Photography Collection

„Photography plays a minor role here“, says gallery owner Johannes Faber from Vienna at the Salzburg World Fine Art Fair. „This points which meaning has classic modern photography in Europe.“ Most art dealers offer painting, etchings or valuable Biedermeier period pieces of furniture. Therefore, Faber has selected highlights from his photo collection which also fit to the place of issue. For example, a picture of Richard Strauss which Edward Steichen has taken in 1904 in New York. The vintage gum pigment print is a unique specimen and costs 450,000 Euros. Faber offers a nude of Edward Weston depicting Charis Wilson his lover and model for 45,000 Euros.
Contemporary photographs dominate the art market and are presented by two other galleries. For example the pictures of David LaChapelle which orientate themselves on Christ's representations in painting. There Jesus sits in the midst of rappers and HipHop artists - the last supper. Except wine beer stands also on a gaudy coloured plastic table cover. Or Christ allows a very made up woman to wash his feets by. The prestigious Munich gallery Bernheimer presents landscape photographs of Michael Kenna from his series Frozen Landscapes. The very much reduced black-and-white photos are another highlight of the art fair. In addition, Bernheimer presents artist's portraits of Anna Netrebko, the pianist Lang Lang and other musicians by Mat Hennek.

Salzburg World Fine Art Fair
Residenz, Residenzplatz 1
Salzburg
until Sunday, 17 August

Opening Hours
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday: 7 a.m. - end of the exhibition

If you want to know how Edward Weston took the photos of Charis Wilson just have a look at the preview of the documentary Eloquent Nude (Oceano Dunes).