“Photography duo Markus Klinko & Indrani have become notorious for producing iconic images” (Arena). Their imagery has been described as “a powerful dream vision – seamless, erotic, unforgettable, the work of two contemporary masters”.
Isabella Blow discovered Markus and Indrani’s photography, and gave them their first magazine covers, for the London Sunday Times. David Bowie followed their work and commissioned their first album cover for ‘Heathen’. Markus and Indrani then created award-winning covers for Beyonce’s solo debut ‘Dangerously in Love’, Mariah Carey’s ‘Emancipation of Mimi’ and Mary J Blige’s ‘The Breakthrough’, which all became top selling albums of the year.
The duo’s recent subjects include Will Smith, Kate Winslet, Katie Holmes, Kate Beckinsale, Eva Mendes, Anne Hathaway, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Keanu Reeves, Matt Dillon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Val Kilmer, Outkast, Jay-Z, and Kanye West. Their advertising clients include Elizabeth Arden, Hugo Boss, Anna Sui, Shiseido, L’Oreal Paris, Pepsi, Nike, Puma, Pantene, Baume-et-Mercier, De Beers; and their work is seen in numerous publications including Arena, Flaunt, Interview, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and Vogue.
PHILANTHROPY
Indrani founded the non-profit Shakti Empowerment Education SEEschool.org to provide free education for 300+ children and women, microfinancing, a library and a homeopathic dispensary, in West Bengal, India. Markus and Indrani are Advisory Board Members of Marriage Equality, and Indrani walks in Runway for Red Dress benefit for the American Heart Association. Markus and Indrani are dedicated to Keep A Child Alive, donating their photography to shoot the “Mother Africa” campaign to raise awareness and help provide life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and their families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and the developing world.