Josef Hoflehner
Josef Hoflehner (born 1955) is an Austrian photographer known for his dramatic black-and-white landscape and subtle color images. He is also known for his "Jet Airliner" series—mostly high-key photographs of people on Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, overshadowed by low-flying passenger planes taking off and landing at Princess Juliana International Airport.
Josef Hoflehner
- Born
- 1955 · Wels.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- photographer
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Josef Hoflehner nacque nel 1955 a Wels.
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He was voted Nature Photographer of the Year 2007, and named as one of "Austria's 10 Best Contemporary Artists" in 2014.
• Southern Ocean (2002) • Frozen History (2003) • Gegendum (2004) • Unleashed (2005) • Yemen (2006) • Iceland (2006) • Unleashed Two (2007) • Big Island (2008) • Li River (2008) • Nine 9 (2008) • China (2009) • Jet Airliner. Wels, Austria: Most, 2009.. • Unleashed 3 (2010) • ZNZ: Zanzibar (2011) • Jet Airliner: the Complete Works. Wels, Austria: Most, 2012.. • Retrospective 1975 - 2015 (2015 teNeues)
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• Frozen History, Atlas Gallery, London, 2006 • Sublime, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010
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- 1.'Patience' for the perfect image. CNN.
- 2.Teicher, Jordan G. Plane Landings on This Island Are Insane. Slate Magazine. June 3, 2014.
- 3.This Is What It Looks Like When Planes Land Right Over Your Head. Huffington Post. 14 June 2014.
- 4.Scary Runway Forces Planes to Land Close to Beach (PHOTOS) - weather.com. www.weather.com.
- 5.Photoawards.com. Professional Winner Page.
- 6.Safronova, Valeriya. A Guide to Vienna's Best Contemporary Artists. Culture Trip. 29 July 2014.
- 7.Photo-Op: In Plane Sight. Wall Street Journal. 11 January 2013. 0099-9660.
- 8.Catch this: photographer Josef Hoflehner. The Daily Telegraph. 4 February 2006. 0307-1235.
- 9.Art Review: Josef Hoflehner at Stephen Cohen Gallery. Los Angeles Times. 18 November 2010.
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