Things got glamorous on an EVONIK shoot: Markus Mueller shot an impressive image titled ‘tempest’ at the Ruhrfestspiele theatre in Recklinghausen. Named after Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, one of the highlights of the Ruhrfestspiele theatre season, sponsored by Evonik.
Creative Director Vera Hampe and Art Director Christoph Klasen were on location for KNSK. RECOM took care of the post-production.
CREDITS
Artist Markus Mueller
Advertising Agency KNSK Werbeagentur GmbH
Creative Director Vera Hampe
Art Director Christoph Klasen
Post Production recom
Photographer Markus Mueller
About MARKUS MUELLER
Like few other photographers Markus Mueller knows how to use visual means – depth in particular – to create places that invite discovery. Throughout his work he rejects the obvious and embraces the freely associative.
Markus Mueller's path to photography was preceded by a detour through the humanities. He began a degree program in history and political science in his hometown of Dresden, but while slogging through dreary texts he discovered his love of images, and decided to leave university and concentrate on photography instead. He first worked as a photographer’s assistant, and later enrolled at Berlin’s Lette Verein school, earning his diploma in 2003. Since then he has lived and worked in Germany’s capital, where his office is now based.
In addition to his art photography, Markus Mueller is known for his sophisticated work in advertising and is an internationally sought-after photographer for clients such as Adidas, Volkswagen, Land Rover, O2, Hornbach, Mercedes-Benz and Panasonic. Even in his commercial projects, Markus Mueller eschews the functional and instrumental and seeks to create timeless, enduring images. He has received numerous awards for his work, including a Clio Award, an Epica Award and a WPPED Cream Award as well as prizes from ADC Germany, ADC Europe, Cannes Lions and D&AD London.