Melanie Flood is a photographer and curator. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in photography, Melanie became Managing Editor & Associate Art Director of ZINGmagazine, where she produced and directed collaborative curatorial projects with Zac Posen, Karin Davie, and the Donald Judd Foundation. Melanie conceived, curated, developed, and executed two solo curatorial features for the magazine: Todd Hido Roaming and Jenny Holzer Declassified. After leaving ZINGmagazine, Melanie worked as Photo Editor & Portrait Photographer for the New York Observer, and continued to develop her own photography, which she has been doing since she was nine.
In the spring of 2008, she founded Melanie Flood Projects, a salon-style space based in her Brooklyn home devoted to showcasing emerging talent in art photography. Melanie Flood Projects was one of the first intimate salon-style alternative galleries to open in New York, and was featured in the New York Times, New York, Paper, Time Out New York, Photo District News and a number of art blogs.
Melanie Flood Projects gave many talented artists their first solo shows in New York, including Bradley Peters (a protégé of Gregory Crewdson), Mikael Kennedy (currently represented by Peter Hay Halpert), Erica Allen, and Grace Kim. Melanie has spoken about her work at the International Center for Photography and SVA, and has participated in the photo review boards for Photolucida (PDX), the American Society of Media Photographers, and the Woodstock Center for Photography. Melanie closed the Brooklyn space in 2009, and has relocated to Portland, Oregon. She is a board member on the Photography Council at the Portland Museum of Art.