Christoph Mayr
STRANGE ANIMALS (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Inspired by Dutch Baroque painters (such as Melchior de Hondecoeter, Frans Snyders and Jan Asselijn), whose paintings often focus on animals as the main protagonists, this series of photographs pays homage to the animal world.
Basically it is about dignity and elegance - qualities that we attribute far too rarely to our fellow inhabitants.
By directing the gaze to often overlooked details, I try to draw the attention to what is essential - the beauty of nature that surrounds us all.
AUTHOR
Born 1970 in Innsbruck. Humanistic High School.
Studied sound engineering at the School of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Co-producer at ultraschall records, Vienna
Assistant to photographer Elfie Semotan, Vienna/New York
Freelance photographer since 1994
Freelance cameraman (ANDRÉ PREVIN – A Bridge Between Two Worlds, CYPRUS – Aphrodite‘s Plundered Island, MEAT – Between Taboo and Delicacy et al.)
Writer/director shortfilms (CONCRETE STORIES – Working and Living in Mexico City, SINALOA COWBOYS – Drug Culture in Mexiko et al.)
Writer/director TV (AUFGETISCHT im Auland Carnuntum, AUFGETISCHT im Pinzgau et al.)
Writer/director documentaries (THE LAST PUPILS – Growing up in a Catholic Boarding School, BULB FICTION)
Writer feature films (PITERAQ, COYOTE, GOLD'S HAND)
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