fascination street goes vienna
Exhibition of Contemporary Austrian and German Street Photography at the Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna
After the huge success of Seconds2Real’s “fascination street” exhibition in Berlin with more than 650 visitors last year, “fascination street” is now coming to Vienna. We are very pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition at Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna March 31st – April 13th, 2012.
In the exhibition “fascination street goes vienna” the photographic collective Seconds2Real shows contemporary street photography focusing on Germany and Austria. Opposed to the traditional strongholds of street photography like Paris, London or New York they are drawing attention to Berlin, Munich or Vienna. The long history of street photography is continued by the Seconds2Real photographers today with a contemporary view on public life.
Participating photographers are Alexander Magedler (Vienna), Andreas Stelter (Minden), Christian Reister (Berlin), Elisabeth Schuh (Vienna), Friedrich Schiller (Vienna), Guido Steenkamp (Berlin), Kay von Aspern (Vienna), Mario Cuic (Munic), Natalie Opocensky (Vienna), Siegfried Hansen (Hamburg) and Thorsten Strasas (Berlin).
We would be happy to have the pleasure of welcoming you and invite you warmly to join us at the Vernissage, Friday, March 30th, 7pm. In parallel to the exhibition we will also do free Gallery Talks & Tours attended by many of the Seconds2Real photographers. Please see Gallery Talks & Tours dates below.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Location
Anzenberger Gallery
Zeinlhofergasse 7 | A-1050 Wien
Find it on google maps
Running time and opening hours
March 31st – April 13th, 2012
Mo – Fr 10am-6pm | Sat – Sun 2-5pm | closed April 8th and 9th
Free admission
Public Opening: Friday, March 30th, 7pm
Free admission
Gallery Talk & Tour
Saturday, March 31st, 2-5pm
Sunday, April 1st, 2-5pm
Saturday, April 7th, 2-5pm
“fascination street goes vienna” on Facebook | Website anzenbergergallery.com
Thorsten Strasas at FENSTER61
Thorsten Strasas’ series “Berlin. Grey.” ist currently on exhibition at FENSTER61. FENSTER61 is a Berliner photo exhibition place in a shop window in Mitte. The exhibition will be up until the 14th of February.
From the press release:
The urban human being lives. With and within major city architecture, as well as within the spaces of urban centers. Cramped or crushed to death by wideness, occasionally like a redundant relict out of a time when he himself was the center of the colony. Crowded to the border and left over – not knowing, whereto with himself and still meeting himself along the way.
Thorsten Strasas sees and shows encounters between the human being and his environmental space. Pictures these moments and shows the rest of disappearing individuality in urban space.
More on the FENSTER61 website
Fascination Street Finissage
SecondsReal’s exhibition Fascination Street will be closing this Sunday. Join us for a drink at the finissage on October 30th, 7pm. Check the eventpage on Facebook for details.
If you can’t make it to visit the exhibition in Berlin check this new video on vimeo.
Seconds2Real featured by Leica
With all the crazy stuff happening since we openend our exhibition in Berlin, we almost forgot to mention that we have been featured by the Leica Blog recently.
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Fascination Street opens in Berlin
All updated information about the upcoming Seconds2Real group show at MEINBLAU Kunsthaus in Berlin.
In the exhibition “fascination street” the photographic collective Seconds2Real shows contemporary street photography focusing on Germany and Austria. Opposed to the traditional strongholds of street photography like Paris, London or New York they are drawing attention to Berlin, Munich or Vienna. The long history of street photography is continued by the Seconds2Real photographers today with a contemporary view on public life.
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From Distant Streets in USA
In the exhibition “From Distant Streets,” curator and photographer Richard Bram has gathered together the work of 29 photographers working around the globe in a multitude of styles but with one common thread: their photographs are of unposed, unrehearsed Reality.
Seconds2Real Exhibition in Berlin
We are thrilled to announce “fascination street”, Seconds2Real’s first exhibition of contemporary Street Photography. The Berlin show opens 15th October 2011 and runs for two weeks. We will be showing more than 100 prints at the unique MEINBLAU Kunsthaus.
Siegfried Hansen Feature
Check out the August issue of the Professional Photographer Magazine. As part of their “Hit the Streets” special they have a three-page feature about Seconds2Reals Siegfried Hansen.
Interview im KWERFELDEIN Fotografie Magazin
Martin Gommel vom KWERFELDEIN Fotografie Magazin war so freundlich ein Interview mit uns zum Thema Street Photography in Deutschland zu führen. Das Interview findet Ihr im KWERFELDEIN Blog.
Seconds2Real Exhibition in Liverpool
In context of the Look11 Liverpool Photography Festival festival, Seconds2Real is exhibiting some work at Bold Street Coffee in Liverpool. The images are shown from 15th June until 13th July, 2011.
For a quick preview please check out the blog of Sara T’Rula’s who kindly organized the exhibition for us.
Bold Street Coffee Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 10am-5pm
Sara will also be publishing an interview series with our photographers on her blog in the next couple of weeks.
Kay von Aspern featured on Lenscratch
When you think of Vienna, one doesn’t immediately think of quirky street photography, but Kay von Aspern has a gift for finding it. Born in Germany, now living in Vienna, Kay is a “Collector of Moments”.
A member of the German-Austrian street photographer collective seconds2real, Kay looks for those unique juxtapositions that can only be found with the heightened visual acuity that comes from split second observations.
Check out the feature over at Lenscratch
Christian Reister’s ALEX goes to USA
Thanks to Larissa Leclair’s engagement, Christian Reister’s self published book „ALEX“, released in autumn last year, was shown at the snap! Festival in Orlando, Florida, last week and will be part of the New York Photo Festival 2011 from Thursday May 12 to Sunday May 15.
„ALEX“ is part of the Indie Photobook Library and is available for sale on the photographer’s website and one bookshop in Berlin exclusively.
Interview with Frank Schirrmeister
Frank Schirrmeister is a Berlin-based photographer whose work has been exhibited in Germany, Poland, France and Lithuania. He studied Modern History and European Anthropology as well as Film Studies before he turned to photography.
Interview with Thomas Kern
Thomas Kern released an outstanding photobook called „A Drug Free Land“ last year. The pictures were taken within eight years when he travelled a multitude of states in America. Read our interview where he tells us about his feelings towards the USA and his photographic approach and win a signed copy of the book.
Auto City Speedway, Clio, Michigan, 2003
Interview with Michael Wolf
In the context of the release party of his latest book „FY“ at 25books in Berlin Michael Wolf – well known for books and exhibition projects such as Tokyo Compression, Hongkong Inside Outside, Transparent City or his latest Google Street View project – was kind enough to answer some questions for the FEATURE section of the Seconds2Real website.
Photo: Michael Wolf - from his book "Maloche: Leben im Revier", 1982
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Seconds2Real at exp12 Gallery Berlin
On Feb. 12 there’ll be an evening with Seconds2Real at exp12 Gallery in Berlin. Christian Reister, Guido Steenkamp, Thorsten Strasas (all from Berlin), Andreas Stelter (Minden), Mario Cuic (Munic), Siegfried Hansen (Hamburg), Natalie Opocensky (Vienna) will introduce their works and the concept of Seconds2Real in open discussion with the audience.
Documentary about Christian Reister’s ALEX
A documentary about Seconds2Real member Christian Reister’s Street Photograhy project ALEX. Exctracts from the book and an interview with the photographer.
english version | german version
Interview with the Nowhere Man, Andrew Stark
The first interview in months is an amusing one. Please enjoy an interview with Street Photographer Andrew Stark aka ‘Nowhere Man’ from Australia.
CHRISTIAN REISTER JOINED SECONDS2REAL
Seconds2Real is delighted to announce that Berlin based photographer Christian Reister joined our co-operative today.
In terms of Street Photography, Christian Reister is perhaps best known for his book ALEX which gained a great deal of attention when it was published some weeks ago.
Christian Reister is not only an outstanding photographer, he also runs the unique Fenster61 shopping window gallery in Berlin and is the host of the famous blog61 photo blog.
Good to have you aboard Christian!
Austrian National Day
One event, seven Seconds2Real-Photographers. Their view on Austrian’s annual military show case.
Win a copy of the ALEX: The winner is…
You had the chance to win a brandnew copy of the ALEX book by Christian Reister. To win this awesome photo book (see our mini-review), the only thing you had to do was to answer a question.
We asked you: Which other german photographer took this picture at the same spot the ALEX images were taken?
The picture “On Alexanderplatz, Berlin” was taken by german photographer and movie director Wim Wenders.
We received thirteen correct answers and picked the winner out of the hat last night. A copy of ALEX goes to Joanma Ferrer from Barcelona.
Congrats to Joanma! Thanks to all who took part.
2010 seconds2real group meeting in vienna
The 2010 Seconds2Real group members met in vienna for four days last week. Besides discussing prints, enjoying austrian food & beer and doing some shooting together, we have been busy making plans for next year.
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MARIO CUIC JOINED SECONDS2REAL
We are happy to announce that Munich based street photographer Mario Cuic joined Seconds2Real as 12th member. Good to have you onboard Mario!
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Out now: ALEX by Christian Reister
The long awaited ALEX photobook by Berlin based photographer and long-time Seconds2Real friend Christian Reister is finally available.
ALEX is the short term for Alexanderplatz, a large public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. Despite the German reunification 20 years ago, the Alexanderplatz has retained its socialist character, including the much-graffitied “Fountain of Friendship between Peoples”. Between 2008 and 2010 Christian Reister photographed daily life at Alexanderplatz using only a small compact camera set to panorama mode (for all you gearheads out there, a Panasonic LX3).
It’s about one year ago that i first saw Christians ALEX images. Already at the first look it was pretty obvious to me that Christian had created something very special. ALEX is not just another ‘best of street photography compilation’. It’s a stunning series of street photographs that actually work as a whole, an outstanding reflection of life at Alexanderplatz (which i personally consider as beeing the most depressing place in Berlin).
Over the recent months i have been following the creation of ‘ALEX the book’ closely. Christian Reister decided to bring out the ALEX series as a self-published photobook printed in Berlin. For those interested in self-publication: Make sure to check out blog61 for the documentation of this books creation process.
ALEX is sold through Christian Reisters website. This fairly priced book is highly recommended and certainly a good investment for those interested in european street photography.
written by Guido Steenkamp
Andreas Stelter won Ampersand magazine photo competition
Seconds2Real member Andreas Stelter has been selected by Bill Henson as a winner of the “Capture The Fade photography competition” for the australian art and culture journal Ampersand Magazine.
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IN LIGHT
‘in light’ from the Seconds2Real theme section. Though being a basic principle of photography – here light becomes the dominating stylistic device of the composition.
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'f.ort.be.weg.en' group exhibition
Seconds2Real members Elisabeth Schuh and Kay von Aspern are participating in the “f.ort.be.weg.en” group exhibition as a part of the Vienna month of photography.
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An interview with Robert Rutöd
Featured next in our Seconds2Real series of interviews with famous street photographers is vienna-born photographer and filmmaker Robert Rutöd. Robert Rutöd is perhaps best known for his photographic projects “less is more“, “grayscales” and “right time right place“.
Robert Rutoed also made numerous short feature films with screenings worldwide.
'Street Photography Now' published, including work by Siegfried Hansen
Thames & Hudson published ‘Street Photography Now’. This book is the first survey of leading street photographers in twenty years, “Street Photography Now” celebrates the work of nearly fifty image-makers from across the globe.
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3 seconds2real members in peruvian ‘UNE MOMENT’ magazine
The peruvian ‘UNE MOMENT’ photo magazine published the work of three seconds2real members in their latest issue. Issue No. 5 shows images by Andreas Stelter, Ronny Künniger and Guido Steenkamp.
urban wildlife
‘urban wildlife’ from the Seconds2Real theme section. The voice of nature is even noticed in the urban surrounding. Enjoy!
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An interview with Danny Santos II
We are happy to bring to you the very first interview presented on the Seconds2Real website. We are honored to have none other than the incredible talented Danny Santos II as our first guest.
MY MODERN MET blog about Siegfried Hansen
The My Modern Metropolis blog posted a large feature about Siegfried Hansen, including fifteen of his pictures.
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Dany Santos II posted a very nice feature about Seconds2Real
Dany Santos II has a very nice feature about Seconds2Real and what inspiration means to him. Thank you Dany for your very kind words. Some of your biggest fans are amongst us!
NATALIE OPOCENSKY JOINED SECONDS2REAL
Austrian photographer and long-time Seconds2Real friend Natalie Opocensky joined Seconds2Real.
Good to have you onboard Natalie!
Siegfried Hansen featured in fotocommunity plus magazine
“Der Hamburger Fotograf Siegfried Hansen hat sich der Street-Photography verschrieben. Seine Neugierde und sein Instinkt helfen ihm bei der Entstehung eines gelungen komponierten Bildes…”
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Heiko Menze featured in bshot magazine
“Ich habe schon immer gerne die Dinge beobachtet… wie die Menschen sich bewegen, wie sie in ihrer Umgebung wirken. All das hat mich schon immer sehr fasziniert…”
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591 blog loves Alex Magedlers street shots
Alex Magedler has a huge feature on the 591 photography blog, showing 6 of his galleries.
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in-public announced their book '10'
Famous Street Photography group In-Public announced the publication of 10, a hardback book of two hundred in-public street photographs from the last ten years.
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Siegfried Hansen exhibition
Famous Hamburg Bar and Restaurant Tiefenthal is exhibiting Street Photographs by Seconds2Real member Siegfried Hansen.
If you are in Hamburg sometime between the 7th of may and the 2nd of august, Tiefenthal certainly is the best place for lunch.
Guido Steenkamp featured by slow travel berlin
“All you have to do is to step out on the street and have your camera ready to record the small details of daily lives…”
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Two Seconds2Real photographers presented in Publication
Seconds2Real photographers Kay von Aspern and Siegfried Hansen are both featured in the first issue of Nick Turpins “Publication”.
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Interview with Guido Steenkamp on Leica Portal
“At some point I started to capture the moments when I noticed something unusual or funny – just small details of daily lives…”
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Kay von Aspern featured in DATUM magazine
“In Hamburg, kurz vor Weihnachten, hatte der Fotograf seine ganz persönliche Begegnung mit der Faszination des Unvollkommenen…”
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Exhibition by Guido Steenkamp at "Fenster61"
FENSTER61 is an approx. 2 by 2 meter shop window in the very busy Torstraße, near subway Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin Mitte.
FENSTER61 is not a gallery. FENSTER61 doesn’t have opening hours, since the visitor is in a public space. The window is lit at night.
