It is an area which we…
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Can you hear a photo? See a sound? Delighted to have captured ‘The sounds & the colours of music’ with the brilliant pianist and composer Nicolae Mihaila. A project very dear to me, this series was created having as backdrop The Lightwall pedestrian tunnel at King’s Cross St Pancras station in London. A place that’s…
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Anaïs Nin à le diable au coeur. La douleur assassine.Anaïs Nin, Anaïs –Infiniment féminine. (Anaïs Nin – Romane Serda & Renaud)
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Princess Leia, The Rebel. Hair & Make up by Lindsey Gibbins.
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The boy who loves tractors.
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Don’t take mirrors seriously. See album set.
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The concept of Daywalkers originates in the idea of the white witch, a benign type of witch who spent most of her time as a folk healer. The more powerful Daywalkers become, however, the more they must walk the line between good and evil, and must take care not to be seduced by darker powers. Daywalkers…
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Experimenting with wet plate portraiture, the digital way. When an antique photographic process (discovered in the mid 19th century, used until the 1880s), isn’t quite alive anymore, you play with the legend. ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Because, I’m an analogue girl, living in a digital world… ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Join the mailing list. HUZZAH!
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“Please remember: things are not what they seem.” ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
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“If you can’t understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation.” ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
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~ FIRST ACT ~ “You say black, I say white You say bark, I say bite” … I don’t believe in Peter Pan Frankenstein or Superman All I wanna do is… Bicycle bicycle bicycle… I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I…
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This started as a behind-the-scenes, in-between photoshoots, camera-in-hand-relaxing-mood snappy-snaps with the beautiful and extremely talented mezzo-soprano Gabriella Varvari. Gabriella has definitely got that rare Silver Screen look, the movie star quality. I have the most beautiful memories of that day. Back to Commissioned Work | Fine Art | Love @ First Site | Films | Contact © Cristina Schek
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Delighted to see my portrait of gallerist Cynthia Corbett, of the renowned The Cynthia Corbett Gallery in London, and some of the photos of the beautiful work of Young Masters Art Prize published in Social Life Magazine, the Luxury Magazine of the Hamptons, NYC. Here’s the exclusive interview with Cynthia, by Kevin Berlin.
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CONFESSION: My favourite people in the world are the ones with all-around shiny personalities. Deborah Azzopardi is one of my absolutely most favorite people in the universe: deborahazzopardi.co.uk
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I’ve had the immense honour and joy of working on Deborah Azzopardi’s ‘Special Limited Edition Coffee Table Book ‘SSHH…’, editing the images and taking the artist photographs. The book showcases Deborah Azzopardi’s work over the past 10 years and features more than 100 of her celebrated images, including new work and a selection of the public’s favourite Azzopardi published paintings.
Read More“Cristina is a very talented artist on the contemporary photography scene, offering a wide range of services from portraits and product photography to fine art conceptual photography. Her pictures are creative and clever, revealing complex meanings the more one looks at her artwork.
From a client’s perspective, Cristina has made me feel at ease during a recent trip to Windsor, her posed and candid portraits together with the creative landscapes capturing very well the feeling of the day.”
Teodora Totorean, Mixed Media Artist, Art Writer and Book Reviewer
YaYa’s : A group of three or more women whose hearts and souls are joined together by laughter and tears shared through the glorious journey of life.
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CRISTINA SCHEK 