STEFAN LIEWEHR
Stefan Liewehr was born and raised in Vienna. After his High School Graduation, he completed an apprenticeship in photography and became a licensed photographer. Following an assistance position in Stuttgart, Stefan trained to become a commercial graphic designer at McCann Erickson in London and Vienna. For 2 years he then worked as a layout designer and ad writer for the advertisement agencies A3 and Grey in Vienna. Afterwards he founded his own photographic design studio in Vienna. In addition to his artistic work, Stefan Liewehr also does contract work in advertisement and design.
Exhibitions
1976 Inkdrawings, Galerie Metropol, Vienna
1982 Photographies Texas, Nikon Galerie, Vienna
1999 Photographies Czechia after Opening, Vaison la Romaine, Hypnosis Congress Centre
2001 Photographies Florida in Ottakring, Gallery in the Dorotheum Vienna
2002 Photographies Florida in Ottakring, Bratislava within Monat der Fotografie
2002 Photographies Florida in Ottakring, Gallery Dom Poprad/Slowakia
2003 Photographies Florida in Ottakring, City Gallery Humene/Slowakia
2007 Photographies Steel, Nature, Light, Internetgallery Ruhr Triennale
MARIA DATSYKOVA
Born in Moscow, Russia
Awards:
2008 Mio Photo Award, finalist selection, Osaka, Japan
Exhibitions:
2009 Mio Photo Award, Osaka, Japan
2009 Art-FAQ Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Statement:
This work is about the other kind of beauty. Scars always look revolting; however, I want to show that our perception of the beautiful can be a lot broader than we are taught to believe it is. At that, I don’t want to cross the line beyond which the revolting becomes too revolting. To create something to catch the eye yet make the beholder wonder if what they see is actually ugly or beautiful; to stray away from the stereotypical, habitual viewpoint and take time to really consider these pictures and what they convey from a personal viewpoint — that is my intention.
Part two is a series comprised of soft pastels and hazy colors that gradually change from reddish gold to greenish copper. When pea-soup fog obscures the streets, the other kind of beautiful emerges, immersing you in an urban dream – as light dissipates and occasionally glitters about, as passers-by turn their heads, you gaze upon them in a sleepy haze to see every character’s life story flashing by in a momentary fashion. It’s all in the eye of the beholder it’s whether or not we trust what we see over what the society makes us believe.
The pictures were all taken in the city of Milan, Italy, over two days in summer.
STEFAN CSAKY
Stefan Csáky was born in 1972 in Vienna. Already at a young age he became interested in photography and spent many hours pursuing his hobby. Later on in High School he started to earn money with “Extreme” Sports Photography - mostly snowboarding, which then in the late 80ies was fairly new . After finishing Friedl Kubelka’s School of Artistic Photography in Vienna in 1995, Stefan moved his interests to Fashion and Portrait Photography and started to work as a freelance photographer.
Currently, his professional focus is Portraits Photography of artists, musicians, and extraordinary characters. In addition, he works as director and producer of music videos.
Stefan Csáky lives and works in Vienna and Los Angeles.
PAWEL GRUSZKIEWICZ
Pawel Gruszkiewicz was born in Vienna in 1973 and started taking pictures and working in the darkroom when he was 16 with borrowed camera equipment. In his twenties he moved away from photography towards aviation and became an engineer and commercial pilot. After several years of aerial photography, he returned to his favourite black and white theme. He lives in Vienna.
Exhibitions:
05/2009 "Tell them I said nothing", single exhibition, Catedral, Vienna, Schleifmühlgasse
REMON HAAZEN
Remon Haazen is a Dutch photographer educated in Holland and England, and presently based in Paris. He has been known primarily for his work as a photojournalist and his strong commitment to the ethical representation of the social and political, covering issues as diverse as the inter religious conflict in Northern Ireland, anti-semitism in France, and the tragic social consequences of children forcibly removed from their native La Reunion Island. His photographs have been published extensively throughout Europe and America, including front page coverage in some of the most highly respected broadsheets and magazines.
In recent years the scope of his work has broadened to encompass a new aesthetic where the expression of the social can be understood through images which have become more intimate and personal.
KAROLINA HORNER
Karolina Horner was born in 1980 and received her medical degree in 2007. Since her 18th birthday, Karolina engaged intensely in photography. Being a self-educated photographer, she has developed her own style that is characterized by sensuality, calmness, expressiveness, and intensity of color. The preferred themes of her work are the female body and female emotions.
Karolina has displayed her work at several exhibitions: 2007: “Genre Separe” at the Gallery “Bilder-Rahmen-Spiegel" in Vienna; 2004: “Sinnbilder” in the wine store of Stift Klosterneuburg; 2003: “mood of silence”, group exhibition in the Café Engelmaier in Vienna; 2003 and 2002: “Von Liebe und anderen Dummheiten” , exhibition at the Catholic University Association in Salzburg and on the occasion of “Kultur in Schloß Kirchstetten” in Lower Austria; 2001: “Fotografische Einblicke”, group exhibition in the Café Engelmaier in Vienna. 2009 and 2010 group exhibitions in the galerie h17.
THOMAS JORION
Timeless Islands
A series of photos by Thomas Jorion, whose artistic work is based on our perception of time. Whilst our society rushes along at breakneck speed, certain places remain ‘fixed’ in time as if inanimate or on watch…
This operation also has an environmental focus. The photos draw attention to the issue of ehabilitating abandoned sites. So often we only see the damage left behind, such as soil pollution and destruction of the ecosystem, and if the site has no economic ‘future’ it is neglected for so long that it becomes part of the landscape.
Exhibitions
- November 19th to 22nd 2009, Mac Paris 2009, espace Champerret - Paris
- Septembre - Octobre 2009, 8th Biennale d’Issy-les-Moulineaux at French museum of playing card at Issy-les-Moulineaux, 7th édition of images festival ManifestO from september 17th to october 11th 2009 at Toulouse, from 4th to 7th Exhibition in the lobby of salon Bijorhca, porte de Versailles - Paris, Exhibition at shop / gallery 1961 – 1st to 30 october rue vieille du Temple - Paris
- Juillet 2009, International selection 2009 price voies off d’Arles. Displaying photos from july 6th to 11th. Photo presentation at RIP d’Arles du 7 au 12 juillet in partnership with l’Atelier du Midi.
Publications
Octobre – Novembre 2009 : Air France Madame magazine et Réponse photo magazine : Texte et photo.
September 2009 : « Entre-vues » of september month on Fetart.org
April 2009 : Publication in Webmagazine TXTnein.
March 2009 : Publication in daily 20 minutes, rubrique bon plan sorties / expositions.
December 2008 : Publication in daily 20 minutes, rubrique bon plan sorties / expositions.
February 2008 : Publication in Phirebrush Online Art Magazine.
ELISABETH KUDLICKI
Elisabeth Kudlicki was born in 1983 in Vienna. Raised in a family of musicians she started her violin studies at the age of 8 and restored her creative character. Since being a child she loved to take pictures of colourful objects. This turned out to be her passion and in the year 2007 she started to study at the photographic college „Die Graphische“. She still loves to play with colours, which are created by the light, by different kinds of inks or watercolours. There is no reworking or photomontage in the processing.
In the "Month of Photography" in November 2008 Elisabeth Kudlicki exposed her works in connection with the poems of Helmuth Seethaler. Her picture represented the entire exhibition. February 2009 she and a few other photographers arranged an exposition named „Ich Glaube“ in the Ragnarhof in Vienna.
Education:
since 09/2007 Kolleg für Photographie – Höhere Graphische Bundes-, Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
07/08 Internship in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (Fotoatelier)
Exhibitions/Projects:
02/09 „Wir Glauben“ ("We belive") group exhibition in the Ragnarhof in Vienna
11/08 „Visual Lyric“, photographic interpretation of Helmut Seethalers „Pflückgedichten“ (poems) within the "Monat der Photographie"
05/08 Cooperation on the project „letter to the stars“, photographic documentation with a following publication of an illustrated book
CALA DI LAVENO
Swiss born Cala di Laveno has been living in more than 15 – mostly Spanish speaking – countries, before settling in Switzerland. Her many travels throughout the world and the experience of different cultures were crucial in the way she approaches photography. Cala started her career at the age of 18 and she became a professional photographer following an education in Paris. Her professional career includes work for various magazines in Jordan and later in Spain; always on a freelance basis. To her photography is a window that is created by herself. Looking through a camera allows her to focus on essential things. It gives her a kind of “quiet amazement” for the things and people surrounding her.
BARBARA LUISI
Barbara Luisi was born 1964 in Munich, Germany, living now in Vienna, Austria and Portofino, Italy. For 10 years she worked as a professional violinist, with activities in many major orchestras in Europe. Since her seventeenth birthday dedication to photography, first camera was a Leica M6, from the beginning exclusively in her own darkroom. Since a couple of years both, classic darkroom and digital. She photographs on Leica M, Hasselblad and Canon. An important place in her work is dedicated to music and musicians. Collaboration and workshops with Eikoh Hosoe, Art Streiber, Michael Grecco, Andreas Bitesnich.
Statement:
Since I was used from early childhood to prepare my pieces of music carefully in complete solitude, I found myself after many years of dedicating my life mostly to music again in solitude in my darkroom. I understand my work mainly as a composition of seeing things in my way and putting them in post production in a content of how I would like to see them. Like a musician or a painter I love the process of develloping the ideal idea behind my picture.
Publications:
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| „Glühende Nacht“ 08, Böhlau Verlag
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GUSTAV SLUPETZKY
Gustav Slupetzky, born in 1945, is an Austrian photographer living in Vienna as well as in his motor home. After his technical education, he started a photographic apprenticeship in 1973. He developed his own style working for advertising agencies and during his widespread journeys through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
STEFANO URANI
Stefano Urani was born in 1980 in Siena, Italy, where he studied music and art history. His passion for the camera brought him to Paris in 2006, and he obtained in 2008 a degree in photography at the Paris8 University. Now he lives in Berlin, were he runs an art space – the WIR Gallery, dedicated to emerging artists. He has developed an approach called meta-photography, that means photograhy about photography, exploring its the nature and trying to reveal to the observer his look on it. He has partecipated to personal and collective exhibitions in Siena, Paris and Berlin.
