Maak Roberts
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Number of profiles: 1 I was born a Virgo in 1972. My dad is British, my mum German. Moving around a lot in my youth (I spent time in Australia, England, France and Germany) meant I never really grew roots but did grow to like traveling and change. I got my first camera when I was 10 and we lived in Australia. It was a Kodak Instamatic and I took lots of pictures of koalas who since they were so high up in the trees ended up being the tiniest specks on the photos. Later on I did some workshops, i.e. darkroom, pinhole camera and all that, published a school paper with my best friend, and did an internship with a still life photographer. I started photo school in Berlin in 1996 – Lette Verein – but when they kept on asking me why I couldn’t just try and do the same as everyone else I left after not quite 2 years. During that time and immediately afterwards I also assisted different photographers and learnt lots of useful things. I then got my first assignments and things started to pick up speed. I spent the first few years of my career shooting for magazines and record labels. Gradually though I began to find out that I was into funny stuff and staged my photos more and more, which somehow seemed to work better for advertising. I had a bit of a breakthrough in 2004, as in making my style more recognisable and finding an excellent agent in Christine Defrance. In my work I am attracted to unusual, absurd and comical stuff and what the French call „trompe l’oeil“ – a trick of the eyes – without wanting to be too ironic or downputting. After all I believe people photography is about showing something unexpected in people but also making them look good. I also believe in retaining a tangible quality in my pictures and not retouching them as if there was no tomorrow. It all usually starts with an odd idea, sometimes based on what I see in the world outside, at other times on what I find in the world inside. At the end ideally my picture will make you look twice and then maybe smile. I am quite meticulous when it comes to planning and organisation and I try to really think things through, especially when I know there will be retouching involved later on. Since early 2008 I am being represented in the UK by Germaine Walker - another brilliant photographer's agent. In April 2010 I opened my branch office in Hoxton and now spend more time in London than Berlin. 1972 in Hamburg zur Welt gekommen, mein Vater Engländer, meine Mutter Deutsche, und in Australien, Deutschland, England und Frankreich aufgewachsen, habe ich die Unstetigkeit und Reiselust mit in die Wiege gelegt bekommen und bis heute nirgends wirklich Wurzeln geschlagen. Als kleiner Pimpf begeisterter (wenn auch erfolgloser) Naturfotograf, vertiefte ich meine Beziehung zum Medium später über Workshops, machte zeitweise die Schülerzeitung, übernahm das Schulfotolabor und endete als Praktikant bei einem Still Fotografen in Hamburg. 1996 zog ich nach Berlin und fing eine Ausbildung beim Lette-Verein an. Spätestens bei der Frage „Herr Roberts, warum versuchen Sie nicht einfach mal, dasselbe zu machen wie alle anderen auch?“ verging mir aber die Lust, und nach nicht ganz zwei Jahren Fotoschule suchte ich das Weite und mein Heil in der Arbeitswelt. Ich hatte immer nebenher assistiert und fing dann verstärkt an, mich um die eigene Karriere zu kümmern. Langsam kamen die ersten eigenen Jobs für Plattenfirmen und Zeitschriften, und die Dinge entwickelten sich. Ich entdeckte, dass mich witzig inszenierte Fotos am meisten interessierten, ein Faible, das mich schliesslich in die Arme der Werbung trieb. 2004 war ein bedeutsames Jahr: mein Stil wurde klarer, und in Christine Defrance fand ich eine ganz vorzügliche Repräsentantin. In meinen Bildern versuche ich, die Welt und uns Menschen auf ungewöhnliche, absurde, humorvolle Art zu zeigen, wobei mich vor allem die Überlagerung verschiedener Bildebenen anzieht. Auf Französisch sagt man „trompe l'oeil“ - die Augen überlisten. Dabei gebe ich mir Mühe, Leute von einer guten Seite zu zeigen, eher als überspitzt ironisch. Ich strebe auch nach einer haptischen Qualität in meinen Bildern (wie sagt man? Authentizität?) und erlaube mir, nicht alles in Grund und Boden zu retuschieren. Meine Ideen finde ich sowohl in alltäglichen Situationen, auf der Strasse als auch in mir selbst. Ich stelle mir dann vor, wie Leute später zweimal hinsehen müssen und schmunzeln, was mich dann selber am breitesten grinsen lässt. Bei alledem bin ich, was die Vorbereitung betrifft, extrem sorgfältig (da schlägt eben mein Sternzeichen - Jungfrau - durch) und versuche, die Dinge wirklich durchzudenken, was gerade in der Nachbereitung oft Gold wert ist. Seit Anfang 2008 werde ich in England von Germaine Walker vertreten - noch so eine grossartige Agentin. Einst nur als Ausgleich zur entspannten Lebensqualität von Berlin gedacht, verbringe ich seit April 2010 den grössten Teil meiner Zeit in London, wo ich in Hoxton ein zweites Büro angemietet habe.Number of clients: 1 1Live Be Berlin Berliner Morgenpost Berliner Sparkasse Bild BNP Paribas BMAS BMWi BMBF Das Handwerk Daimler Chrysler Deutsche Bank Deutsche Post DEVK Die Bahn Die Grünen DPD Dyrup Elsevier Fernuni Hagen Gilden Kölsch Hornbach Hotel Concorde Berlin IG Metall Ikea Klicktel Lichtenauer Lotto Brandenburg Procter & Gamble Random House Rewe Group Simyo Smart Sony PSP Stabilo TLG Immobilien Umbro Uniplan Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken ... Aimaq Rapp Stolle Circle Culture CP Compartner Die Interaktivisten Ergo For Sale Fritzsch|Mackat Grabarz & Partner Grey Worldwide Heimat Ideenhaus Jung von Matt JWT London Lida Ligalux Massmann, Neuser an der Spree McCann Erickson M.E.C.H. Melle Pufe Ogilvy & Mather Publicis Redwood Reinsclassen Roemer Wildberger Scholz & Friends Schwarz Gruppe Serviceplan TBWA London TBWA Paris The Reeves Agency Amsterdam Vasata Schröder Florenz We Do Zum Goldenen Hirschen ...20 Ans Das Magazin / Züricher Tagesanzeiger DIE ZEIT Emotion Future by Semcon GDI Impuls Hamburgmagazin (SZ) J'n'c Fashion Maxi Musikexpress Neo2 Neon Spex Stern SZ Magazin WAD We'Ar Different ZEIT Campus ZEIT Wissen Zoom-zoom (Mazda) ...Number of pubs: 1 some Number of Titles: 6 SLIDESHOW EDITORIAL 1 PORTRAIT COMMERCIAL 1 EDITORIAL 2 COMMERCIAL 2 Number of Captions: 257 Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Project: Crime Novels Creative: Robert Schumann Project: Crime Novels Creative: Robert Schumann Project: Crime Novels Creative: Robert Schumann Project: Crime Novels Creative: Robert Schumann Agency: Aimaq Rapp Stolle Client: Dyrup Agency: TBWA London Client: Sony Playstation Agency: Ligalux Client: Uniplan Agency: Ligalux Client: Uniplan Project: SMART Electric Drive Magazine: WAD Project: Klar-Komm-Man Magazine: ZEIT Campus Agency: Ligalux Client: Uniplan Agency: Ligalux Client: Uniplan Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: BMBF Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: BMBF Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: BMBF Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: BMBF Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: BMBF Agency: Fritzsch Mackat Client: Lotto Brandenburg Agency: TBWA Paris Client: BNP Paribas Agency: TBWA Paris Client: BNP Paribas Agency: WE DO Client: Berlin Partner Agency: WE DO Client: Berlin Partner Agency: WE DO Client: Berlin Partner Agency: We Do Client: Berlin Partner Agency: Jung von Matt Client: Deutsche Post Agency: WE DO Client: Berlin Partner Agency: Fritzsch Mackat Client: Lotto Brandenburg Agency: WE DO Client: Berlin Partner Agency: Fritzsch Mackat Client: Lotto Brandenburg Agency: Springer & Jacoby Client: Hamburger Dom Agency: Fritzsch Mackat Client: Lichtenauer Agency: Springer & Jacoby Client: Hamburger Dom Agency: Fritzsch Mackat Client: Lichtenauer Personal Work Agency: Publicis Berlin Client: TLG Immobilien Agency: Publicis Berlin Client: TLG Immobilien Agency: Publicis Berlin Client: TLG Immobilien Agency: We Do Client: Hotel Concorde Berlin Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Client: Gilden Koelsch Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Client: Gilden Koelsch Agency: McCann Erickson Client: 1 Live Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Client: Klicktel Agency: Aimaq Rapp Stolle Client: Dyrup Agency: Reinsclassen Client: Pink Project: Zoë Jenny Magazine: Maxi Project: Made in Hamburg Magazine: SZ Hamburgmagazin Agency: Reinsclassen Client: Pink Personal Work Agency: Aimaq Rapp Stolle Client: Dyrup Project: Akim Magazine: Out Agency: Grey Worldwide Client: Procter & Gamble Agency: Grey Worldwide Client: Procter & Gamble Agency: Grey Worldwide Client: Procter & Gamble Project: First Graders Magazine: ZEIT Magazin Leben Project: First Graders Magazine: ZEIT Magazin Leben Project: First Graders Magazine: ZEIT Magazin Leben Project: First Graders Magazine: ZEIT Magazin Leben Agency: Vasata Schröder Florenz Client: Gelomyrtol Forte Project: First Graders Magazine: ZEIT Magazin Leben Agency: Vasata Schröder Florenz Client: Gelomyrtol Forte Agency: Vasata Schröder Florenz Client: Gelomyrtol Forte Agency: Reinsclassen Client: Pink Agency: Reinsclassen Client: Pink Project: Klar-Komm-Man Magazine: ZEIT Campus Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI Agency: Aimaq Rapp Stolle Client: Dyrup Personal Work Personal Work Project: Alle lieben Superhelden Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Alle lieben Superhelden Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Alle lieben Superhelden Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Alle lieben Superhelden Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Personal Work Project: SMART Electric Drive Magazine: WAD Magazine: DIE ZEIT / Studienführer Magazine: DIE ZEIT / Studienführer Project: Follow Your Heart Magazine: Emotion Project: Follow Your Heart Magazine: Emotion Project: Follow Your Heart Magazine: Emotion Personal Work Project: Récréation Personal Work Project: Récréation Personal Work Project: Récréation Personal Work Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Project: Birthday Issue Magazine: WAD Personal Work Agency: Ergo Client: BMWi Project: Made in Hamburg Magazine: SZ Hamburgmagazin Project: Joe Corre Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: Present London Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: Stencils Magazine: Pap Project: Stencils Magazine: Pap Project: Stencils Magazine: Pap Project: Stencils Magazine: Pap Project: Stencils Magazine: Pap Project: Postcard Mailing Personal Work Project: TRANSformation Magazine: Neo 2 Project: TRANSformation Magazine: Neo 2 Project: TRANSformation Magazine: Neo 2 Project: TRANSformation Magazine: Neo 2 Project: The German In Me Magazine: WAD Project: Therapy Magazine: Stern Project: Therapy Magazine: Stern Project: Therapy Magazine: Stern Project: Jeans Magazine: WAD Project: Front Cover Magazine: Neon Personal Work Project: From the Sticks Magazine: ZEIT Campus Project: From the Sticks Magazine: ZEIT Campus Project: From the Sticks Magazine: ZEIT Campus Project: Berlin Tiergarten Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Berlin Tiergarten Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Berlin Tiergarten Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Berlin Tiergarten Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Berlin Tiergarten Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Plan or Drift Magazine: Neon Project: Plan or Drift Magazine: Neon Project: Plan or Drift Magazine: Neon Project: Rocktronics Magazine: WAD Project: Rocktronics Magazine: WAD Project: Rocktronics Magazine: WAD Project: Rocktronics Magazine: WAD Project: Rocktronics Magazine: WAD Project: Comic Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Comic Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Comic Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Comic Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Personal Work Personal Work Creative: Azar Kazimir Client: Michelbergerhotel Creative: Azar Kazimir Client: Michelbergerhotel Creative: Azar Kazimir Client: Michelbergerhotel Creative: Azar Kazimir Client: Michelbergerhotel Magazine: Maxi Magazine: Maxi Magazine: Maxi Personal Work Personal Work Project: WAD Exhibition - 10 Years Magazine: WAD Project: Worst Drummers Creatives: Miguel Gonzalez, Pablo Arellano Project: Worst Drummers Creatives: Miguel Gonzalez, Pablo Arellano Project: Worst Drummers Creatives: Miguel Gonzalez, Pablo Arellano Personal work Personal Work Personal Work Agency: TBWA London Client: Sony Playstation Agency: We Do Client: Hotel Concorde Berlin Personal Work Personal Work Smilla Personal Work Personal Work Personal Work Mara Personal Work Personal Work Personal Work Personal Work Bruno Personal Work Personal Work Lisa Personal Work Fynn Personal Work Ida Personal Work Project: Nachtathletik Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Nachtathletik Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Nachtathletik Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Nachtathletik Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Project: Nachtathletik Magazine: J'n'c Fashion Agency: CP Compartner Client: Fernuni Hagen Agency: CP Compartner Client: Fernuni Hagen Project: The Man Issue Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: The Man Issue Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: The Man Issue Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: The Man Issue Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Personal Work Personal Work Personal Work Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin Client: Das Handwerk Agency: JWT London Client: Wilkinson Sword Agency: JWT London Client: Wilkinson Sword Agency: JWT London Client: Wilkinson Sword Project: Made in Hamburg Magazine: SZ Hamburgmagazin Project: Studienstress Magazine: Neon Project: Studienstress Magazine: Neon Project: Jugendsünden Magazine: ZEITCampus Magazine: Maxi Project: VIP Lounge Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: VIP Lounge Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: VIP Lounge Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: VIP Lounge Magazine: WAD We'ar Different Project: Filmszenen Magazine: Musikexpress Project: Filmszenen Magazine: Musikexpress Agency: Ergo Client: BMWi Agency: Ergo Client: BMWi Agency: Ergo Client: BMWi Magazine: Future Client: Semcon Magazine: Future Client: Semcon Magazine: Future Client: Semcon Personal Work Agency: Roemer Wildberger Client: Berliner Morgenpost Agency: Heimat Client: Hornbach Agency: Heimat Client: Hornbach Agency: Heimat Client: Hornbach Agency: Heimat Client: Hornbach Agency: Heimat Client: Hornbach Agency: Zum Goldenen Hirschen Client: BMAS Magazine: ZEITWissen Agency: Grabarz & Partner Client: DEVK Agency: Springer & Jacoby Client: Hamburger Dom Agency: Aimaq Rapp Stolle Client: Dyrup Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI/BF Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI/BF Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI/BF Agency: Ergo Client: BMWI/BF Agency: Grabarz & Partner Client: DEVK Agency: Zum Goldenen Hirschen Client: BMAS Number of contacts: 1 Germaine Walker Crayford House 49a Tabley Road London N7 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