Photography

We met the Austrian-born photographer after her talk at Forward Festival Vienna and spoke to her about becoming who she is, her creative process, the value of construction and deconstruction and other key points of her career and work experience. Besides being nominated for multiple awards, Stefanie has already published four photo books and her work is frequently displayed in magazines, festivals and galleries around the globe.

"At first there was a beep" - this is the introductory phrase of Docubytes description of his work Cosmic Pop! Documenting objects, in celebration both of the achievements of the Soviet space program and these early charming but brutal designs, in a flashing and poppy pink.

UK-based land-artist Ellie Davies constructed pathways through the New Forest in New South England for her 2011 series “Come With Me”. Built from wool, powder, paint, wood or dirt, the pathways create a natural curvature around trees and bushes, incorporating the labour itself as a central concept to her work process. With the title of the piece, Davies invites you to follow her through the scenery.

Dutch graphic designer, advertising manager, editor, collector, exhibition curator and artist Erik Kessels is well known for his versatile projects. He is a creator of the digital age who, in his work, pays close attention to the most popular or trivial forms of photography. May this be family albums, commercial documentation or others, normally rejected by canon-defining museums. In his newest exhibition “Group Show” he shows an extensive collection of ‘vernacular’ vinyl records with, simply spoken, large groups of people on the cover.

In their series “Icons”, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger recreate some of the most famous photographs in recent history. The seamlessly perfect illusions are immediately broken by the invasion of the work process.

In his newest series „Pools“, the German photographer Stephan Zirwes presents intriguing drone shots of public swimming pools.

Whether attempting to sell clothing, coffee, or food, vintage ads from the mid-20th century were often riddled with sexism, forcing women into traditional gender roles. Now, however, a Lebanon-based artist has changed these out-of-date ads.

A beautiful, brunette woman is holding her face in both of her hands, her head turned away from the camera. "Fuck! I fell in love, how did this happen? He looked at me in French. I thought that kiss meant we were going to be lovers" Two pictures later, she is laying on her bed sideways, looking into the camera. "But I look at him, he looks out the window."

What you should know first of all is that Apple doesn’t really do social media, except for Instagram. It has official Facebook and Twitter accounts, but hasn’t posted anything on there yet. However, it does have multipible Instagram accounts for Apple Music, iTunes, Beats 1, iBooks, Carpool Karaoke, and even Planet of the Apps.

Winter-time camping enthusiasts, Jehovah’s Witnesses and curious Tyrolean traditions: Viennese photographer Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek, speaker at Forward Festival 2015, has an eye for the bizarre. His latest project is a comic and surreal 12-image set (and calendar) titled Jumping Cats.