You can’t really say you have been to Berlin if you haven’t been seen and snapped at one of the city’s many nightlife spots by Maxime Ballesteros. Moving to Berlin in 2007 from Lyon, Ballesteros has become a name that anyone who crosses into the fashion and art scene in Berlin knows. As familiar as the hazy head on the morning after, a Ballesteros portrait from the night before is something that has become a staple in the Berlin party scene.
Merging international high fashion with the capital’s party world, and high contrast portraits that make any one of his sitters look like someone that you probably should know, and most likely, want to be, Ballesteros has also mastered the art of diversity in his work, with also shooting landscapes that border on being nostalgic as much as they are beautiful.
Tonight at Seven Star Gallery until November 17th , “Love Me – I’m Trying“ will exhibit a collection of Ballesteros’s works, where the subjects of his work come alive, with what will undoubtedly be, one of those vernissages you really don’t want to miss.