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Rafał Makieła: Underwater Fashion Photography

Photographer of the week Rafał Makieła

Rafał Makieła is a professional photographer that specializes in underwater fashion photography, commercial advertising, and weddings. His works evoke a sense of dreamlike wonder and have appeared in many magazines and periodicals as advertisments and editorials, he also took part in bigger campaigns including outdoor campaigns. When working, he is fully focused on his job as he always wants to achieve the best results possible. His work is appreciated in many places in the world. About his own photography he says: “The underwater world is something mysterious and magical. Everything is different, there is no defined end to the bottom or top. Gravity law almost does not apply, the light propagates differently, sometimes completely unpredictable. Here, almost everything you dream is possible. Each vision and the idea is feasible.

Underwater model floating beneath blue fabricSaveUnderwater figure in colorful lightSaveRed-haired model in a white dress underwaterSaveModel surrounded by white fabric beneath the waterSaveModel beside a white tub in an underwater setSaveUnderwater fashion scene with flowing blue fabricSaveUnderwater performers in bright patterned costumesSaveFigures and red fabric in a dark underwater sceneSaveRed fabric swirling around a submerged figureSaveModel suspended in pale blue waterSaveModel in white beside a tub in an underwater setSaveModel wrapped in bright pink fabric underwaterSaveUnderwater fashion scene with white fabricSaveWhite-dressed model floating beneath the surfaceSaveUnderwater figures in a dark dramatic sceneSaveRed-haired model underwater in green fabricSaveFigure floating in white fabric beneath blue waterSave

See Rafał Makieła’s photography site for more work.

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