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Michelle Mattern is a lifestyle, fashion and surf photographer based around the world or Siegen, Germany. 

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Michelle discovered her passion for photography at the young age of 13, when she bought her first digital camera. At the age of 18 she started working as a freelance fashion photographer beside her studies at the University of Applied Science and Art Dortmund.

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Her love for the ocean and surfing brought her into lifestyle photography, where she developed her unique style of vibrant colors and atmospheric light.

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References

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Waves & Woods Magazine, Business Cornwall Magazine, Prime Surfing, Ripcurl, Protest, O'Neill, Talents & Pros, Surf Institute Fuerteventura, Infinity Surfcamps, Lost Caparica Surfhouse, Summersurf, Longboard Worldmaster Carl Fölster, German Surf Champion Valeska Schneider, MelloYello Guesthouse, Aloha Surf Academy, Longboard with Amigos

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Nominations & Exhibitions

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First Place "Germany's best youth photographer" 2011,

Deutscher Bund für Fotografie e.V.

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Photokina 2012,

Participation at exhibition 

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