Katja Rahlwes

Katja Rahlwes (born 1967, Frankfurt, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris.

Biography
Katja Rahlwes born in Frankfurt Germany (3rd of december 1967) is a fine-Art and fashion photographer, moved to Paris in 1987 to study fashion design at Studio Berçot, Paris.

In 1995-2004, Rahlwes set out for a career as a freelance fashion stylist. She met Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm, co-founders and publishers of Purple Prose, later called Purple fashion, in 1996. Rahlwes has been collaborating with Purple ever since and took part of a new movement of visual language in the publication world. In 1998-2001, Rahlwes became chief-fashion editor and photo-editor at BIBA, a major market fashion magazine in Paris.

Throughout those years she would live a parallel life as a professional stylist and photographer. 2003 she chose photography over her styling career.

Commercial work
Her work can be seen in the magazines Vogue Paris, Vogue Nippon, Vogue US, Self Service, Interview, Purple fashion, i-D, Pin Up, BUTT Magazine, New York (magazine).

She has produced photographs for brands such as Gucci, Céline, Miu Miu, Chloé, A.P.C., Maison Martin Margiela, Levi's and others.

Exhibitions
"Unknown Female Photographer", solo show at Galerie fuer Moderne Fotografie Berlin, Germany, September 2015

UltraMegalore, Group exhibition curated by Hannelore Knuts at Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium, 2010

Black Beauty, curated by Vogue Paris at Le Printemps, Paris, France, 2008

RxART, Benefit Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, USA, 2007

Maison Martin Margiela, Group exhibition, Paris, France, 2007

Concrete Castle, Group Exhibition at Confort Moderne, Poitier, France, 2007

2001/2010:les années fatales, Group Exhibition for Céline & Libération Style, Paris, France, 2004

Indigestible Correctness, Group Exhibition at Participant Inc, New York, USA, 2004

Violence the True Way, Group Exhibition at Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003

Books

 * "Full Moon", Supplement Book edition by PurpleFashionMagazine Issue 16 F:W 2011/2012
 * Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller: Selected Works, Subjective Inventory, JRP|Ringier, 2008, ISBN 978-3-905829-54-9
 * Purple Anthology, Rizzoli, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8478-3020-6
 * Butt Book, Taschen, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8228-3021-5