In 1986 I started working as an apprentice photographer in a portrait studio at
Neusiedl am See/Burgenland, Austria. Following the completion of my apprenticeship and several years of further training and work as an assistant photographer, including a year abroad in Hamburg, Germany, I started my career as a freelance photographer in 1996.

The scope of my work ranges from elaborate high-end advertising shots, editorial jobs and portraits to photo journalism and features.

Throughout the more than two decades that I have been working in photography, and among all the different challenges presented by each job, the way photographs are created has always remained the most fascinating aspect for me. Photographs are extremely familiar objects, and yet we hardly know how to describe them in actual detail.

In 2005 I also started working for Ballesterer, Austria’s only soccer fanzine, as a photographer and photo editor. Numerous photographs of and about soccer fans owe their existence to
this collaboration; some of these pictures were on display in exhibitions at Künstlerhaus and Wien Museum during the EURO 2008 soccer championship.

In 2007 I enrolled in the Danube University of Krems / Department for Image Science
for a postgraduate program, which I completed by taking my Master of Arts degree
in December 2010 (master thesis on the subject of “Staged Photography”).

 

National and international awards for advertising photography:

Epica (European Advertising Award) for: Silk Cut / Saatchi&Saatchi Athens.
CCA Venus (Creativ Club Austria) for: Blaumax, Villacher Bier, Aktion Mensch, Schauspielhaus, Hospiz am Rennweg, Wr.Städtische Versicherung, Steirische Landesausstellung.

 

Photo series / photo features for books:

“Eine kurze Geschichte vom Fliegenfischen”, Paulus Hochgatterer, novella,
Deuticke Verlag, Vienna, 2003.
“Temporanea”, Irene Andessner - Donne Illustri, Italy, 2003.
“Die Wege entstehen im Gehen”, Alfred Gusenbauer in conversation with
Katharina Krawagner-Pfeifer and Armin Thurnher, Czernin Verlag, Vienna, 2008.
“Stadien/Stadiums”, photo essay, architecture book by Albert Wimmer,
Springer Verlag, Vienna, 2008.

 

Solo / group exhibitions:

1993 “Handschriften”, Remise, 1020 Vienna.
2000 “Fotografie in Wien”, Künstlerhauspassage, 1010 Vienna.
2000 “eintagmeer”, Harmas Bar, 1160 Vienna.
2001 “Mix Max”, Harmas Bar, 1160 Vienna.
2001 “Audioroom”, Projektionen, Meierei im Stadtpark, 1010 Vienna.
2004 “Fantapeten”, Elektro Gönner, 1060 Vienna.
2005 “STILLLEBEN”, Stift Schlierbach, Schlierbach, Upper Austria.
2006 “You’ll never walk alone”, OK Zentrum Linz, Upper Austria.
2006 “7x7”, Galerie Denkraum, 1050 Vienna.
2007 “7x7”, MASC Foundation, 1160 Vienna.
2007 “Mix Max2”, agens, Linz, Upper Austria.
2008 “Fans”, Nike Promotion for the UEFA Euro 2008, Planetarium, 1020 Vienna.
2008 “Herzrasen”, Künstlerhaus, 1010 Vienna.
2008 “Wo die Wuchtl fliegt”, Wien Museum, 1010 Vienna.
2010 “09+1”, Galerie Fröhlich, Linz, Upper Austria.
2010 Familie Kramer, Ausstellung Nr.1, Tiefendorfergasse 3, 1140 Vienna.