I was out on the street shooting in February in Vienna’s inner city when I came across this small protest in support of the opposition against Gaddafi. Of course I could not resist the opportunity and snuck into the protest’s inner circle to photograph. More shots from the protest here.

I’ve been working on this studio portrait project on and off for quite a while now. The series started, as series usually do for me, by coincidence with this shot which was almost perfect straight out of the camera. For all the shots since then I had to labor hard, both in the studio as well as in post-processing, to make the lighting match.

She didn’t like the photo. Pity.

I’ve been shooting portraits of marathon runners for a few years now but decided last year that I had enough photo material to finish the project at long last, which also frees me to compete in the Vienna half marathon this year myself, where I plan to do some shooting from the runner’s perspective. More runners here.

Ariane is a juggling friend who balances and throws stuff and does lots of other awesome things. We took this shot in the Vienna subway passages. It’s a 4 second exposure during which she really did balance that ball on top of her head and not move. Shortly thereafter we were told by two officials that it’s not allowed to photograph in the subway with a tripod without explicit permission. More shots of Ariane here.

This young gentleman is Patrik Elmnert, at the juggling convention in Schaerding. It was very dark but this spotlight was on in preparation for light checks for the gala show. Patrik was just jamming and happened to move in and out of the light. I took a few shots of which this one is the best. More photos from this convention here.

This shot of the poi swinging trio LOOOOP was taken from the back of the stage at the gala show of the European Juggling Convention in Munich. During rehearsals I saw them exit the stage like this but was too slow to grab the shot. A few hours later at the actual performance I was prepared. The whole backstage series is here.

When I saw this lady I instantly knew that I had to try to take a photograph of her. If I recall correctly I maneuvered around a little, probably not too conspicuously, and took this shot from the hip. I don’t think I could have pressed the shutter at a better moment, either. More street shots here.

I began this series of portraits of people at Burning Man in 2010. This guy, along with two friends, was hanging around near the temple, dancing to the rhythm of a megaphone whose only sound was the word “Fuck”. I was initially attracted by another of the three guys, but when this gentleman took off his glasses I was smitten. More shots from Burning Man, including a few from this series, here.

While quite a spectacle both the burning of the Man as well as of the Temple are photographic subjects that don’t do much for me directly. The dynamic range is huge, so if you want to have detail on the fire, everything else will be completely black, including the people, who are my main interest. Turning around presents a much more interesting sight, however. People are usually lost in thought, sometimes meditating, their faces lit by the distant flames.