Katja Rahlwes

Katja Rahlwes
Born1967 (age 58–59)
Frankfurt, West Germany
EducationStudio Berçot (fashion design)
OccupationFashion photographer

Katja Rahlwes (born 1967, Frankfurt, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris.[1][2]

Biography

Katja Rahlwes born in Frankfurt Germany (3rd of december 1967) is a fine-Art and fashion photographer, moved to Paris in 1987 to study fashion design at Studio Berçot, Paris.[3][4]

In 1995-2004, Rahlwes set out for a career as a freelance fashion stylist. She met Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm, co-founders and publishers of Purple Prose, later called Purple fashion, in 1996. Rahlwes has been collaborating with Purple ever since and took part of a new movement of visual language in the publication world. In 1998-2001, Rahlwes became chief-fashion editor and photo-editor at BIBA, a major market fashion magazine in Paris.[5]

Throughout those years she would live a parallel life as a professional stylist and photographer. 2003 she chose photography over her styling career.

Commercial work

Her work can be seen in the magazines Vogue Paris, Vogue Nippon, Vogue US, Self Service, Interview, Purple fashion, i-D, Pin Up, BUTT Magazine, New York (magazine).[6]

She has produced photographs for brands such as Gucci, Céline, Miu Miu, Chloé, A.P.C., Maison Martin Margiela, Levi's and others.

Exhibitions

  • "Unknown Female Photographer" , solo show at Galerie fuer Moderne Fotografie Berlin, Germany, September 2015
  • UltraMegalore, Group exhibition curated by Hannelore Knuts at Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium, 2010
  • Black Beauty, curated by Vogue Paris at Le Printemps, Paris, France, 2008
  • RxART, Benefit Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, USA, 2007
  • Maison Martin Margiela, Group exhibition, Paris, France, 2007
  • Concrete Castle,[7] Group Exhibition at Confort Moderne, Poitier, France, 2007
  • 2001/2010:les années fatales, Group Exhibition for Céline & Libération Style, Paris, France, 2004
  • Indigestible Correctness,[8] Group Exhibition at Participant Inc, New York, USA, 2004
  • Violence the True Way, Group Exhibition at Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003

Books

  • "Full Moon" , Supplement Book edition by PurpleFashionMagazine Issue 16 F:W 2011/2012
  • Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller: Selected Works, Subjective Inventory, JRP|Ringier, 2008, ISBN 978-3-905829-54-9
  • Purple Anthology, Rizzoli, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8478-3020-6
  • Butt Book, Taschen, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8228-3021-5

References

  1. ^ Schiller, Julia (2018-03-12). "Galerie für moderne Fotografie | »Female Female« • PiB (Photography in Berlin)". PiB (Photography in Berlin). Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  2. ^ "Katja Rahlwes - Fashion Photographer | Photographers | The FMD". The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  3. ^ "The Katja Chronicles | models.com MDX". MODELS.com. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  4. ^ "The Gentlewoman – Katja Rahlwes". thegentlewoman.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  5. ^ "The Katja Chronicles | models.com MDX". MODELS.com. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  6. ^ Larocca, Amy (2007-08-19). "Cindy Crawford Models This Season's Chunky Knits - Fall Fashion 2007 - New York Magazine". Nymag.com. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  7. ^ "Confort Moderne - Rupture des évidences". Confort-moderne.fr. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  8. ^ "ART IN REVIEW; 'Indigestible Correctness' - New York Times". The New York Times. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
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