Monday, January 31, 2011

Beautiful Portraits by Anne Menke


Anne Menke is a German-born photographer now based in New York City who specializes in editorial, advertising, and beauty photography.



Anne Menke was born on March 26, 1967 in Wittlich, Germany. In 1987, she finished her apprenticeship in Germany and worked as an assistant in Düsseldorf for 2 years. She opened up her own studio, then moved to Paris in 1991 and worked on her own in fashion and advertising all around the world. In 1995, she moved to New York City where she lived for several years before moving to Mexico. She has been living there since.

Anne Menke has shot for the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Her photographs have also been published in Self, Travel + Leisure Magazine, Cosmopolitan Germany, Elle France, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Russia, and Seventeen.

Her advertising clients include Emporio Armani, Nike, Aveda, Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Maybelline and Banana Republic, amongst others.