Melanie Kieback, also known as Vanellimelli, started her blog as a diary at the age of 13, but it's when she set out to document her 2014 sailing and backpacking trip from Thailand to Bali through Instagram posts that her social media following began to grow.

Exploring the world and capturing her life on 35-millimetre film, Kieback's distinctive style, poetic visual language and bubbly personality has enabled the 22 year old Berlin born blogger to rake up 450,000 Instagram followers and draw the attention of brands including Calvin Klein, H&M, Rat & Boa, Zalando and Timberland.

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