Mel D. Cole

FOUNDER/Creative Director/Lead Photographer

is a New York City based, Syracuse NY raised, self taught award winning photographer, director, host and agency owner. He is one of the world’s most accomplished and celebrated photographers with a career spanning 22 years.

Cole's love for soccer led him to open Charcoal Pitch F.C: the first and only Black owned soccer specific content and marketing agency in the world dedicated to creatively exploring soccer visually and educationally through a multiracial visual lens.

He has published two books to date: GREAT: Photographs of Hip Hop in 2020 and American Protest. Photographs 2020-2021 in 2021.