Born in 1966 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives and works between New York and Brussels. She became a documentary and street photographer in Europe. Her travels and her life in big cities have influenced her way of looking at the world.
* Multiple explosions heard in centre of Donetsk (Reuters)
* Yesterday self-propelled artillery seen in Donetsk
* NATO chief: All signs suggest Russia plans 'full-fledged' attack on Ukraine
* Shelling with 152mm artillery reported in Butivka-Opytne area near Donetsk
* France: Any miscalculation from any side will ignite the situation in Ukraine
* France: We have indications that Russia is preparing to deploy additional forces in the Donbass region
* The European council has called upon Russia to de-escalate and withdraw military forces, while commending Ukraine’s “posture of restraint in the face of continued provocations and efforts at destabilisation”.
With a childhood dream mapped out to be a painter, Breyer would toy with different mediums of artistic expression in a bid to quench the thirst for communicating the vision of the world around her before settling with a camera in hand.
While the desire to transmit her work through a lens has grown organically, Breyer has managed to carve out her own world within a vast field of stylistic approaches and, in doing so, has successfully conveyed an alternative take on street photography.
Melissa Breyer moved to New York to become a painter and ended up becoming a waitress, first at a pasta place in Greenwich Village, then at a bar and grill in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.